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ἐσχατάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐσχατάω

Structure: ἐσχατά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: e)/sxatos

Sense

  1. to be at the edge, on the border, straying about the edge

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐσχάτω ἐσχάτᾳς ἐσχάτᾳ
Dual ἐσχάτᾱτον ἐσχάτᾱτον
Plural ἐσχάτωμεν ἐσχάτᾱτε ἐσχάτωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐσχάτω ἐσχάτῃς ἐσχάτῃ
Dual ἐσχάτητον ἐσχάτητον
Plural ἐσχάτωμεν ἐσχάτητε ἐσχάτωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐσχάτῳμι ἐσχάτῳς ἐσχάτῳ
Dual ἐσχάτῳτον ἐσχατῷτην
Plural ἐσχάτῳμεν ἐσχάτῳτε ἐσχάτῳεν
ImperativeSingular ἐσχᾶτᾱ ἐσχατᾶτω
Dual ἐσχάτᾱτον ἐσχατᾶτων
Plural ἐσχάτᾱτε ἐσχατῶντων, ἐσχατᾶτωσαν
Infinitive ἐσχάτᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐσχατων ἐσχατωντος ἐσχατωσα ἐσχατωσης ἐσχατων ἐσχατωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐσχάτωμαι ἐσχάτᾳ ἐσχάτᾱται
Dual ἐσχάτᾱσθον ἐσχάτᾱσθον
Plural ἐσχατῶμεθα ἐσχάτᾱσθε ἐσχάτωνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐσχάτωμαι ἐσχάτῃ ἐσχάτηται
Dual ἐσχάτησθον ἐσχάτησθον
Plural ἐσχατώμεθα ἐσχάτησθε ἐσχάτωνται
OptativeSingular ἐσχατῷμην ἐσχάτῳο ἐσχάτῳτο
Dual ἐσχάτῳσθον ἐσχατῷσθην
Plural ἐσχατῷμεθα ἐσχάτῳσθε ἐσχάτῳντο
ImperativeSingular ἐσχάτω ἐσχατᾶσθω
Dual ἐσχάτᾱσθον ἐσχατᾶσθων
Plural ἐσχάτᾱσθε ἐσχατᾶσθων, ἐσχατᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐσχάτᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐσχατωμενος ἐσχατωμενου ἐσχατωμενη ἐσχατωμενης ἐσχατωμενον ἐσχατωμενου

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

  • καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Θημάρ. μή, ἀδελφέ, ὅτι μεγάλη ἡ κακία ἡ ἐσχάτη ὑπὲρ τὴν πρώτην, ἣν ἐποίησασ μετ’ ἐμοῦ τοῦ ἐξαποστεῖλαί με. καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν Ἀμνὼν ἀκοῦσαι τῆσ φωνῆσ αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 13:16)
  • ταχὺ δέ τινεσ τῶν τοῦ Ἡλιοδώρου συνήθων ἠξίουν τὸν Ὀνίαν ἐπικαλέσασθαι τὸν Ὕψιστον καὶ τὸ ζῆν χαρίσασθαι τῷ παντελῶσ ἐν ἐσχάτῃ πνοῇ κειμένῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 3:31)
  • ἐν ἐσχάτῃ δὲ πνοῇ γενόμενοσ εἶπε. σὺ μὲν ἀλάστωρ ἐκ τοῦ παρόντοσ ἡμᾶσ ζῆν ἀπολύεισ, ὁ δὲ τοῦ κόσμου βασιλεὺσ ἀποθανόντασ ἡμᾶσ ὑπὲρ τῶν αὐτοῦ νόμων εἰσ αἰώνιον ἀναβίωσιν ζωῆσ ἡμᾶσ ἀναστήσει. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 7:9)
  • ἐσχάτη δὲ τῶν υἱῶν ἡ μήτηρ ἐτελεύτησε. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 7:41)
  • ἀγαθὴ ἐσχάτη λόγων ὑπὲρ ἀρχὴν αὐτοῦ, ἀγαθὸν μακρόθυμοσ ὑπὲρ ὑψηλὸν πνεύματι. (Septuagint, Liber Ecclesiastes 7:8)

Synonyms

  1. to be at the edge

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

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