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ἰθύω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰθύω

Structure: ἰθύ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: i)qu/s

Sense

  1. to go straight, press right on, set straight, made straight for
  2. to strive or struggle, he purposed

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἰθύω ἰθύεις ἰθύει
Dual ἰθύετον ἰθύετον
Plural ἰθύομεν ἰθύετε ἰθύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἰθύω ἰθύῃς ἰθύῃ
Dual ἰθύητον ἰθύητον
Plural ἰθύωμεν ἰθύητε ἰθύωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἰθύοιμι ἰθύοις ἰθύοι
Dual ἰθύοιτον ἰθυοίτην
Plural ἰθύοιμεν ἰθύοιτε ἰθύοιεν
ImperativeSingular ί̓θυε ἰθυέτω
Dual ἰθύετον ἰθυέτων
Plural ἰθύετε ἰθυόντων, ἰθυέτωσαν
Infinitive ἰθύειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἰθυων ἰθυοντος ἰθυουσα ἰθυουσης ἰθυον ἰθυοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἰθύομαι ἰθύει, ἰθύῃ ἰθύεται
Dual ἰθύεσθον ἰθύεσθον
Plural ἰθυόμεθα ἰθύεσθε ἰθύονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἰθύωμαι ἰθύῃ ἰθύηται
Dual ἰθύησθον ἰθύησθον
Plural ἰθυώμεθα ἰθύησθε ἰθύωνται
OptativeSingular ἰθυοίμην ἰθύοιο ἰθύοιτο
Dual ἰθύοισθον ἰθυοίσθην
Plural ἰθυοίμεθα ἰθύοισθε ἰθύοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἰθύου ἰθυέσθω
Dual ἰθύεσθον ἰθυέσθων
Plural ἰθύεσθε ἰθυέσθων, ἰθυέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἰθύεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἰθυομενος ἰθυομενου ἰθυομενη ἰθυομενης ἰθυομενον ἰθυομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ῑ́̓θυον ῑ́̓θυες ῑ́̓θυεν*
Dual ῑ̓θύετον ῑ̓θυέτην
Plural ῑ̓θύομεν ῑ̓θύετε ῑ́̓θυον
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ῑ̓θυόμην ῑ̓θύου ῑ̓θύετο
Dual ῑ̓θύεσθον ῑ̓θυέσθην
Plural ῑ̓θυόμεθα ῑ̓θύεσθε ῑ̓θύοντο

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

  • ὅθεν οὐ πάντα πάντων ἐστίν, ἀλλὰ δεῖ τῷ Πυθικῷ γράμματι πειθόμενον αὑτὸν καταμαθεῖν, εἶρα χρῆσθαι πρὸσ ἓν ὃ πέφυκε, καὶ μὴ πρὸσ ἄλλον ἄλλοτε βίου ζῆλον ἕλκειν καὶ παραβιάζεσθαι τὴν φύσιν ἐν ἁρ́μασιν ἵπποσ ἐν δ’ ἀρότρῳ βοῦσ, παρὰ ναῦν δ’ ἰθύει τάχιστα δελφίσ, κάπρῳ δὲ βουλεύοντα φόνον κύνα χρὴ τλάθυμον ἐξευρεῖν. (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 13 1:1)
  • ἐν ἁρ́μασιν ἵπποσ, ἐν δ’ ἀρότρῳ βοῦσ, παρὰ ναῦν δ’ ἰθύει τάχιστα δελφίσ, κάπρῳ δὲ βουλεύοντα φόνον κύνα χρὴ τλάθυμον ἐξευρεῖν. (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 13 4:1)
  • ὃ δὲ κρειῶν ἐρατίζων ἰθύει, ἀλλ’ οὔ τι πρήσσει· (Homer, Iliad, Book 11 54:4)
  • ὃ δὲ κρειῶν ἐρατίζων ἰθύει, ἀλλ’ οὔ τι πρήσσει· (Homer, Iliad, Book 17 71:2)

Synonyms

  1. to go straight

  2. to strive or struggle

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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