Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δαίνυμι

-νυμι athematic Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δαίνυμι

Structure: δαίνυ (Stem) + μι (Ending)

Etym.: dai/w 2,

Sense

  1. to divide, feast, to give, to give, feast
  2. to feast, thou shalt be, feast
  3. to have a feast given one, to feast
  4. to feast on, consume, eat, to eat, to consume

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular δαίνυμι δαίνυς δαίνυσιν*
Dual δαίνυτον δαίνυτον
Plural δαίνυμεν δαίνυτε δαινύᾱσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular δαινύω δαινύῃς δαινύῃ
Dual δαινύητον δαινύητον
Plural δαινύωμεν δαινύητε δαινύωσιν*
OptativeSingular δαινύοιμι δαινύοις δαινύοι
Dual δαινύοιτον δαινυοίτην
Plural δαινύοιμεν δαινύοιτε δαινύοιεν
ImperativeSingular δαίνυ δαινύτω
Dual δαίνυτον δαινύτων
Plural δαίνυτε δαινύντων
Infinitive δαινύναι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
δαινῡς δαινυντος δαινῡσα δαινῡσης δαινυν δαινυντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular δαίνυμαι δαίνυσαι δαίνυται
Dual δαίνυσθον δαίνυσθον
Plural δαινύμεθα δαίνυσθε δαίνυνται
SubjunctiveSingular δαινύωμαι δαινύῃ δαινύηται
Dual δαινύησθον δαινύησθον
Plural δαινυώμεθα δαινύησθε δαινύωνται
OptativeSingular δαινυοίμην δαινύοιο δαινύοιτο
Dual δαινύοισθον δαινυοίσθην
Plural δαινυοίμεθα δαινύοισθε δαινύοιντο
ImperativeSingular δαίνυσο δαινύσθω
Dual δαίνυσθον δαινύσθων
Plural δαίνυσθε δαινύσθων
Infinitive δαίνυσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
δαινυμενος δαινυμενου δαινυμενη δαινυμενης δαινυμενον δαινυμενου

Future tense

Imperfect tense

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

  • εἰσ ἄλλασ ὡρ́ασ γὰρ δὴ παιδὸσ δαίσομεν ὑμεναίουσ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, anapests 1:6)

Synonyms

  1. to divide

  2. to have a feast given one

  3. to feast on

Derived

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

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