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ἰλιγγιάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰλιγγιάω

Structure: ἰλιγγιά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to be or become dizzy, lose one's head

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἰλιγγίω ἰλιγγίᾳς ἰλιγγίᾳ
Dual ἰλιγγίᾱτον ἰλιγγίᾱτον
Plural ἰλιγγίωμεν ἰλιγγίᾱτε ἰλιγγίωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἰλιγγίω ἰλιγγίῃς ἰλιγγίῃ
Dual ἰλιγγίητον ἰλιγγίητον
Plural ἰλιγγίωμεν ἰλιγγίητε ἰλιγγίωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἰλιγγίῳμι ἰλιγγίῳς ἰλιγγίῳ
Dual ἰλιγγίῳτον ἰλιγγιῷτην
Plural ἰλιγγίῳμεν ἰλιγγίῳτε ἰλιγγίῳεν
ImperativeSingular ἰλιγγῖᾱ ἰλιγγιᾶτω
Dual ἰλιγγίᾱτον ἰλιγγιᾶτων
Plural ἰλιγγίᾱτε ἰλιγγιῶντων, ἰλιγγιᾶτωσαν
Infinitive ἰλιγγίᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἰλιγγιων ἰλιγγιωντος ἰλιγγιωσα ἰλιγγιωσης ἰλιγγιων ἰλιγγιωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἰλιγγίωμαι ἰλιγγίᾳ ἰλιγγίᾱται
Dual ἰλιγγίᾱσθον ἰλιγγίᾱσθον
Plural ἰλιγγιῶμεθα ἰλιγγίᾱσθε ἰλιγγίωνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἰλιγγίωμαι ἰλιγγίῃ ἰλιγγίηται
Dual ἰλιγγίησθον ἰλιγγίησθον
Plural ἰλιγγιώμεθα ἰλιγγίησθε ἰλιγγίωνται
OptativeSingular ἰλιγγιῷμην ἰλιγγίῳο ἰλιγγίῳτο
Dual ἰλιγγίῳσθον ἰλιγγιῷσθην
Plural ἰλιγγιῷμεθα ἰλιγγίῳσθε ἰλιγγίῳντο
ImperativeSingular ἰλιγγίω ἰλιγγιᾶσθω
Dual ἰλιγγίᾱσθον ἰλιγγιᾶσθων
Plural ἰλιγγίᾱσθε ἰλιγγιᾶσθων, ἰλιγγιᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive ἰλιγγίᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἰλιγγιωμενος ἰλιγγιωμενου ἰλιγγιωμενη ἰλιγγιωμενης ἰλιγγιωμενον ἰλιγγιωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ῑ̓λιγγῖων ῑ̓λιγγῖᾱς ῑ̓λιγγῖᾱν*
Dual ῑ̓λιγγίᾱτον ῑ̓λιγγιᾶτην
Plural ῑ̓λιγγίωμεν ῑ̓λιγγίᾱτε ῑ̓λιγγῖων
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ῑ̓λιγγιῶμην ῑ̓λιγγίω ῑ̓λιγγίᾱτο
Dual ῑ̓λιγγίᾱσθον ῑ̓λιγγιᾶσθην
Plural ῑ̓λιγγιῶμεθα ῑ̓λιγγίᾱσθε ῑ̓λιγγίωντο

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

  • τὸ πρῶτον πολλῆσ μεστὸν ὄντα ὁρμῆσ ἐπὶ τὸ πράττειν τὰ κοινά, βλέποντα εἰσ ταῦτα καὶ φερόμενα ὁρῶντα πάντῃ πάντωσ, τελευτῶντα ἰλιγγιᾶν, καὶ τοῦ μὲν σκοπεῖν μὴ ἀποστῆναι μή ποτε ἄμεινον ἂν γίγνοιτο περί τε αὐτὰ ταῦτα καὶ δὴ καὶ περὶ τὴν πᾶσαν πολιτείαν, τοῦ δὲ πράττειν αὖ περιμένειν ἀεὶ καιρούσ, τελευτῶντα δὲ νοῆσαι περὶ πασῶν τῶν νῦν πόλεων ὅτι κακῶσ σύμπασαι πολιτεύονται ‐ τὰ γὰρ τῶν νόμων αὐταῖσ σχεδὸν ἀνιάτωσ ἔχοντά ἐστιν ἄνευ παρασκευῆσ θαυμαστῆσ τινοσ μετὰ τύχησ ‐ λέγειν τε ἠναγκάσθην, ἐπαινῶν τὴν ὀρθὴν φιλοσοφίαν, ὡσ ἐκ ταύτησ ἔστιν τά τε πολιτικὰ δίκαια καὶ τὰ τῶν ἰδιωτῶν πάντα κατιδεῖν· (Plato, Epistles, Letter 7 16:1)

Synonyms

  1. to be or become dizzy

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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