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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

  • ταῦτα τοίνυν ἐν τῇ Στοᾷ νομοθετεῖται, καὶ πολλοὺσ μὲν ἐξάγουσι τῶν σοφῶν ὡσ ἄμεινον εὐδαιμονοῦντασ πεπαῦσθαι, πολλοὺσ δὲ κατέχουσι τῶν φαύλων ὡσ καθήκοντοσ αὐτοῖσ ζῆν κακοδαιμονοῦντασ. (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 11 2:1)
  • "καὶ τίνα λάβω τοῦ καθήκοντοσ ἀρχὴν καὶ ὕλην τῆσ ἀρετῆσ, ἀφεὶσ τὴν φύσιν καὶ τὸ κατὰ φύσιν; (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 232)
  • καίτοι τί δήποτ’, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, νομίζετε τὴν μὲν τῶν Παναθηναίων ἑορτὴν καὶ τὴν τῶν Διονυσίων ἀεὶ τοῦ καθήκοντοσ χρόνου γίγνεσθαι, ἄν τε δεινοὶ λάχωσιν ἄν τ’ ἰδιῶται οἱ τούτων ἑκατέρων ἐπιμελούμενοι, εἰσ ἃ τοσαῦτ’ ἀναλίσκεται χρήματα, ὅσ’ οὐδ’ εἰσ ἕνα τῶν ἀποστόλων, καὶ τοσοῦτον ὄχλον καὶ παρασκευὴν ὅσην οὐκ οἶδ’ εἴ τι τῶν ἁπάντων ἔχει, τοὺσ δ’ ἀποστόλουσ πάντασ ὑμῖν ὑστερίζειν τῶν καιρῶν, τὸν εἰσ Μεθώνην, τὸν εἰσ Παγασάσ, τὸν εἰσ Ποτείδαιαν; (Demosthenes, Speeches, 44:1)
  • τοῦ γὰρ εἰκότοσ πέρα ἄπεστι πλείω τοῦ καθήκοντοσ χρόνου. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 3:8)
  • κωλύει γὰρ εἰσ τὸν σύλλογον τὸν ἐν Πύλαισ ἀπαντᾶν, ὃσ ἐξ ἀνάγκησ πρὸ τοῦ καθήκοντοσ ἔμελλε χρόνου γίγνεσθαι. (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 1263)

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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