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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

  • καὶ τὰσ ἀπαρχὰσ τοῦ σίτου καὶ τὰσ δεκάτασ τοῦ οἴνου καὶ τοῦ ἐλαίου, ἃ διεφύλαξαν ἁγιάσαντεσ τοῖσ ἱερεῦσι τοῖσ παρεστηκόσιν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἀπέναντι τοῦ προσώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, κεκρίκασιν ἐξαναλῶσαι, ὧν οὐδὲ ταῖσ χερσὶν καθῆκεν ἅψασθαι οὐδένα τῶν ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 11:13)
  • καὶ ἦν κατὰ μὲν τοῦ ἐπιρρέοντοσ βάψαντα γλυκὺ τὸ ὕδωρ ἀνιμήσασθαι, εἰ δὲ ἐσ βάθοσ τισ καθῆκεν τὴν κάλπιν, ἁλμυρόν. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 8 4:1)
  • μόνοσ οὗτοσ οὐ τέχνην εὑρ́ηκεν ἐπὶ τὸν πατέρα, οὐκ οἰκέτην καθῆκεν ἐξαπατήσοντα, οὐκ ἀπὸ τῆσ μητρὸσ ᾔτησεν ἀπειλήσασ ἀποπλευσεῖσθαι στρατευσόμενοσ, εἰ μὴ λάβοι, ἀλλὰ κάθηται ἡμᾶσ ἐπιτρίβων μήτε αὐτὸσ διδοὺσ μήτε παρὰ τῶν διδόντων ἐῶν λαμβάνειν; (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 4:8)
  • δελεάσασ τὸ ἄγκιστρον ἰσχάδι καὶ τῷ χρυσίῳ καθεζόμενοσ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ τειχίου καθῆκεν εἰσ τὴν πόλιν. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 47:10)
  • οἱάν πρόφασιν καθῆκεν, ὡσ εἰρωνικῶσ, ἵν’ αὐτὸν ἐκπέμψειασ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Prologue 4:46)

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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