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ἐξαφαιρέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐξαφαιρέω

Structure: ἐξ (Prefix) + ἀπ (Prefix) + αἱρέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to take right away

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐξαφαίρω ἐξαφαίρεις ἐξαφαίρει
Dual ἐξαφαίρειτον ἐξαφαίρειτον
Plural ἐξαφαίρουμεν ἐξαφαίρειτε ἐξαφαίρουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐξαφαίρω ἐξαφαίρῃς ἐξαφαίρῃ
Dual ἐξαφαίρητον ἐξαφαίρητον
Plural ἐξαφαίρωμεν ἐξαφαίρητε ἐξαφαίρωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐξαφαίροιμι ἐξαφαίροις ἐξαφαίροι
Dual ἐξαφαίροιτον ἐξαφαιροίτην
Plural ἐξαφαίροιμεν ἐξαφαίροιτε ἐξαφαίροιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐξαφαῖρει ἐξαφαιρεῖτω
Dual ἐξαφαίρειτον ἐξαφαιρεῖτων
Plural ἐξαφαίρειτε ἐξαφαιροῦντων, ἐξαφαιρεῖτωσαν
Infinitive ἐξαφαίρειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐξαφαιρων ἐξαφαιρουντος ἐξαφαιρουσα ἐξαφαιρουσης ἐξαφαιρουν ἐξαφαιρουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐξαφαίρουμαι ἐξαφαίρει, ἐξαφαίρῃ ἐξαφαίρειται
Dual ἐξαφαίρεισθον ἐξαφαίρεισθον
Plural ἐξαφαιροῦμεθα ἐξαφαίρεισθε ἐξαφαίρουνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐξαφαίρωμαι ἐξαφαίρῃ ἐξαφαίρηται
Dual ἐξαφαίρησθον ἐξαφαίρησθον
Plural ἐξαφαιρώμεθα ἐξαφαίρησθε ἐξαφαίρωνται
OptativeSingular ἐξαφαιροίμην ἐξαφαίροιο ἐξαφαίροιτο
Dual ἐξαφαίροισθον ἐξαφαιροίσθην
Plural ἐξαφαιροίμεθα ἐξαφαίροισθε ἐξαφαίροιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐξαφαίρου ἐξαφαιρεῖσθω
Dual ἐξαφαίρεισθον ἐξαφαιρεῖσθων
Plural ἐξαφαίρεισθε ἐξαφαιρεῖσθων, ἐξαφαιρεῖσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐξαφαίρεισθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐξαφαιρουμενος ἐξαφαιρουμενου ἐξαφαιρουμενη ἐξαφαιρουμενης ἐξαφαιρουμενον ἐξαφαιρουμενου

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

  • ὅταν γὰρ ὀργὴ δαιμόνων βλάπτῃ τινά, τοῦτ’ αὐτὸ πρῶτον, ἐξαφαιρεῖται φρενῶν τὸν νοῦν τὸν ἐσθλόν, εἰσ δὲ τὴν χείρω τρέπει γνώμην, ἵν’ εἰδῇ μηδὲν ὧν ἁμαρτάνει. (Lycurgus, Speeches, 123:3)

Synonyms

  1. to take right away

Derived

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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