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ἐξανασπάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐξανασπάω ἐξανασπάσω

Structure: ἐξ (Prefix) + ἀνα (Prefix) + σπά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to tear away from, to tear up from

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐξανάσπω ἐξανάσπᾳς ἐξανάσπᾳ
Dual ἐξανάσπᾱτον ἐξανάσπᾱτον
Plural ἐξανάσπωμεν ἐξανάσπᾱτε ἐξανάσπωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐξανάσπω ἐξανάσπῃς ἐξανάσπῃ
Dual ἐξανάσπητον ἐξανάσπητον
Plural ἐξανάσπωμεν ἐξανάσπητε ἐξανάσπωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐξανάσπῳμι ἐξανάσπῳς ἐξανάσπῳ
Dual ἐξανάσπῳτον ἐξανασπῷτην
Plural ἐξανάσπῳμεν ἐξανάσπῳτε ἐξανάσπῳεν
ImperativeSingular ἐξανάσπᾱ ἐξανασπᾶτω
Dual ἐξανάσπᾱτον ἐξανασπᾶτων
Plural ἐξανάσπᾱτε ἐξανασπῶντων, ἐξανασπᾶτωσαν
Infinitive ἐξανάσπᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐξανασπων ἐξανασπωντος ἐξανασπωσα ἐξανασπωσης ἐξανασπων ἐξανασπωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐξανάσπωμαι ἐξανάσπᾳ ἐξανάσπᾱται
Dual ἐξανάσπᾱσθον ἐξανάσπᾱσθον
Plural ἐξανασπῶμεθα ἐξανάσπᾱσθε ἐξανάσπωνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐξανάσπωμαι ἐξανάσπῃ ἐξανάσπηται
Dual ἐξανάσπησθον ἐξανάσπησθον
Plural ἐξανασπώμεθα ἐξανάσπησθε ἐξανάσπωνται
OptativeSingular ἐξανασπῷμην ἐξανάσπῳο ἐξανάσπῳτο
Dual ἐξανάσπῳσθον ἐξανασπῷσθην
Plural ἐξανασπῷμεθα ἐξανάσπῳσθε ἐξανάσπῳντο
ImperativeSingular ἐξανάσπω ἐξανασπᾶσθω
Dual ἐξανάσπᾱσθον ἐξανασπᾶσθων
Plural ἐξανάσπᾱσθε ἐξανασπᾶσθων, ἐξανασπᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐξανάσπᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐξανασπωμενος ἐξανασπωμενου ἐξανασπωμενη ἐξανασπωμενης ἐξανασπωμενον ἐξανασπωμενου

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

  • Ἀθηναῖοι μέν νυν λέγουσι μετὰ τὴν ἀπαίτησιν ἀποσταλῆναι τριήρεϊ μιῇ τῶν ἀστῶν τούτουσ οἳ ἀποπεμφθέντεσ ἀπὸ τοῦ κοινοῦ καὶ ἀπικόμενοι ἐσ Αἴγιναν τὰ ἀγάλματα ταῦτα ὡσ σφετέρων ξύλων ἐόντα ἐπειρῶντο ἐκ τῶν βάθρων ἐξανασπᾶν, ἵνα σφέα ἀνακομίσωνται. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 5, chapter 85 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. to tear away from

Derived

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

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