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ἡβάω?

α-contract Verb; Transliteration: hēbaō

Principal Part: ἡβάω

Structure: ἡβά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: ἥβη

Sense

  1. to be at man's estate, to be in the prime of youth, in the prime and pride of life, being, past puberty, when I was young, the young, a young luxuriant
  2. to be young, is young, is like a young man

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἥβω ἥβᾳς ἥβᾳ
Dual ἥβατον ἥβατον
Plural ἥβωμεν ἥβατε ἥβωσι(ν)
SubjunctiveSingular ἥβω ἥβῃς ἥβῃ
Dual ἥβητον ἥβητον
Plural ἥβωμεν ἥβητε ἥβωσι(ν)
OptativeSingular ἥβῳμι ἥβῳς ἥβῳ
Dual ἥβῳτον ἡβῷτην
Plural ἥβῳμεν ἥβῳτε ἥβῳεν
ImperativeSingular ἧβα ἡβᾶτω
Dual ἥβατον ἡβᾶτων
Plural ἥβατε ἡβῶντων, ἡβᾶτωσαν
Infinitive ἥβαν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἡβων ἡβωντος ἡβωσα ἡβωσης ἡβων ἡβωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἥβωμαι ἥβᾳ ἥβαται
Dual ἥβασθον ἥβασθον
Plural ἡβῶμεθα ἥβασθε ἥβωνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἥβωμαι ἥβῃ ἥβηται
Dual ἥβησθον ἥβησθον
Plural ἡβώμεθα ἥβησθε ἥβωνται
OptativeSingular ἡβῷμην ἥβῳο ἥβῳτο
Dual ἥβῳσθον ἡβῷσθην
Plural ἡβῷμεθα ἥβῳσθε ἥβῳντο
ImperativeSingular ἥβω ἡβᾶσθω
Dual ἥβασθον ἡβᾶσθων
Plural ἥβασθε ἡβᾶσθων, ἡβᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive ἥβασθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἡβωμενος ἡβωμενου ἡβωμενη ἡβωμενης ἡβωμενον ἡβωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἥβων ἥβας ἥβα(ν)
Dual ἡβᾶτον ἡβάτην
Plural ἡβῶμεν ἡβᾶτε ἥβων
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἡβώμην ἡβῶ ἡβᾶτο
Dual ἡβᾶσθον ἡβάσθην
Plural ἡβώμεθα ἡβᾶσθε ἡβῶντο

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

  • εἰ δ ἐγὼ σθένος ἥβων δόρυ τ ἔπαλλον ἐν αἰχμᾷ, Καδμείων τε σύνηβοι, τέκεσιν ἂν προπαρέσταν ἀλκᾷ: (Euripides, Heracles, choral, ephymnion 31)
  • ὅστις μέντοι παῖς τε ὢν καὶ παιδίσκος καὶ ἡβῶν πάντα τὰ καλὰ ποιῶν διετέλεσε, χαλεπὸν εἶναι τοιοῦτον ἄνδρα ἀποκτιννύναι: (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 4 38:5)
  • ἀνδρῶν δ οὔ κέν τις ζωὸς βροτός, οὐδὲ μάλ ἡβῶν, ῥεῖα μετοχλίσσειεν, ἐπεὶ μέγα σῆμα τέτυκται ἐν λέχει ἀσκητῷ: (Homer, Odyssey, Book 23 24:4)
  • οὐδέ κέ μιν ῥέα χείρεσς ἀμφοτέρῃς ἔχοι ἀνὴρ οὐδὲ μάλ ἡβῶν, οἱοῖ νῦν βροτοί εἰς: (Homer, Iliad, Book 12 29:2)
  • οὐ γάρ κε τλαίη βροτὸς ἐλθέμεν, οὐδὲ μάλ ἡβῶν, ἐς στρατόν: (Homer, Iliad, Book 24 53:5)

Synonyms

  1. to be young

Derived

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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