Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κλύζω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κλύζω

Structure: κλύζ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to dash over, to dash like a wave, to be dashed up, to rise in waves
  2. to wash off or away
  3. to wash or rinse out
  4. to put water, and so cleanse
  5. washed over or coated

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular κλύζω κλύζεις κλύζει
Dual κλύζετον κλύζετον
Plural κλύζομεν κλύζετε κλύζουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular κλύζω κλύζῃς κλύζῃ
Dual κλύζητον κλύζητον
Plural κλύζωμεν κλύζητε κλύζωσιν*
OptativeSingular κλύζοιμι κλύζοις κλύζοι
Dual κλύζοιτον κλυζοίτην
Plural κλύζοιμεν κλύζοιτε κλύζοιεν
ImperativeSingular κλύζε κλυζέτω
Dual κλύζετον κλυζέτων
Plural κλύζετε κλυζόντων, κλυζέτωσαν
Infinitive κλύζειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
κλυζων κλυζοντος κλυζουσα κλυζουσης κλυζον κλυζοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular κλύζομαι κλύζει, κλύζῃ κλύζεται
Dual κλύζεσθον κλύζεσθον
Plural κλυζόμεθα κλύζεσθε κλύζονται
SubjunctiveSingular κλύζωμαι κλύζῃ κλύζηται
Dual κλύζησθον κλύζησθον
Plural κλυζώμεθα κλύζησθε κλύζωνται
OptativeSingular κλυζοίμην κλύζοιο κλύζοιτο
Dual κλύζοισθον κλυζοίσθην
Plural κλυζοίμεθα κλύζοισθε κλύζοιντο
ImperativeSingular κλύζου κλυζέσθω
Dual κλύζεσθον κλυζέσθων
Plural κλύζεσθε κλυζέσθων, κλυζέσθωσαν
Infinitive κλύζεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
κλυζομενος κλυζομενου κλυζομενη κλυζομενης κλυζομενον κλυζομενου

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

  • ἠὲ καὶ ἑρπήλασ δολιχήποδασ, ὁππότε πέτραι ἀμμώδεισ κλύζωνται ἐπ’ ἄκρῃ κύματοσ ἀγῇ, ἔνθεν ὀρύξασθαι θέμεναὶ τ’ εἰσ ἄγγοσ ἀολλεῖσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 70 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. to wash off or away

  2. to wash or rinse out

  3. to put water

  4. washed over or coated

Derived

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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