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δυάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυάω

Structure: δυά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: du/h

Sense

  1. to plunge in misery

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular δύω δύᾳς δύᾳ
Dual δύᾱτον δύᾱτον
Plural δύωμεν δύᾱτε δύωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular δύω δύῃς δύῃ
Dual δύητον δύητον
Plural δύωμεν δύητε δύωσιν*
OptativeSingular δύῳμι δύῳς δύῳ
Dual δύῳτον δυῷτην
Plural δύῳμεν δύῳτε δύῳεν
ImperativeSingular δῦᾱ δυᾶτω
Dual δύᾱτον δυᾶτων
Plural δύᾱτε δυῶντων, δυᾶτωσαν
Infinitive δύᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
δυων δυωντος δυωσα δυωσης δυων δυωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular δύωμαι δύᾳ δύᾱται
Dual δύᾱσθον δύᾱσθον
Plural δυῶμεθα δύᾱσθε δύωνται
SubjunctiveSingular δύωμαι δύῃ δύηται
Dual δύησθον δύησθον
Plural δυώμεθα δύησθε δύωνται
OptativeSingular δυῷμην δύῳο δύῳτο
Dual δύῳσθον δυῷσθην
Plural δυῷμεθα δύῳσθε δύῳντο
ImperativeSingular δύω δυᾶσθω
Dual δύᾱσθον δυᾶσθων
Plural δύᾱσθε δυᾶσθων, δυᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive δύᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
δυωμενος δυωμενου δυωμενη δυωμενης δυωμενον δυωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐδῦων ἐδῦᾱς ἐδῦᾱν*
Dual ἐδύᾱτον ἐδυᾶτην
Plural ἐδύωμεν ἐδύᾱτε ἐδῦων
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐδυῶμην ἐδύω ἐδύᾱτο
Dual ἐδύᾱσθον ἐδυᾶσθην
Plural ἐδυῶμεθα ἐδύᾱσθε ἐδύωντο

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

  • ὢ πόποι ἀργυρότοξε Διὸσ τέκοσ οὐ σύ γε βουλὰσ εἰρύσαο Κρονίωνοσ, ὅ τοι μάλα πόλλ’ ἐπέτελλε Τρωσὶ παρεστάμεναι καὶ ἀμύνειν, εἰσ ὅ κεν ἔλθῃ δείελοσ ὀψὲ δύων, σκιάσῃ δ’ ἐρίβωλον ἄρουραν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 21 18:3)
  • "νῦν τοί δυῶν ὁδῶν παρεουσέων Γύγη δίδωμί αἱρ́εσιν, ὁκοτέρην βούλεαι τραπέσθαι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 11 3:2)
  • ἀλλ’ οὐδὲν γὰρ μέγα ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ ἄλλο ἔργον ἐγένετο βασιλεύσαντοσ δυῶν δέοντα τεσσεράκοντα ἔτεα, τοῦτον μὲν παρήσομεν τοσαῦτα ἐπιμνησθέντεσ, Ἄρδυοσ δὲ τοῦ Γύγεω μετὰ Γύγην βασιλεύσαντοσ μνήμην ποιήσομαι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 15 2:2)
  • ἐκ γὰρ δυῶν οὐκ ὁμοεθνέων ἐγεγόνεε, μητρὸσ ἀμείνονοσ, πατρὸσ δὲ ὑποδεεστέρου· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 91 6:3)
  • τοιούτῳ τρόπῳ διάγειν ἐπ’ ἔτεα δυῶν δέοντα εἴκοσι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 94 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. to plunge in misery

Similar forms

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

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