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

  • ἀφελὼν γὰρ τὰ παντοδαπὰ πλήθη καὶ τὰσ πολυγλώσσουσ ἀπειλὰσ τῶν βαρβάρων, ὅπλων τε διαχρύσων καὶ διαλίθων κατασκευάσ, ὡσ λάφυρα τῶν κρατούντων, οὐκ ἀλκήν τινα τῶν κεκτημένων ὄντα, ξίφη μὲν ἠλαύνετο Ῥωμαϊκά καὶ θυρεοὺσ ἐμβριθεῖσ ἐπήγνυτο καὶ γεγυμνασμένουσ μᾶλλον ἢ κεκοσμημένουσ ἤθροιζεν ἵππουσ, πεζῶν δὲ μυριάδασ δώδεκα κατεσκευασμένων εἰσ φάλαγγα Ῥωμαϊκήν, ἱππεῖσ δὲ πρὸσ μυρίοισ ἑξακισχιλίουσ ἄνευ τῶν δρεπανηφόρων τεθρίππων ταῦτα δ’ ἦν ἑκατόν· (Plutarch, Lucullus, chapter 7 4:1)
  • Λητὼ δὲ συνελθοῦσα Διὶ κατὰ τὴν γῆν ἅπασαν ὑφ’ Ἥρασ ἠλαύνετο, μέχρισ εἰσ Δῆλον ἐλθοῦσα γεννᾷ πρώτην Ἄρτεμιν, ὑφ’ ἧσ μαιωθεῖσα ὕστερον Ἀπόλλωνα ἐγέννησεν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 4 1:3)
  • ἀποβὰσ δὲ τῆσ νεὼσ σὺν τοῖσ ἡρ́ωσι κατά τινα τῆσ νήσου τόπον ἔρημον ἠλαύνετο ὑπὸ τῶν βουκόλων, λῃστὰσ ἐμβεβληκέναι δοκούντων καὶ μὴ δυναμένων ἀκοῦσαι λέγοντοσ αὐτοῦ τὴν ἀλήθειαν διὰ τὴν κραυγὴν τῶν κυνῶν, ἀλλὰ βαλλόντων κἀκείνων, παραγενόμενοσ Ἀλθαιμένησ ἀκοντίσασ ἀπέκτεινεν ἀγνοῶν Κατρέα. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 2 2:4)
  • φανέντων δὲ ὕστερον τῶν λανθανόντων, Ιὀκάστη μὲν ἐξ ἀγχόνησ ἑαυτὴν ἀνήρτησεν, Οἰδίπουσ δὲ τὰσ ὄψεισ τυφλώσασ ἐκ Θηβῶν ἠλαύνετο, ἀρὰσ τοῖσ παισὶ θέμενοσ, οἳ τῆσ πόλεωσ αὐτὸν ἐκβαλλόμενον θεωροῦντεσ οὐκ ἐπήμυναν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 5 9:1)
  • ἔνθα δὴ ἔθεον πάντεσ καὶ οἱ ὀπισθοφύλακεσ, καὶ τὰ ὑποζύγια ἠλαύνετο καὶ οἱ ἵπποι. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 7 27:2)

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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