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

  • ἃ μὲν γὰρ ὑπὸ τῆσ πενίασ ἐλαυνόμενοσ ποιεῖσ, Ἀδράστεια φίλη, οὐκ ἄν τινι ὀνειδίσαιμι. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 27:1)
  • σὺ δὲ ὁ οὕτωσ ὑψηλὸσ καταπεσὼν ἀνάσπαστοσ ἐκ τοῦ βασιλείου θρόνου τὴν αὐτὴν ὁδὸν ἄπει τοῖσ πολλοῖσ, ἰσότιμοσ ἐλαυνόμενοσ ἐν τῇ ἀγέλῃ τῶν νεκρῶν, χῶμα ὑψηλὸν ὑπὲρ γῆσ καὶ στήλην μακρὰν ἢ πυραμίδα εὔγραμμον τὰσ γωνίασ ἀπολιπών, ἐκπρόθεσμα καὶ ἀνεπαίσθητα φιλοτιμήματα· (Lucian, 68:2)
  • ἠδόξει δὲ Κάμιλλοσ ἐκ τῆσ Ῥώμησ ἐλαυνόμενοσ, ἧσ δεύτεροσ κτίστησ νῦν ἀναγορεύεται; (Plutarch, De exilio, section 15 1:3)
  • καὶ ἐν τῷ κατὰ Μειδίου, καὶ ταῦτα πάσχων ἐγὼ καὶ τοῦτον ὃν διεξέρχομαι τρόπον νῦν πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ ἐλαυνόμενοσ. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 8:3)
  • πᾶν δ’ αὖ μᾶλλον ἢ δυνατὸσ ὢν ἡσυχίαν ἄγειν, ἐλαυνόμενοσ δὲ τῷ συνειδότι τοῦ πράγματοσ, ὡρ́μησέ πωσ πρὸσ τὸν Οὐαλλέριον, μάλιστά τοῖσ κοινοῖσ καὶ φιλανθρώποισ ἐπαχθεὶσ τοῦ ἀνδρόσ, ὅτι πᾶσιν εὐπρόσοδοσ ἦν τοῖσ δεομένοισ, καὶ τὴν οἰκίαν ἀεὶ παρεῖχεν ἀνεῳγμένην, καὶ λόγον οὐδενὸσ οὐδὲ χρείαν ἀπερρίπτει τῶν ταπεινῶν. (Plutarch, Publicola, chapter 4 4:1)

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.

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