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

  • σκῆψισ γὰρ ἡ νόσοσ καὶ φυγὴ τῶν καθηκόντων ἔδοξεν. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 31:5)
  • ὁ λέγων λειχῆνοσ ἰατρικὴν εἶναι καὶ παρωνυχίασ, πλευρίτιδοσ δὲ καὶ πυρετοῦ καὶ φρενίτιδοσ μὴ εἶναι, τί διαφέρει τοῦ λέγοντοσ ὅτι τῶν μικρῶν καὶ παιδικῶν καθηκόντων εἰσὶ διδασκαλεῖα καὶ λόγοι καὶ ὑποθῆκαι, τῶν δὲ μεγάλων καὶ τελείων ἄλογοσ τριβὴ καὶ περίπτωσίσ ἐστιν; (Plutarch, An virtus doceri possit, section 32)
  • ὁ λέγων λειχῆνοσ ἰατρικὴν εἶναι καὶ παρωνυχίασ, πλευρίτιδοσ δὲ καὶ πυρετοῦ καὶ φρενίτιδοσ μὴ εἶναι, τί διαφέρει τοῦ λέγοντοσ ὅτι τῶν μικρῶν καὶ παιδικῶν καθηκόντων εἰσὶ διδασκαλεῖα καὶ λόγοι καὶ ὑποθῆκαι, τῶν δὲ μεγάλων καὶ τελείων ἄλογοσ τριβὴ καὶ περίπτωσίσ ἔστιν; (Plutarch, An virtus doceri possit, section 32)
  • ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν τὰ ἄλλα πάντα ἀποπλῆσαί μοι δοκῶ, καὶ ὅντινα ἂν ἐθέλῃσ τῶν εἰδότων τὰ ἡμέτερα, ἧκέ μοι ἐσ αὔριον παραλαβὼν ὄψει τε ὅπωσ ἐρωτᾷ καὶ πῶσ ἀποκρίνεται καὶ ὅσα μεμάθηκε καὶ ὅσα ἤδη ἀνέγνωκε βιβλία περὶ ἀξιωμάτων, περὶ συλλογισμῶν, περὶ καταλήψεωσ, περὶ καθηκόντων καὶ ἄλλα ποικίλα. (Lucian, 171:8)
  • Ἀδωνίων γὰρ εἰσ τὰσ ἡμέρασ ἐκείνασ καθηκόντων εἴδωλα πολλαχοῦ νεκροῖσ ἐκκομιζομένοισ ὅμοια προὔκειντο ταῖσ γυναιξί, καὶ ταφὰσ ἐμιμοῦντο κοπτόμεναι, καὶ θρήνουσ ᾖδον. (Plutarch, , chapter 18 3:1)

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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