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ἐξιχνεύω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐξιχνεύω ἐξιχνεύσω

Structure: ἐξ (Prefix) + ἰχνεύ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to trace out

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐξιχνεύω ἐξιχνεύεις ἐξιχνεύει
Dual ἐξιχνεύετον ἐξιχνεύετον
Plural ἐξιχνεύομεν ἐξιχνεύετε ἐξιχνεύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐξιχνεύω ἐξιχνεύῃς ἐξιχνεύῃ
Dual ἐξιχνεύητον ἐξιχνεύητον
Plural ἐξιχνεύωμεν ἐξιχνεύητε ἐξιχνεύωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐξιχνεύοιμι ἐξιχνεύοις ἐξιχνεύοι
Dual ἐξιχνεύοιτον ἐξιχνευοίτην
Plural ἐξιχνεύοιμεν ἐξιχνεύοιτε ἐξιχνεύοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐξίχνευε ἐξιχνευέτω
Dual ἐξιχνεύετον ἐξιχνευέτων
Plural ἐξιχνεύετε ἐξιχνευόντων, ἐξιχνευέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐξιχνεύειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐξιχνευων ἐξιχνευοντος ἐξιχνευουσα ἐξιχνευουσης ἐξιχνευον ἐξιχνευοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐξιχνεύομαι ἐξιχνεύει, ἐξιχνεύῃ ἐξιχνεύεται
Dual ἐξιχνεύεσθον ἐξιχνεύεσθον
Plural ἐξιχνευόμεθα ἐξιχνεύεσθε ἐξιχνεύονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐξιχνεύωμαι ἐξιχνεύῃ ἐξιχνεύηται
Dual ἐξιχνεύησθον ἐξιχνεύησθον
Plural ἐξιχνευώμεθα ἐξιχνεύησθε ἐξιχνεύωνται
OptativeSingular ἐξιχνευοίμην ἐξιχνεύοιο ἐξιχνεύοιτο
Dual ἐξιχνεύοισθον ἐξιχνευοίσθην
Plural ἐξιχνευοίμεθα ἐξιχνεύοισθε ἐξιχνεύοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐξιχνεύου ἐξιχνευέσθω
Dual ἐξιχνεύεσθον ἐξιχνευέσθων
Plural ἐξιχνεύεσθε ἐξιχνευέσθων, ἐξιχνευέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐξιχνεύεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐξιχνευομενος ἐξιχνευομενου ἐξιχνευομενη ἐξιχνευομενης ἐξιχνευομενον ἐξιχνευομενου

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

  • Λυκοῦργοσ γὰρ ὁ τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων νομοθέτησ δύο σκύλακασ τῶν αὐτῶν γονέων λαβὼν οὐδὲν ὁμοίωσ ἀλλήλοισ ἤγαγεν, ἀλλὰ τὸν μὲν λίχνον ἀπέφηνε καὶ σινάμωρον, τὸν δ’ ἐξιχνεύειν καὶ θηρᾶν δυνατόν. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 4 17:2)

Synonyms

  1. to trace out

Derived

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

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