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ἰχνεύω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰχνεύω

Structure: ἰχνεύ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: i)/xnos

Sense

  1. to track out, hunt after, seek out, seeking for
  2. to hunt

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἰχνεύω ἰχνεύεις ἰχνεύει
Dual ἰχνεύετον ἰχνεύετον
Plural ἰχνεύομεν ἰχνεύετε ἰχνεύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἰχνεύω ἰχνεύῃς ἰχνεύῃ
Dual ἰχνεύητον ἰχνεύητον
Plural ἰχνεύωμεν ἰχνεύητε ἰχνεύωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἰχνεύοιμι ἰχνεύοις ἰχνεύοι
Dual ἰχνεύοιτον ἰχνευοίτην
Plural ἰχνεύοιμεν ἰχνεύοιτε ἰχνεύοιεν
ImperativeSingular ί̓χνευε ἰχνευέτω
Dual ἰχνεύετον ἰχνευέτων
Plural ἰχνεύετε ἰχνευόντων, ἰχνευέτωσαν
Infinitive ἰχνεύειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἰχνευων ἰχνευοντος ἰχνευουσα ἰχνευουσης ἰχνευον ἰχνευοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἰχνεύομαι ἰχνεύει, ἰχνεύῃ ἰχνεύεται
Dual ἰχνεύεσθον ἰχνεύεσθον
Plural ἰχνευόμεθα ἰχνεύεσθε ἰχνεύονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἰχνεύωμαι ἰχνεύῃ ἰχνεύηται
Dual ἰχνεύησθον ἰχνεύησθον
Plural ἰχνευώμεθα ἰχνεύησθε ἰχνεύωνται
OptativeSingular ἰχνευοίμην ἰχνεύοιο ἰχνεύοιτο
Dual ἰχνεύοισθον ἰχνευοίσθην
Plural ἰχνευοίμεθα ἰχνεύοισθε ἰχνεύοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἰχνεύου ἰχνευέσθω
Dual ἰχνεύεσθον ἰχνευέσθων
Plural ἰχνεύεσθε ἰχνευέσθων, ἰχνευέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἰχνεύεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἰχνευομενος ἰχνευομενου ἰχνευομενη ἰχνευομενης ἰχνευομενον ἰχνευομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ῑ́̓χνευον ῑ́̓χνευες ῑ́̓χνευεν*
Dual ῑ̓χνεύετον ῑ̓χνευέτην
Plural ῑ̓χνεύομεν ῑ̓χνεύετε ῑ́̓χνευον
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ῑ̓χνευόμην ῑ̓χνεύου ῑ̓χνεύετο
Dual ῑ̓χνεύεσθον ῑ̓χνευέσθην
Plural ῑ̓χνευόμεθα ῑ̓χνεύεσθε ῑ̓χνεύοντο

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 περὶ κυνῶν, ὅσαι ἰχνεύειν σοφαὶ καὶ ὅσαι πονηραί, καὶ ὅπωσ ἀπό τε τοῦ εἴδουσ καὶ τῶν ἔργων τεκμαίρεσθαι χρὴ ἑκατέρασ. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 1 2:2)
  • ἔλαμψε γὰρ τοῦ νιφόεντοσ ἀρτίωσ φανεῖσα φάμα Παρνασοῦ τὸν ἄδηλον ἄνδρα πάντ’ ἰχνεύειν. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, choral, antistrophe 11)
  • τὰ μὲν γὰρ ὄρη οἱο͂́ν τ’ ἐστὶ καὶ ἰχνεύειν καὶ μεταθεῖν καθαρῶσ, τὰ δὲ ἔργα οὐδέτερα διὰ τοὺσ τριμμούσ. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 4 11:2)
  • καὶ εὐξάμενον τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι καὶ τῇ Ἀρτέμιδι τῇ Ἀγροτέρᾳ μεταδοῦναι τῆσ θήρασ λῦσαι μίαν κύνα, ἥτισ ἂν ᾖ σοφωτάτη ἰχνεύειν, ἐὰν μὲν ᾖ χειμών, ἅμ’ ἡλίῳ ἀνίσχοντι, ἐὰν δὲ θέροσ, πρὸ ἡμέρασ, τὰσ δὲ ἄλλασ ὡρ́ασ μεταξὺ τούτου. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 6 16:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅταν μὴ ἰχνεύειν. (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 14:1)

Synonyms

  1. to track out

  2. to hunt

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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