Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

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

  • ἑώρων δὲ οἱ γραμματεῖσ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ἑαυτοὺσ ἐν κακοῖσ λέγοντεσ. οὐκ ἀπολείψετε τῆσ πλινθείασ τὸ καθῆκον τῇ ἡμέρᾳ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 5:19)
  • καὶ συνέλεξαν αὐτὸ πρωί̈ πρωί̈, ἕκαστοσ τὸ καθῆκον αὐτῷ. ἡνίκα δὲ διεθέρμαινεν ὁ ἥλιοσ, ἐτήκετο. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 16:21)
  • οἱ δὲ πρὸσ τῷ παρανόμῳ σπλαγνισμῷ τεταγμένοι διὰ τὴν ἐκ τῶν παλαιῶν χρόνων πρὸσ τὸν ἄνδρα γνῶσιν ἀπολαβόντεσ αὐτὸν κατ̓ ἰδίαν παρεκάλουν ἐνέγκατα κρέα, οἷσ καθῆκον αὐτῷ χρήσασθαι, δἰ αὐτοῦ παρασκευασθέντα, ὑποκριθῆναι δὲ ὡσ ἐσθίοντα τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέωσ προστεταγμένα τῶν ἀπὸ τῆσ θυσίασ κρεῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 6:21)
  • δεῖται δὲ καὶ τὸ περὶ τοὺσ ἐπαίνουσ καθῆκον εὐλαβείασ τινὸσ καὶ μετριότητοσ διὰ τὸ μήτε τὴν ἔλλειψιν αὐτοῦ μήτε τὴν ὑπερβολὴν ἐλευθέριον εἶναι. (Plutarch, De Recta Ratione Audiendi, chapter, section 131)
  • "οὔτ’ ὄκνῳ εἴκων οὔτ’ ἀφραδίῃσι νόοιο, ἀλλ’ ἐμέ τ’ εἰσορόων κἀμοὶ τοῦτο παραδοὺσ τὸ καθῆκον. (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 9 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. to have come or gone down

  2. to come down to

  3. to have come to

  4. is come

Related

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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