Hellas Alive Dictionary - ελασσοω

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

ἐλασσόω

ο-contract Verb;

Transliteration:

Principal Part:

Structure: ἐλασσό (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

to make less or smaller, to lessen, diminish, lower, to detract from
to become smaller, be lessened, suffer loss, be depreciated, to take less than one's due, waive one's rights or privileges
to have the worst of it, to be inferior
to be at disadvantage

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐλάσσω	ἐλάσσοις	ἐλάσσοι
Dual		ἐλάσσουτον	ἐλάσσουτον
Plural	ἐλάσσουμεν	ἐλάσσουτε	ἐλάσσουσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐλάσσω	ἐλάσσοις	ἐλάσσοι
Dual		ἐλάσσωτον	ἐλάσσωτον
Plural	ἐλάσσωμεν	ἐλάσσωτε	ἐλάσσωσιν*
Optative	Singular	ἐλάσσοιμι	ἐλάσσοις	ἐλάσσοι
Dual		ἐλάσσοιτον	ἐλασσοίτην
Plural	ἐλάσσοιμεν	ἐλάσσοιτε	ἐλάσσοιεν
Imperative	Singular		ἐλᾶσσου	ἐλασσοῦτω
Dual		ἐλάσσουτον	ἐλασσοῦτων
Plural		ἐλάσσουτε	ἐλασσοῦντων, ἐλασσοῦτωσαν
Infinitive	ἐλάσσουν
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἐλασσων ἐλασσουντος	ἐλασσουσα ἐλασσουσης	ἐλασσουν ἐλασσουντος
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐλάσσουμαι	ἐλάσσοι	ἐλάσσουται
Dual		ἐλάσσουσθον	ἐλάσσουσθον
Plural	ἐλασσοῦμεθα	ἐλάσσουσθε	ἐλάσσουνται
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐλάσσωμαι	ἐλάσσοι	ἐλάσσωται
Dual		ἐλάσσωσθον	ἐλάσσωσθον
Plural	ἐλασσώμεθα	ἐλάσσωσθε	ἐλάσσωνται
Optative	Singular	ἐλασσοίμην	ἐλάσσοιο	ἐλάσσοιτο
Dual		ἐλάσσοισθον	ἐλασσοίσθην
Plural	ἐλασσοίμεθα	ἐλάσσοισθε	ἐλάσσοιντο
Imperative	Singular		ἐλάσσου	ἐλασσοῦσθω
Dual		ἐλάσσουσθον	ἐλασσοῦσθων
Plural		ἐλάσσουσθε	ἐλασσοῦσθων, ἐλασσοῦσθωσαν
Infinitive	ἐλάσσουσθαι
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἐλασσουμενος ἐλασσουμενου	ἐλασσουμενη ἐλασσουμενης	ἐλασσουμενον ἐλασσουμενου

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

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Subjunctive

Singular

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Optative

Singular

Dual

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Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ἐλασσοῦντων, ἐλασσοῦτωσαν

Infinitive

ἐλάσσουν

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἐλασσων ἐλασσουντος

ἐλασσουσα ἐλασσουσης

ἐλασσουν ἐλασσουντος

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ἐλασσοῦσθων, ἐλασσοῦσθωσαν

Infinitive

ἐλάσσουσθαι

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἐλασσουμενος ἐλασσουμενου

ἐλασσουμενη ἐλασσουμενης

ἐλασσουμενον ἐλασσουμενου

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἠλᾶσσουν	ἠλᾶσσους	ἠλᾶσσουν*
Dual		ἠλάσσουτον	ἠλασσοῦτην
Plural	ἠλάσσουμεν	ἠλάσσουτε	ἠλᾶσσουν
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἠλασσοῦμην	ἠλάσσου	ἠλάσσουτο
Dual		ἠλάσσουσθον	ἠλασσοῦσθην
Plural	ἠλασσοῦμεθα	ἠλάσσουσθε	ἠλάσσουντο

Active

1st person

2nd person

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Examples

καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸσ τοὺσ δύο φωστῆρασ τοὺσ μεγάλουσ, τὸν φωστῆρα τὸν μέγαν εἰσ ἀρχὰσ τῆσ ἡμέρασ καὶ τὸν φωστῆρα τὸν ἐλάσσω εἰσ ἀρχὰσ τῆσ νυκτόσ, καὶ τοὺσ ἀστέρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:16)
Ρεβέκκα δὲ εἶπε πρὸσ Ἰακὼβ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆσ, τὸν ἐλάσσω. ἰδέ, ἤκουσα τοῦ πατρόσ σου λαλοῦντοσ πρὸσ Ἡσαῦ τὸν ἀδελφόν σου λέγοντοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 27:6)
ἆρ’ οὐκ ἐλάσσω τῶν ἐμῶν ἔχειν κακῶν Πολυξένησ ὄλεθροσ, ἣν καταστένεισ; (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, antistrophe 3 3:4)
ἅπαντ’ ἐλάσσω κεῖνα τῶνδ’ ἔτλην κακά. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 5:30)
ἐγὼ δ’, ἐπειδὴ παρέλαβον τὸν θρόνον τοῦτον, ἐφρόντιζον, ὅπωσ μὴ λείψομαι τῶν πρότερον γενομένων ἐν τῇ τιμῇ τῇδε μηδ’ ἐλάσσω προσκτήσομαι δύναμιν Πέρσαισ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 41 2:6)

Synonyms

to make less or smaller
- μινύθω (to make smaller or less, lessen, curtail)

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

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ἐλασσόω

Sense

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to make less or smaller

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ἐλασσόω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to make less or smaller

Similar forms

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