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καθιμάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καθιμάω καθιμήσω

Structure: καθιμά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to let down by a rope

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular καθιμῶ καθιμᾷς καθιμᾷ
Dual καθιμᾶτον καθιμᾶτον
Plural καθιμῶμεν καθιμᾶτε καθιμῶσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular καθιμῶ καθιμῇς καθιμῇ
Dual καθιμῆτον καθιμῆτον
Plural καθιμῶμεν καθιμῆτε καθιμῶσιν*
OptativeSingular καθιμῷμι καθιμῷς καθιμῷ
Dual καθιμῷτον καθιμῴτην
Plural καθιμῷμεν καθιμῷτε καθιμῷεν
ImperativeSingular καθίμᾱ καθιμᾱ́τω
Dual καθιμᾶτον καθιμᾱ́των
Plural καθιμᾶτε καθιμώντων, καθιμᾱ́τωσαν
Infinitive καθιμᾶν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
καθιμων καθιμωντος καθιμωσα καθιμωσης καθιμων καθιμωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular καθιμῶμαι καθιμᾷ καθιμᾶται
Dual καθιμᾶσθον καθιμᾶσθον
Plural καθιμώμεθα καθιμᾶσθε καθιμῶνται
SubjunctiveSingular καθιμῶμαι καθιμῇ καθιμῆται
Dual καθιμῆσθον καθιμῆσθον
Plural καθιμώμεθα καθιμῆσθε καθιμῶνται
OptativeSingular καθιμῴμην καθιμῷο καθιμῷτο
Dual καθιμῷσθον καθιμῴσθην
Plural καθιμῴμεθα καθιμῷσθε καθιμῷντο
ImperativeSingular καθιμῶ καθιμᾱ́σθω
Dual καθιμᾶσθον καθιμᾱ́σθων
Plural καθιμᾶσθε καθιμᾱ́σθων, καθιμᾱ́σθωσαν
Infinitive καθιμᾶσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
καθιμωμενος καθιμωμενου καθιμωμενη καθιμωμενης καθιμωμενον καθιμωμενου

Future tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular καθιμήσω καθιμήσεις καθιμήσει
Dual καθιμήσετον καθιμήσετον
Plural καθιμήσομεν καθιμήσετε καθιμήσουσιν*
OptativeSingular καθιμήσοιμι καθιμήσοις καθιμήσοι
Dual καθιμήσοιτον καθιμησοίτην
Plural καθιμήσοιμεν καθιμήσοιτε καθιμήσοιεν
Infinitive καθιμήσειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
καθιμησων καθιμησοντος καθιμησουσα καθιμησουσης καθιμησον καθιμησοντος
Middle
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular καθιμήσομαι καθιμήσει, καθιμήσῃ καθιμήσεται
Dual καθιμήσεσθον καθιμήσεσθον
Plural καθιμησόμεθα καθιμήσεσθε καθιμήσονται
OptativeSingular καθιμησοίμην καθιμήσοιο καθιμήσοιτο
Dual καθιμήσοισθον καθιμησοίσθην
Plural καθιμησοίμεθα καθιμήσοισθε καθιμήσοιντο
Infinitive καθιμήσεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
καθιμησομενος καθιμησομενου καθιμησομενη καθιμησομενης καθιμησομενον καθιμησομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκαθίμων ἐκαθίμᾱς ἐκαθίμᾱν*
Dual ἐκαθιμᾶτον ἐκαθιμᾱ́την
Plural ἐκαθιμῶμεν ἐκαθιμᾶτε ἐκαθίμων
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκαθιμώμην ἐκαθιμῶ ἐκαθιμᾶτο
Dual ἐκαθιμᾶσθον ἐκαθιμᾱ́σθην
Plural ἐκαθιμώμεθα ἐκαθιμᾶσθε ἐκαθιμῶντο

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

  • μὰ Δί’ οὐ δῆτ’, ἀλλὰ καθιμᾷ αὑτὸν δήσασ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Agon, antepirrheme19)
  • σάκκουσ ἀχύρων πληρώσαντασ ἐκέλευσεν καθιμᾶν καθ’ ὃ φερόμενον ἀεὶ τὸν κριὸν ὁρῷεν, ὡσ πλάζοιτό τε ἡ ἐμβολή, καὶ δεχόμενοι τὰσ πληγὰσ ἐκκενοῖεν τῇ χαυνότητι. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 275:1)

Synonyms

  1. to let down by a rope

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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