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καθήκω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: καθήκω καθήξω

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

Sense

  1. to have come or gone down
  2. to come down to, come or reach to
  3. to have come to, came
  4. is come, [the time], comes
  5. to be meet, fit, proper, the regular, proper
  6. it belongs to, beseems, duty it is, that which is meet, fit or proper, one's due or duty, the present state of things, circumstances

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular καθήκω καθήκεις καθήκει
Dual καθήκετον καθήκετον
Plural καθήκομεν καθήκετε καθήκουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular καθήκω καθήκῃς καθήκῃ
Dual καθήκητον καθήκητον
Plural καθήκωμεν καθήκητε καθήκωσιν*
OptativeSingular καθήκοιμι καθήκοις καθήκοι
Dual καθήκοιτον καθηκοίτην
Plural καθήκοιμεν καθήκοιτε καθήκοιεν
ImperativeSingular καθήκε καθηκέτω
Dual καθήκετον καθηκέτων
Plural καθήκετε καθηκόντων, καθηκέτωσαν
Infinitive καθήκειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
καθηκων καθηκοντος καθηκουσα καθηκουσης καθηκον καθηκοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular καθήκομαι καθήκει, καθήκῃ καθήκεται
Dual καθήκεσθον καθήκεσθον
Plural καθηκόμεθα καθήκεσθε καθήκονται
SubjunctiveSingular καθήκωμαι καθήκῃ καθήκηται
Dual καθήκησθον καθήκησθον
Plural καθηκώμεθα καθήκησθε καθήκωνται
OptativeSingular καθηκοίμην καθήκοιο καθήκοιτο
Dual καθήκοισθον καθηκοίσθην
Plural καθηκοίμεθα καθήκοισθε καθήκοιντο
ImperativeSingular καθήκου καθηκέσθω
Dual καθήκεσθον καθηκέσθων
Plural καθήκεσθε καθηκέσθων, καθηκέσθωσαν
Infinitive καθήκεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
καθηκομενος καθηκομενου καθηκομενη καθηκομενης καθηκομενον καθηκομενου

Imperfect 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

  • ὅταν οὖν ὁ τῆσ ἑορτῆσ καθήκῃ χρόνοσ, ὑπατεύοντοσ ἢ στρατηγοῦντοσ ἀνδρόσ, αὐτὸσ μὲν ἐξίσταται καὶ πᾶν τὸ ἄρρεν, ἡ δὲ γυνὴ τὴν οἰκίαν παραλαβοῦσα διακοσμεῖ, καὶ τὰ μέγιστα νύκτωρ τελεῖται, παιδιᾶσ ἀναμεμιγμένησ ταῖσ παννυχίσι καὶ μουσικῆσ ἅμα πολλῆσ παρούσησ. (Plutarch, Caesar, chapter 9 4:1)
  • ῥηθέντων δὲ τῶν λόγων, ὅταν καθήκῃ τὰσ γνώμασ ἐρωτᾶν, μήτ’ ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ ἄρξησθε μήτ’ ἀπὸ κοιντίου τουδὶ μήτ’ ἀπ’ ἄλλου τῶν πρεσβυτέρων μηδενόσ, ἀλλ’ ἀπὸ τοῦ φιλοδημοτάτου τῶν βουλευτῶν Λευκίου Οὐαλερίου, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον ἀξιοῦτε Ὁράτιον εἴ τι βούλεται λέγειν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 56 5:4)
  • ὅταν δὲ τελῶσιν οὗτοι τὴν ἀρχὴν καὶ καθήκῃ νέασ ἀρχὰσ ἀποδείκνυσθαι, τὴν βουλὴν καὶ τὸν δῆμον αὖθισ συνελθόντασ διαγνῶναι, πότερον ὑπάτουσ ἢ χιλιάρχουσ βούλονται παραλαβεῖν τὴν ἀρχήν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 60 7:2)
  • εἶτ’ ἐκκλησίαν ποιῆσαι, καὶ ταύτην ὅταν ἐκ τῶν νόμων καθήκῃ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 244:3)
  • πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ ἅπαντα ὀφείλουσι τὰ τῶν προγόνων οὐχ ἧττον αὐτῶν ἐκείνων εἰσ οὓσ ἄν ποτε καθήκῃ τὸ γένοσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 81:2)

Synonyms

  1. to have come or gone down

  2. to come down to

  3. to have come to

  4. is come

Related

Derived

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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