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ξέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξέω

Structure: ξέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to smooth or polish by scraping, planing, filing

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ξῶ ξεῖς ξεῖ
Dual ξεῖτον ξεῖτον
Plural ξοῦμεν ξεῖτε ξοῦσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ξῶ ξῇς ξῇ
Dual ξῆτον ξῆτον
Plural ξῶμεν ξῆτε ξῶσιν*
OptativeSingular ξοῖμι ξοῖς ξοῖ
Dual ξοῖτον ξοίτην
Plural ξοῖμεν ξοῖτε ξοῖεν
ImperativeSingular ξεῖ ξείτω
Dual ξεῖτον ξείτων
Plural ξεῖτε ξούντων, ξείτωσαν
Infinitive ξεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ξων ξουντος ξουσα ξουσης ξουν ξουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ξοῦμαι ξεῖ, ξῇ ξεῖται
Dual ξεῖσθον ξεῖσθον
Plural ξούμεθα ξεῖσθε ξοῦνται
SubjunctiveSingular ξῶμαι ξῇ ξῆται
Dual ξῆσθον ξῆσθον
Plural ξώμεθα ξῆσθε ξῶνται
OptativeSingular ξοίμην ξοῖο ξοῖτο
Dual ξοῖσθον ξοίσθην
Plural ξοίμεθα ξοῖσθε ξοῖντο
ImperativeSingular ξοῦ ξείσθω
Dual ξεῖσθον ξείσθων
Plural ξεῖσθε ξείσθων, ξείσθωσαν
Infinitive ξεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ξουμενος ξουμενου ξουμενη ξουμενης ξουμενον ξουμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ε͂̓ξουν ε͂̓ξεις ε͂̓ξειν*
Dual έ̓ξειτον ἐξεῖτην
Plural έ̓ξουμεν έ̓ξειτε ε͂̓ξουν
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐξοῦμην έ̓ξου έ̓ξειτο
Dual έ̓ξεισθον ἐξεῖσθην
Plural ἐξοῦμεθα έ̓ξεισθε έ̓ξουντο

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἦν δὲ ἡ μὲν ἐργατικὴ καὶ ἀνδρικὴ καὶ αὐχμηρὰ τὴν κόμην, τὼ χεῖρε τύλων ἀνάπλεωσ, διεζωσμένη τὴν ἐσθῆτα, τιτάνου καταγέμουσα, οἱο͂σ ἦν ὁ θεῖοσ ὁπότε ξέοι τοὺσ λίθουσ· (Lucian, Somnium sive vita Luciani, (no name) 6:5)
  • ὦ ξεῖν’, ἄγγειλον Λακεδαιμονίοισ ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα τοῖσ κείνων πειθόμενοι νομίμοισ, τοῖσ δ’ ὑμετέροισ προγόνοισ· (Lycurgus, Speeches, 147:2)
  • τὸ ἄλφα, βῆτα, γάμμα, δέλτα, θεοῦ γὰρ εἶ, ζῆτ’, ἦτα, θῆτ’, ἰῶτα, β κάππα, λάβδα, μῦ, νῦ, ξεῖ, τὸ οὖ, πεῖ, ῥῶ, τὸ σίγμα, ταῦ, τὸ ὖ, παρὸν φεῖ χεῖ τε τῷ ψεῖ εἰσ τὸ ὦ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 79 1:1)
  • ξεῖν’, ἐπεὶ οὐ μὲν γάρ τι καταθνητοῖσι ἐοίκασ, οὐ δέμασ οὐδὲ φυήν, ἀλλ’ ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσιν, οὖλέ τε καὶ μέγα χαῖρε, θεοὶ δέ τοι ὄλβια δοῖεν. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , <[Ei)\s A)po/llwna Pu/qion]> 31:3)
  • "ποίαν γαῖαν, ὦ ξεῖν’, εὔχεαι πατρίδ’ ἔμμεν; (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 4 30:1)

Synonyms

  1. to smooth or polish by scraping

Derived

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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