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

  • ποτὲ μὲν γὰρ ἡμεροῦτο φλόξ, ἵνα μὴ καταφλέξῃ τὰ ἐπ̓ ἀσεβεῖσ ἀπεσταλμένα ζῷα, ἀλλ̓ αὐτοὶ βλέποντεσ ἴδωσιν, ὅτι Θεοῦ κρίσει ἐλαύνονται. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 16:18)
  • οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐλεεῖν ἄξιον ἦν οὕτω δυσέρωτα τῆσ δόξησ ἄνθρωπον ὑπὲρ ἅπαντασ ὅσοι τῇ αὐτῇ Ποινῇ ἐλαύνονται. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 14:2)
  • καὶ κόλακεσ ὑπὸ πάντων ἐλαύνονται καὶ κολάζονται, καθάπερ οὐκ εἰσ μίαν κύλικα φάρμακον ἐμβάλλοντεσ θανάσιμον, ἀλλ’ εἰσ πηγὴν δημοσίᾳ ῥέουσαν, ᾗ χρωμένουσ πάντασ ὁρῶσιν. (Plutarch, Maxime cum principbus philosopho esse diserendum, chapter, section 3 6:1)
  • φωραθέντοσ δὲ τοῦ φόνου φυγάδεσ ἀπὸ Αἰγίνησ ὑπὸ Αἰακοῦ ἐλαύνονται. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 12 6:21)
  • ἵνα δέ, ἔφη, μὴ καθ’ ἓν ἕκαστον ἐπιὼν πολύ τι πλῆθοσ ἐπάγωμαι λόγων, ἐρῶ τοὺσ κοινοτάτουσ καὶ φανερωτάτουσ δαίμονασ, ὑφ’ ὧν ἅπαντεσ, ὡσ εἰπεῖν, ἐλαύνονται τύραννοι καὶ ἰδιῶται καὶ πλούσιοι καὶ πένητεσ καὶ ὅλα ἔθνη καὶ πόλεισ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 94:1)

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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