Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἔσθω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔσθω

Structure: έ̓σθ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: poet. form of e)sqi/w

Sense

  1. to eat, to eat up, consume

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular έ̓σθω έ̓σθεις έ̓σθει
Dual έ̓σθετον έ̓σθετον
Plural έ̓σθομεν έ̓σθετε έ̓σθουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular έ̓σθω έ̓σθῃς έ̓σθῃ
Dual έ̓σθητον έ̓σθητον
Plural έ̓σθωμεν έ̓σθητε έ̓σθωσιν*
OptativeSingular έ̓σθοιμι έ̓σθοις έ̓σθοι
Dual έ̓σθοιτον ἐσθοίτην
Plural έ̓σθοιμεν έ̓σθοιτε έ̓σθοιεν
ImperativeSingular έ̓σθε ἐσθέτω
Dual έ̓σθετον ἐσθέτων
Plural έ̓σθετε ἐσθόντων, ἐσθέτωσαν
Infinitive έ̓σθειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐσθων ἐσθοντος ἐσθουσα ἐσθουσης ἐσθον ἐσθοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular έ̓σθομαι έ̓σθει, έ̓σθῃ έ̓σθεται
Dual έ̓σθεσθον έ̓σθεσθον
Plural ἐσθόμεθα έ̓σθεσθε έ̓σθονται
SubjunctiveSingular έ̓σθωμαι έ̓σθῃ έ̓σθηται
Dual έ̓σθησθον έ̓σθησθον
Plural ἐσθώμεθα έ̓σθησθε έ̓σθωνται
OptativeSingular ἐσθοίμην έ̓σθοιο έ̓σθοιτο
Dual έ̓σθοισθον ἐσθοίσθην
Plural ἐσθοίμεθα έ̓σθοισθε έ̓σθοιντο
ImperativeSingular έ̓σθου ἐσθέσθω
Dual έ̓σθεσθον ἐσθέσθων
Plural έ̓σθεσθε ἐσθέσθων, ἐσθέσθωσαν
Infinitive έ̓σθεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐσθομενος ἐσθομενου ἐσθομενη ἐσθομενης ἐσθομενον ἐσθομενου

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

  • ἀλλ’ ὅδε φύλαξ γὰρ τῶν ἐκεῖθεν ἄγγελοσ ἐσθεῖ πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ δεῦρο πυρρίχην βλέπων. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene 1:16)
  • Λιτυέρσασ δὲ ἦν μὲν υἱὸσ Μίδου νόθοσ, Κελαινῶν δὲ τῶν ἐν Φρυγίᾳ βασιλεύσ, ἄγριοσ ἰδέσθαι καὶ ἀνήμεροσ ἄνθρωποσ, ἀδηφάγοσ δ’ ἰσχυρῶσ, λέγει δὲ περὶ αὐτοῦ Σωσίθεοσ ὁ τραγῳδιοποιὸσ ἐν δράματι Δάφνιδι ἢ Λιτυέρσᾳ οὕτωσ ἔσθει μὲν ἄρτουσ τρεῖσ, ὄνουσ, κανθηλίουσ τρεῖσ τῆσ βραχείασ ἡμέρασ πίνει δ’, ἕνα καλῶν μετρητήν, τὸν δεκάμφορον, πίθον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 81)
  • οὔ τι γὰρ ἠὺ τετυγμένον ἔσθει, ἀλλὰ τὰ κοινὰ γάρ, ὥσπερ ὁ δᾶμοσ, ζατεύει. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 103)
  • ἄσημα δ’ αὐτῶν αὐτίκ’ ἀγνοίᾳ λαβὼν ἔσθει βορὰν ἄσωτον, ὡσ ὁρᾷσ, γένει. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode 1:13)

Synonyms

  1. to eat

Related

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

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