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ἐκδημέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐκδημέω ἐκδημήσω

Structure: ἐκδημέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: from e)/kdhmos

Sense

  1. to be abroad, to be on one's travels

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκδημῶ ἐκδημεῖς ἐκδημεῖ
Dual ἐκδημεῖτον ἐκδημεῖτον
Plural ἐκδημοῦμεν ἐκδημεῖτε ἐκδημοῦσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐκδημῶ ἐκδημῇς ἐκδημῇ
Dual ἐκδημῆτον ἐκδημῆτον
Plural ἐκδημῶμεν ἐκδημῆτε ἐκδημῶσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐκδημοῖμι ἐκδημοῖς ἐκδημοῖ
Dual ἐκδημοῖτον ἐκδημοίτην
Plural ἐκδημοῖμεν ἐκδημοῖτε ἐκδημοῖεν
ImperativeSingular ἐκδήμει ἐκδημείτω
Dual ἐκδημεῖτον ἐκδημείτων
Plural ἐκδημεῖτε ἐκδημούντων, ἐκδημείτωσαν
Infinitive ἐκδημεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐκδημων ἐκδημουντος ἐκδημουσα ἐκδημουσης ἐκδημουν ἐκδημουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκδημοῦμαι ἐκδημεῖ, ἐκδημῇ ἐκδημεῖται
Dual ἐκδημεῖσθον ἐκδημεῖσθον
Plural ἐκδημούμεθα ἐκδημεῖσθε ἐκδημοῦνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐκδημῶμαι ἐκδημῇ ἐκδημῆται
Dual ἐκδημῆσθον ἐκδημῆσθον
Plural ἐκδημώμεθα ἐκδημῆσθε ἐκδημῶνται
OptativeSingular ἐκδημοίμην ἐκδημοῖο ἐκδημοῖτο
Dual ἐκδημοῖσθον ἐκδημοίσθην
Plural ἐκδημοίμεθα ἐκδημοῖσθε ἐκδημοῖντο
ImperativeSingular ἐκδημοῦ ἐκδημείσθω
Dual ἐκδημεῖσθον ἐκδημείσθων
Plural ἐκδημεῖσθε ἐκδημείσθων, ἐκδημείσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐκδημεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐκδημουμενος ἐκδημουμενου ἐκδημουμενη ἐκδημουμενης ἐκδημουμενον ἐκδημουμενου

Future tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκδημήσω ἐκδημήσεις ἐκδημήσει
Dual ἐκδημήσετον ἐκδημήσετον
Plural ἐκδημήσομεν ἐκδημήσετε ἐκδημήσουσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐκδημήσοιμι ἐκδημήσοις ἐκδημήσοι
Dual ἐκδημήσοιτον ἐκδημησοίτην
Plural ἐκδημήσοιμεν ἐκδημήσοιτε ἐκδημήσοιεν
Infinitive ἐκδημήσειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐκδημησων ἐκδημησοντος ἐκδημησουσα ἐκδημησουσης ἐκδημησον ἐκδημησοντος
Middle
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκδημήσομαι ἐκδημήσει, ἐκδημήσῃ ἐκδημήσεται
Dual ἐκδημήσεσθον ἐκδημήσεσθον
Plural ἐκδημησόμεθα ἐκδημήσεσθε ἐκδημήσονται
OptativeSingular ἐκδημησοίμην ἐκδημήσοιο ἐκδημήσοιτο
Dual ἐκδημήσοισθον ἐκδημησοίσθην
Plural ἐκδημησοίμεθα ἐκδημήσοισθε ἐκδημήσοιντο
Infinitive ἐκδημήσεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐκδημησομενος ἐκδημησομενου ἐκδημησομενη ἐκδημησομενης ἐκδημησομενον ἐκδημησομενου

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

  • τὸν παρὰ βασιλέωσ δὲ πεμφθέντα δῆσαι κελεύσασ, μετ’ οὐ πολλὰσ ἡμέρασ ἐπί τινα τῶν ἐμαυτοῦ χρειῶν ἐπείγουσαν σκηψάμενοσ ἐκδημεῖν τῆσ βασιλείασ, καλέσασ τὸν Κρῖσπον λάθρα προσέταξα μεθύσαι τὸν στρατιώτην φύλακα καὶ φυγεῖν πρὸσ βασιλέα· (Flavius Josephus, 457:2)
  • ὁ μὲν οὖν ἐκδημῶν οὕτω καὶ τοιοῦτοσ ὢν ἐκδημείτω, τὸν δ’ εἰσεπιδημήσαντα μετὰ τοῦτον χρὴ φιλοφρονεῖσθαι. (Plato, Laws, book 12 77:1)

Synonyms

  1. to be abroad

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

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