Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐλαύνω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλαύνω

Structure: ἐλαύν (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: e)la/w

Sense

  1. to drive, drive on, set in motion, to drive, to ride, to row, to go in a chariot, to drive, on, drove on, to travel, to ride, to march, to row
  2. to sail, to run
  3. to drive away
  4. to drive away, expel
  5. to drive, harass, shall persecute, to persecute, attack, harass
  6. to strike
  7. to drive or thrust, to go through
  8. to beat with, he made, of beaten
  9. to draw a line of, has its, carried down, to work one's way, to draw, plant, in line
  10. to prolong

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐλαύνω ἐλαύνεις ἐλαύνει
Dual ἐλαύνετον ἐλαύνετον
Plural ἐλαύνομεν ἐλαύνετε ἐλαύνουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐλαύνω ἐλαύνῃς ἐλαύνῃ
Dual ἐλαύνητον ἐλαύνητον
Plural ἐλαύνωμεν ἐλαύνητε ἐλαύνωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐλαύνοιμι ἐλαύνοις ἐλαύνοι
Dual ἐλαύνοιτον ἐλαυνοίτην
Plural ἐλαύνοιμεν ἐλαύνοιτε ἐλαύνοιεν
ImperativeSingular έ̓λαυνε ἐλαυνέτω
Dual ἐλαύνετον ἐλαυνέτων
Plural ἐλαύνετε ἐλαυνόντων, ἐλαυνέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐλαύνειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐλαυνων ἐλαυνοντος ἐλαυνουσα ἐλαυνουσης ἐλαυνον ἐλαυνοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐλαύνομαι ἐλαύνει, ἐλαύνῃ ἐλαύνεται
Dual ἐλαύνεσθον ἐλαύνεσθον
Plural ἐλαυνόμεθα ἐλαύνεσθε ἐλαύνονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐλαύνωμαι ἐλαύνῃ ἐλαύνηται
Dual ἐλαύνησθον ἐλαύνησθον
Plural ἐλαυνώμεθα ἐλαύνησθε ἐλαύνωνται
OptativeSingular ἐλαυνοίμην ἐλαύνοιο ἐλαύνοιτο
Dual ἐλαύνοισθον ἐλαυνοίσθην
Plural ἐλαυνοίμεθα ἐλαύνοισθε ἐλαύνοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐλαύνου ἐλαυνέσθω
Dual ἐλαύνεσθον ἐλαυνέσθων
Plural ἐλαύνεσθε ἐλαυνέσθων, ἐλαυνέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐλαύνεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐλαυνομενος ἐλαυνομενου ἐλαυνομενη ἐλαυνομενης ἐλαυνομενον ἐλαυνομενου

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

  • σὺ γὰρ κατιδὼν τὸν βίον ἀδικίασ καὶ παρανομίασ μεστὸν ἅτε ἀμαθίᾳ καὶ ὕβρει ξυνόντα καὶ ταραττόμενον ὑπ’ αὐτῶν, κατελεήσασ τὸ ἀνθρώπειον ὑπὸ τῇ ἀγνοίᾳ ἐλαυνόμενον ἐμὲ κατέπεμψασ, ἐντειλάμενοσ ἐπιμεληθῆναι ὡσ παύσαιντο μὲν ἀδικοῦντεσ ἀλλήλουσ καὶ βιαζόμενοι καὶ ὅμοια τοῖσ θηρίοισ βιοῦντεσ, ἀναβλέψαντεσ δὲ πρὸσ τὴν ἀλήθειαν εἰρηνικώτερον ξυμπολιτεύοιντο. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 5:4)
  • ἀμέτρωσ καὶ λειβόμενον, εἶτα πάλιν ἐξ ἀφροδισίων καὶ οἴνου διάλυτον καὶ μαλακὸν εἰσ ἀγορὰν ἢ αὐλὴν ἤ τινα πραγματείαν διαπύρου καὶ συντόνου δεομένην σπουδῆσ ἐλαυνόμενον. (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 25 2:1)
  • τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἰσχυρότατον ἐναποτίθεται τοῖσ πλησίον ἅπασιν, ἐκείνων δ’ αὖ πάλιν ἕκαστον εἰσ ἕτερ’ ἄττα τῶν ἀσθενεστέρων, εἶτ’ αὖθισ ἐκείνων ἕκαστον εἰσ ἄλλα καὶ τοῦτ’ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον γίγνεται, μέχρι περ ἂν ἐξ ἁπάντων ἐλαυνόμενον τὸ περίττωμα καθ’ ἕν τι μείνῃ τῶν ἀσθενεστάτων· (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 1326)
  • ὡσ δὲ πεισθέντεσ οἱ Μεγαρεῖσ ἄνδρασ ἐξέπεμψαν ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ καὶ κατεῖδεν ὁ Σόλων τὸ πλοῖον ἐλαυνόμενον ἀπὸ τῆσ νήσου, τὰσ μὲν γυναῖκασ ἐκποδὼν ἀπελθεῖν ἐκέλευσε, τῶν δὲ νεωτέρων τοὺσ μηδέπω γενειῶντασ ἐνδύμασι καὶ μίτραισ καὶ ὑποδήμασι τοῖσ ἐκείνων σκευασαμένουσ καὶ λαβόντασ ἐγχειρίδια κρυπτὰ παίζειν καὶ χορεύειν προσέταξε πρὸσ τῇ θαλάσσῃ, μέχρισ ἂν ἀποβῶσιν οἱ πολέμιοι καὶ γένηται τὸ πλοῖον ὑποχείριον. (Plutarch, , chapter 8 5:1)
  • ὥστε ἡ μὲν βουλὴ ἀεὶ τὸ ταχὺ ἐλαυνόμενον θεάσεται, οἱ δὲ ἵπποι οὐκ ἀπεροῦσιν ἐν μέρει ἀναπαυόμενοι. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 3 12:3)

Synonyms

  1. to sail

  2. to drive away

  3. to drive away

  4. to drive

  5. to strike

  6. to drive or thrust

  7. to beat with

  8. to prolong

Related

Derived

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION