Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐννεύω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐννεύω ἐννεύσω

Structure: ἐν (Prefix) + νεύ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to make signs to, to ask by signs

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐννεύω ἐννεύεις ἐννεύει
Dual ἐννεύετον ἐννεύετον
Plural ἐννεύομεν ἐννεύετε ἐννεύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐννεύω ἐννεύῃς ἐννεύῃ
Dual ἐννεύητον ἐννεύητον
Plural ἐννεύωμεν ἐννεύητε ἐννεύωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐννεύοιμι ἐννεύοις ἐννεύοι
Dual ἐννεύοιτον ἐννευοίτην
Plural ἐννεύοιμεν ἐννεύοιτε ἐννεύοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐννεύε ἐννευέτω
Dual ἐννεύετον ἐννευέτων
Plural ἐννεύετε ἐννευόντων, ἐννευέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐννεύειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐννευων ἐννευοντος ἐννευουσα ἐννευουσης ἐννευον ἐννευοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐννεύομαι ἐννεύει, ἐννεύῃ ἐννεύεται
Dual ἐννεύεσθον ἐννεύεσθον
Plural ἐννευόμεθα ἐννεύεσθε ἐννεύονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐννεύωμαι ἐννεύῃ ἐννεύηται
Dual ἐννεύησθον ἐννεύησθον
Plural ἐννευώμεθα ἐννεύησθε ἐννεύωνται
OptativeSingular ἐννευοίμην ἐννεύοιο ἐννεύοιτο
Dual ἐννεύοισθον ἐννευοίσθην
Plural ἐννευοίμεθα ἐννεύοισθε ἐννεύοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐννεύου ἐννευέσθω
Dual ἐννεύεσθον ἐννευέσθων
Plural ἐννεύεσθε ἐννευέσθων, ἐννευέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐννεύεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐννευομενος ἐννευομενου ἐννευομενη ἐννευομενης ἐννευομενον ἐννευομενου

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

  • ὁ δ̓ αὐτὸσ ἐννεύει ὀφθαλμῷ, σημαίνει δὲ ποδί, διδάσκει δὲ ἐννεύμασι δακτύλων. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 6:17)
  • Πυραλλίδα δὲ ὅσον ἐνένευεσ, καὶ πιὼν ἄν ἐκείνῃ μὲν ὑπέδειξασ τὸ ποτήριον, ἀποδιδοὺσ δὲ τῷ παιδὶ πρὸσ τὸ οὖσ ἐκέλευεσ, εἰ μὴ Πυραλλὶσ αἰτήσειε, μὴ ἂν ἄλλῳ ἐγχέαι· (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 1:11)
  • ἐνένευον δὲ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ τὸ τί ἂν θέλοι καλεῖσθαι αὐτό. (, chapter 1 59:1)

Synonyms

  1. to make signs to

Derived

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

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