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καθαιρέω

ε-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: καθαιρέω καθαιρήσω καθεῖλον καθῄρημαι

Structure: κατ (Prefix) + αἱρέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to take down, we lowered, to take, down, to take down one's
  2. to put down or close
  3. to bring down
  4. swallow
  5. to put down by force, destroy, to kill, slay
  6. to put down, reduce, to depose, dethrone, to remove, utterly
  7. to rase to the ground, pull down
  8. to cancel, rescind
  9. to condemn
  10. to reduce
  11. to overpower, seize, to catch, to seize by
  12. to fetch down as a reward or prize, to achieve
  13. to take and carry off, seize

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular καθαίρω καθαίρεις καθαίρει
Dual καθαίρειτον καθαίρειτον
Plural καθαίρουμεν καθαίρειτε καθαίρουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular καθαίρω καθαίρῃς καθαίρῃ
Dual καθαίρητον καθαίρητον
Plural καθαίρωμεν καθαίρητε καθαίρωσιν*
OptativeSingular καθαίροιμι καθαίροις καθαίροι
Dual καθαίροιτον καθαιροίτην
Plural καθαίροιμεν καθαίροιτε καθαίροιεν
ImperativeSingular καθαῖρει καθαιρεῖτω
Dual καθαίρειτον καθαιρεῖτων
Plural καθαίρειτε καθαιροῦντων, καθαιρεῖτωσαν
Infinitive καθαίρειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
καθαιρων καθαιρουντος καθαιρουσα καθαιρουσης καθαιρουν καθαιρουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular καθαίρουμαι καθαίρει, καθαίρῃ καθαίρειται
Dual καθαίρεισθον καθαίρεισθον
Plural καθαιροῦμεθα καθαίρεισθε καθαίρουνται
SubjunctiveSingular καθαίρωμαι καθαίρῃ καθαίρηται
Dual καθαίρησθον καθαίρησθον
Plural καθαιρώμεθα καθαίρησθε καθαίρωνται
OptativeSingular καθαιροίμην καθαίροιο καθαίροιτο
Dual καθαίροισθον καθαιροίσθην
Plural καθαιροίμεθα καθαίροισθε καθαίροιντο
ImperativeSingular καθαίρου καθαιρεῖσθω
Dual καθαίρεισθον καθαιρεῖσθων
Plural καθαίρεισθε καθαιρεῖσθων, καθαιρεῖσθωσαν
Infinitive καθαίρεισθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
καθαιρουμενος καθαιρουμενου καθαιρουμενη καθαιρουμενης καθαιρουμενον καθαιρουμενου

Imperfect tense

Aorist 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 τοὺσ σθένοντασ γὰρ καθαιροῦσιν τύχαι. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 5:8)
  • ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ παρὰ τοῖσ ἀντιτέχνοισ ἐθέλουσιν εἶναι, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο βασκανίᾳ καὶ δυσμενείᾳ τοὺσ ἀληθῶσ τεχνίτασ καθαιροῦσιν. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 1 13:2)
  • ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ παρὰ τοῖσ ἀντιτέχνοισ ἐθέλουσιν εἶναι, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο βασκανίᾳ καὶ δυσμενείᾳ τοὺσ ἀληθῶσ τεχνίτασ καθαιροῦσιν. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 1 5:2)
  • εἴτε γάρ εἰσι τῶν πρωτευόντων ἐν αὐτῇ ἢ τιμωμένων, αὑτοὺσ καθαιροῦσιν ἀσθενοῦσ καὶ ἀδόξου πόλεωσ προεστηκότεσ· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 14:1)
  • διὸ καὶ τῶν πόλεων ἔνιαι τοὺσ ἰσχύοντασ μάλιστα τῶν πολιτευομένων ὑποπτεύουσαι καθαιροῦσιν αὐτῶν τὰσ ἐπιφανείασ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 19, chapter 1 1:2)
  • τούτουσ τά θ’ Ἑκαταῖα κατεσθίειν, καὶ τοὺσ ὄρχεισ τοὺσ ἐκ τῶν χοίρων, οἷσ καθαίρουσιν ὅταν εἰσιέναι μέλλωσιν, συλλέγοντασ ἑκάστοτε συνδειπνεῖν ἀλλήλοισ, καὶ ῥᾷον ὀμνύναι καὶ ἐπιορκεῖν ἢ ὁτιοῦν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 55:4)
  • "οὐκοῦν καὶ τὸν οἶνον οἱ μὲν ἀλόαισ χρωτίζοντεσ ἢ κινναμώμοισ καὶ κρόκοισ ἐφηδύνοντεσ ὥσπερ γυναῖκα καλλωπίζουσιν εἰσ τὰ συμπόσια καὶ προαγωγεύουσιν οἱ δ’ ἀφαιροῦντεσ τὸ ῥυπαρὸν καὶ ἄχρηστον ἐξ αὐτοῦ θεραπεύουσι καὶ καθαίρουσιν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 6, 5:17)

Synonyms

  1. to take down

  2. to put down or close

  3. to bring down

  4. swallow

  5. to put down by force

  6. to put down

  7. to rase to the ground

  8. to condemn

  9. to reduce

  10. to overpower

  11. to take and carry off

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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