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κνάω

α-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κνάω

Structure: κνά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to scrape or grate, to scrape, off
  2. to scratch, to scratch oneself
  3. to tickle, to tickle one's

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular κνῶ κνᾷς κνᾷ
Dual κνᾶτον κνᾶτον
Plural κνῶμεν κνᾶτε κνῶσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular κνῶ κνῇς κνῇ
Dual κνῆτον κνῆτον
Plural κνῶμεν κνῆτε κνῶσιν*
OptativeSingular κνῷμι κνῷς κνῷ
Dual κνῷτον κνῴτην
Plural κνῷμεν κνῷτε κνῷεν
ImperativeSingular κνᾶ κνᾱ́τω
Dual κνᾶτον κνᾱ́των
Plural κνᾶτε κνώντων, κνᾱ́τωσαν
Infinitive κνᾶν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
κνων κνωντος κνωσα κνωσης κνων κνωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular κνῶμαι κνᾷ κνᾶται
Dual κνᾶσθον κνᾶσθον
Plural κνώμεθα κνᾶσθε κνῶνται
SubjunctiveSingular κνῶμαι κνῇ κνῆται
Dual κνῆσθον κνῆσθον
Plural κνώμεθα κνῆσθε κνῶνται
OptativeSingular κνῴμην κνῷο κνῷτο
Dual κνῷσθον κνῴσθην
Plural κνῴμεθα κνῷσθε κνῷντο
ImperativeSingular κνῶ κνᾱ́σθω
Dual κνᾶσθον κνᾱ́σθων
Plural κνᾶσθε κνᾱ́σθων, κνᾱ́σθωσαν
Infinitive κνᾶσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
κνωμενος κνωμενου κνωμενη κνωμενης κνωμενον κνωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular έ̓κνων έ̓κνᾱς έ̓κνᾱν*
Dual ἐκνᾶτον ἐκνᾱ́την
Plural ἐκνῶμεν ἐκνᾶτε έ̓κνων
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκνώμην ἐκνῶ ἐκνᾶτο
Dual ἐκνᾶσθον ἐκνᾱ́σθην
Plural ἐκνώμεθα ἐκνᾶσθε ἐκνῶντο

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

  • πολλάκισ γὰρ κνῶν ὁ ἵπποσ ἐπὶ τῇ φάτνῃ τὴν κεφαλήν, εἰ μὴ ἀσινὴσ ἡ φορβειὰ περὶ τὰ ὦτα ἔσται, πολλάκισ ἂν ἕλκη ποιοίη. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 5 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. to scrape or grate

  2. to scratch

  3. to tickle

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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