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ἐλαύνω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλαύνω

Structure: ἐλαύν (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: e)la/w

Sense

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
to sail, to run
to drive away
to drive away, expel
to drive, harass, shall persecute, to persecute, attack, harass
to strike
to drive or thrust, to go through
to beat with, he made, of beaten
to draw a line of, has its, carried down, to work one's way, to draw, plant, in line
to prolong

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐλαύνω	ἐλαύνεις	ἐλαύνει
	Dual		ἐλαύνετον	ἐλαύνετον
	Plural	ἐλαύνομεν	ἐλαύνετε	ἐλαύνουσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐλαύνω	ἐλαύνῃς	ἐλαύνῃ
	Dual		ἐλαύνητον	ἐλαύνητον
	Plural	ἐλαύνωμεν	ἐλαύνητε	ἐλαύνωσιν*
Optative	Singular	ἐλαύνοιμι	ἐλαύνοις	ἐλαύνοι
	Dual		ἐλαύνοιτον	ἐλαυνοίτην
	Plural	ἐλαύνοιμεν	ἐλαύνοιτε	ἐλαύνοιεν
Imperative	Singular		έ̓λαυνε	ἐλαυνέτω
	Dual		ἐλαύνετον	ἐλαυνέτων
	Plural		ἐλαύνετε	ἐλαυνόντων, ἐλαυνέτωσαν
Infinitive		ἐλαύνειν
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		ἐλαυνων ἐλαυνοντος	ἐλαυνουσα ἐλαυνουσης	ἐλαυνον ἐλαυνοντος
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐλαύνομαι	ἐλαύνει, ἐλαύνῃ	ἐλαύνεται
	Dual		ἐλαύνεσθον	ἐλαύνεσθον
	Plural	ἐλαυνόμεθα	ἐλαύνεσθε	ἐλαύνονται
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐλαύνωμαι	ἐλαύνῃ	ἐλαύνηται
	Dual		ἐλαύνησθον	ἐλαύνησθον
	Plural	ἐλαυνώμεθα	ἐλαύνησθε	ἐλαύνωνται
Optative	Singular	ἐλαυνοίμην	ἐλαύνοιο	ἐλαύνοιτο
	Dual		ἐλαύνοισθον	ἐλαυνοίσθην
	Plural	ἐλαυνοίμεθα	ἐλαύνοισθε	ἐλαύνοιντο
Imperative	Singular		ἐλαύνου	ἐλαυνέσθω
	Dual		ἐλαύνεσθον	ἐλαυνέσθων
	Plural		ἐλαύνεσθε	ἐλαυνέσθων, ἐλαυνέσθωσαν
Infinitive		ἐλαύνεσθαι
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		ἐλαυνομενος ἐλαυνομενου	ἐλαυνομενη ἐλαυνομενης	ἐλαυνομενον ἐλαυνομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ή̓λαυνον	ή̓λαυνες	ή̓λαυνεν*
	Dual		ἠλαύνετον	ἠλαυνέτην
	Plural	ἠλαύνομεν	ἠλαύνετε	ή̓λαυνον
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἠλαυνόμην	ἠλαύνου	ἠλαύνετο
	Dual		ἠλαύνεσθον	ἠλαυνέσθην
	Plural	ἠλαυνόμεθα	ἠλαύνεσθε	ἠλαύνοντο

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

τί σοφισθήσεται ὁ κρατῶν ἀρότρου καὶ καυχώμενοσ ἐν δόρατι κέντρου, βόασ ἐλαύνων καὶ ἀναστρεφόμενοσ ἐν ἔργοισ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἡ διήγησισ αὐτοῦ ἐν υἱοῖσ ταύρων̣ (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 38:25)
ἴσχυσεν ἀνὴρ τέκτων καὶ χαλκεὺσ τύπτων σφύρῃ ἅμα ἐλαύνων. ποτὲ μὲν ἐρεῖ. σύμβλημα καλόν ἐστίν. ἰσχύρωσαν αὐτὰ ἐν ἥλοισ, θήσουσιν αὐτὰ καὶ οὐ κινηθήσονται. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 41:7)
νύμφαι Τρωιάδεσ, ποταμοῦ Ξάνθοιο γενέθλη, αἳ πλοκάμων κρήδεμνα καὶ ἱερὰ παίγνια χειρῶν πολλάκι πατρῴῃσιν ἐπὶ ψαμάθοισι λιποῦσαι ἐσ χορὸν Ἰδαίῃσιν ἐπεντύνασθε χορείαισ, δεῦτε, θεμιστοπόλοιο νοήματα μηλοβοτῆροσ εἴπατέ μοι, κελάδοντοσ ἀπορνύμεναι ποταμοῖο, ἐξ ὀρέων πόθεν ἦλθεν ἀήθεα πόντον ἐλαύνων ἀγνώσσων ἁλὸσ ἔργα; (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 11)
ᾤμην οὖν ἐφ’ ὕβρει τῶν Ἑλληνίων θεῶν τοιαῦτα παρανομεῖν τοὺσ Κελτοὺσ ἐσ τὴν μορφὴν τὴν Ἡρακλέουσ ἀμυνομένουσ αὐτὸν τῇ γραφῇ, ὅτι τὴν χώραν ποτὲ αὐτῶν ἐπῆλθεν λείαν ἐλαύνων, ὁπότε τὰσ Γηρυόνου ἀγέλασ ζητῶν κατέδραμε τὰ πολλὰ τῶν ἑσπερίων γενῶν. (Lucian, Hercules, 2:1)
ἃ δὲ ἠδίκημαι καὶ περιύβρισμαι πρὸσ τούτου, ταῦτά ἐστιν, ὅτι με σεμνόν τέωσ ὄντα καὶ θεῶν τε πέρι καὶ φύσεωσ καὶ τῆσ τῶν ὅλων περιόδου σκοπούμενον, ὑψηλὸν ἄνω που τῶν νεφῶν ἀεροβατοῦντα, ἔνθα ὁ μέγασ ἐν οὐρανῷ Ζεὺσ πτηνὸν ἁρ́μα ἐλαύνων φέρεται, κατασπάσασ αὐτὸσ ἤδη κατὰ τὴν ἁψῖδα πετόμενον καὶ ἀναβαίνοντα ὑπὲρ τὰ νῶτα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τὰ πτερὰ συντρίψασ ἰσοδίαιτον τοῖσ πολλοῖσ ἐποίησεν, καὶ τὸ μὲν τραγικὸν ἐκεῖνο καὶ σωφρονικὸν προσωπεῖον ἀφεῖλέ μου, κωμικὸν δὲ καὶ σατυρικὸν ἄλλο ἐπέθηκέ μοι καὶ μικροῦ δεῖν γελοῖον. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 33:8)

Synonyms

to sail
- πλωτεύω (to sail.)
- πλέω (sail )
- συνανατρέχω (to run up with)
- θέω (I run )
- προσπίπτω (to run to)
- ἀναβάλλω (to run)
- δρομάω (to run)
- δολιχοδρομέω (to run the)
- δακρύω ( I run)
to drive away
- ἐξαναγκάζω (to drive away)
- παίω (I drive away)
- ἐκπλήσσω (to strike out of, drive away from, to drive away)
- ἀποστυφελίζω (to drive away by force from)
- σοβέω (to drive away, clear away)
- ὑπεξελαύνω (to drive away gradually)
- εἰσελαύνω (to drive in, driving in)
- προσβάλλω (do, drive)
- ἐξαμύνομαι (to ward off from oneself, drive away)
- ἀπελαύνω (to drive away, expel from, to drive away)
- νίσσομαι (to go, go away, to go to)
- ἀποχωρέω (to go from or away from)
- ἀπονίσσομαι (to go away)
to drive away
- ἀπελαύνω (to drive away, expel from, to drive away)
- ἐξαναγκάζω (to drive away)
- παίω (I drive away)
- ἐξελαύνω (to drive out from, to drive afield, to drive out or expel from)
- ἐκπλήσσω (to strike out of, drive away from, to drive away)
- ἀποστυφελίζω (to drive away by force from)
- σοβέω (to drive away, clear away)
- ὑπεξελαύνω (to drive away gradually)
- ἀπωθέω (to thrust away, push back, to push off)
to drive
- κυνηγετέω (to hunt, to persecute, harass)
to strike
- ἀνακρούω (to strike up)
- κατάρχω (to strike)
- πατάσσω ( I strike)
- κρούω (to strike)
- προσβάλλω (to strike, with)
- συμπατάσσω (to strike with or together)
- ἐπικρούω (to strike upon, to strike)
- προσκόπτω (to strike, against)
- ἀντιπλήσσω (to strike in turn)
- ἀναπαίω (to strike back)
- διαράσσω (to strike through)
- κρέκω (to strike, to play on)
- ἀποκρανίζω (to strike off from the head)
- ἰχθυβολέω (to strike fish)
- ἀποπλήσσω (I strike to earth)
- βάλλω ( I strike, touch)
- θείνω (to strike, wound)
- διακρέκω (to strike the strings)
- ῥιζοβολέω (to strike root)
- οἰστροβολέω (to strike as with a sting)
- παίω (I strike, hit)
- κρέκω (to strike, to weave)
- πλήσσω (to strike, smite)
- κεντρόω (to strike with a goad)
- ἀτύζω (to strike with terror)
- σφενδονάω (to strike by slinging)
- κεραυνόω (to strike with thunderbolts)
to drive or thrust
- διίημι (to drive or thrust through)
- διωθέω (to thrust through)
- διελαύνω (to thrust through)
- διελαύνω (to thrust, through)
- διαπείρω (to drive through)
- περάω (to drive right through)
- διφρηλατέω (to drive a chariot through)
- διελαύνω (to drive through or across)
to beat with
- ἀποκρούω (to beat off from, to beat off from oneself, beat off)
to prolong
- ἐκτείνω (I prolong, draw out)
- παρέλκω (to be prolonged, to continue)
- παρατείνω (to prolong, protract)
- προσεκβάλλω (to draw out further, prolong)

ἠῷος (at morn)
Στρυμών (the Strymon)
παρελαύνω (to drive by or past)
ἐπισπέρχω (to urge on)
ὁδεύω (to go)
ἐλασᾶς ()
Ἀλήιος (poor in lands)
τοσόσδε (so strong)
ἐρίμυκος (loud-bellowing)
συρμός (any lengthened sweeping motion)
μαχητής (fighter)
πουλυβότειρα ()
νησαῖος (of an island)
λαιψηρός (light)
Θεσσαλικός (Thessalian)
ῥίμφα (lightly)
ἐμβαίνω (to step in)
ἰθῡ́νω (Alternative form of εὐθύνω ‎)
λαῖτμα (the depth or gulf)
περιελαύνω (to drive round)
πρόσουρος (adjoining)
λαῖλαψ (a tempest)
τελέθω (to come into being)
εὔαγρος (lucky in the chase)
ἀλαλητός (the shout of victory)
ἅλαδε (to or into the sea)
ἡβός ()
ταλαεργός (enduring labour)
ἐννῆμαρ (for nine days)
ὀτραλέος (quickly)

Derived

ἀντελαύνω (to sail against)
ἀπελαύνω (to drive away, expel from, to drive away)
διελαύνω (to drive through or across, to thrust through, to thrust)
διεξελαύνω (to drive, ride, march through)
εἰσελαύνω (to drive in, driving in, to row or sail in)
ἐνελαύνω (to drive in or into)
ἐξελαύνω (to drive out from, to drive afield, to drive out or expel from)
ἐπελαύνω (to drive upon, upon, to lay)
κατελαύνω (to draw down)
παρελαύνω (to drive by or past, to drive, past)
παρεξελαύνω (to drive out past, to pass, to row past)
περιελαύνω (to drive round, to push, round)
προελαύνω (to ride on or forward, to ride before, was now far advanced)
προεξελαύνω (to ride out before, to run out, before)
προσελαύνω (to drive or chase to, to be driven or fixed to, to ride towards)
συνελαύνω (to drive together, gnashed, together)
συνεξελαύνω (to drive out along with or together)
ὑπελαύνω (to ride up)
ὑπεξελαύνω (to drive away gradually)

Similar forms

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

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ἐλαύνω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to sail

to drive away

to drive away

to drive

to strike

to drive or thrust

to beat with

to prolong

Related

Derived

Similar forms

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ἐλαύνω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to sail

to drive away

to drive away

to drive

to strike

to drive or thrust

to beat with

to prolong

Related

Derived

Similar forms

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