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ξέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξέω

Structure: ξέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

to smooth or polish by scraping, planing, filing

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ξῶ	ξεῖς	ξεῖ
	Dual		ξεῖτον	ξεῖτον
	Plural	ξοῦμεν	ξεῖτε	ξοῦσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	ξῶ	ξῇς	ξῇ
	Dual		ξῆτον	ξῆτον
	Plural	ξῶμεν	ξῆτε	ξῶσιν*
Optative	Singular	ξοῖμι	ξοῖς	ξοῖ
	Dual		ξοῖτον	ξοίτην
	Plural	ξοῖμεν	ξοῖτε	ξοῖεν
Imperative	Singular		ξεῖ	ξείτω
	Dual		ξεῖτον	ξείτων
	Plural		ξεῖτε	ξούντων, ξείτωσαν
Infinitive		ξεῖν
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		ξων ξουντος	ξουσα ξουσης	ξουν ξουντος
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ξοῦμαι	ξεῖ, ξῇ	ξεῖται
	Dual		ξεῖσθον	ξεῖσθον
	Plural	ξούμεθα	ξεῖσθε	ξοῦνται
Subjunctive	Singular	ξῶμαι	ξῇ	ξῆται
	Dual		ξῆσθον	ξῆσθον
	Plural	ξώμεθα	ξῆσθε	ξῶνται
Optative	Singular	ξοίμην	ξοῖο	ξοῖτο
	Dual		ξοῖσθον	ξοίσθην
	Plural	ξοίμεθα	ξοῖσθε	ξοῖντο
Imperative	Singular		ξοῦ	ξείσθω
	Dual		ξεῖσθον	ξείσθων
	Plural		ξεῖσθε	ξείσθων, ξείσθωσαν
Infinitive		ξεῖσθαι
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		ξουμενος ξουμενου	ξουμενη ξουμενης	ξουμενον ξουμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ε͂̓ξουν	ε͂̓ξεις	ε͂̓ξειν*
	Dual		έ̓ξειτον	ἐξεῖτην
	Plural	έ̓ξουμεν	έ̓ξειτε	ε͂̓ξουν
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	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

ὁ δὲ Ἀντίοχοσ οἰόμενοσ καταφρονεῖσθαι καὶ τὴν ὀνειδίζουσαν ὑφορώμενοσ φωνήν, ἔτι τοῦ νεωτέρου περιόντοσ, οὐ μόνον διὰ λόγων ἐποιεῖτο τὴν παράκλησιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ δἰ ὅρκων ἐπίστου ἅμα πλουτιεῖν καὶ μακαριστὸν ποιήσειν μεταθέμενον ἀπὸ τῶν πατρίων νόμων καὶ φίλον ἕξειν καὶ χρείασ ἐμπιστεύσειν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 7:24)
Ὅμηροσ ὁ ποιητήσ φησι τοὺσ Ἀλωέωσ υἱέασ, δύο καὶ αὐτοὺσ ὄντασ, ἔτι παῖδασ ἐθελῆσαί ποτε τὴν Ὄσσαν ἐκ βάθρων ἀνασπάσαντασ ἐπιθεῖναι τῷ Ὀλύμπῳ, εἶτα τὸ Πήλιον ἐπ’ αὐτῇ, ἱκανὴν ταύτην κλίμακα ἕξειν οἰομένουσ καὶ πρόσβασιν ἐπὶ τὸν οὐρανόν. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 3:10)
ἐπιθυμῶν δὲ δόξησ καὶ τοῦ πρωτεῦσαι παρὰ τοῖσ Ἕλλησιν ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ, καθάπερ αὐτὸσ εἴρηκεν, ἐπὶ τὸ γράφειν ἃ διανοηθείη κατέφυγεν, οὐ περὶ μικρῶν τὴν προαίρεσιν ποιούμενοσ οὐδὲ περὶ τῶν ἰδίων συμβολαίων οὐδὲ ὑπὲρ ὧν ἄλλοι τινὲσ τῶν τότε σοφιστῶν, περὶ δὲ τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν καὶ βασιλικῶν καὶ πολιτικῶν πραγμάτων, ἐξ ὧν ὑπελάμβανε τάσ τε πόλεισ ἄμεινον οἰκήσεσθαι καὶ τοὺσ ἰδιώτασ ἐπίδοσιν ἕξειν πρὸσ ἀρετὴν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 1 1:1)
]σ ἱππευταὶ κυανώπιδασ ἐκ‐ ] νέασ εἰλα]πίνασ τ’ ἐν ἁμέ]ρ[α]ισ ἕξειν θεόδματον πόλιν. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 13 35:8)
"τίσ γὰρ ἂν ἔτι θύσειεν ὑμῖν πλέον οὐδὲν ἕξειν προσδοκῶν; (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 29:11)

Synonyms

to smooth or polish by scraping
- ξύω (to scrape, plane, smooth)

Derived

ἀμφιξέω (to smooth all round)
ἀποξέω (to shave off, to cut off, to strip off)
παραξέω (to graze or rub in passing)
περιξέω (to polish all round)

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

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ξέω

Sense

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Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to smooth or polish by scraping

Derived

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ξέω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to smooth or polish by scraping

Derived

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