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κοκκύζω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κοκκύζω

Structure: κοκκύζ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: ko/kkuc

Sense

  1. to cry cuckoo, to crow
  2. to cry like a cuckoo, give a signal by such cry

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular κοκκύζω κοκκύζεις κοκκύζει
Dual κοκκύζετον κοκκύζετον
Plural κοκκύζομεν κοκκύζετε κοκκύζουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular κοκκύζω κοκκύζῃς κοκκύζῃ
Dual κοκκύζητον κοκκύζητον
Plural κοκκύζωμεν κοκκύζητε κοκκύζωσιν*
OptativeSingular κοκκύζοιμι κοκκύζοις κοκκύζοι
Dual κοκκύζοιτον κοκκυζοίτην
Plural κοκκύζοιμεν κοκκύζοιτε κοκκύζοιεν
ImperativeSingular κόκκυζε κοκκυζέτω
Dual κοκκύζετον κοκκυζέτων
Plural κοκκύζετε κοκκυζόντων, κοκκυζέτωσαν
Infinitive κοκκύζειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
κοκκυζων κοκκυζοντος κοκκυζουσα κοκκυζουσης κοκκυζον κοκκυζοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular κοκκύζομαι κοκκύζει, κοκκύζῃ κοκκύζεται
Dual κοκκύζεσθον κοκκύζεσθον
Plural κοκκυζόμεθα κοκκύζεσθε κοκκύζονται
SubjunctiveSingular κοκκύζωμαι κοκκύζῃ κοκκύζηται
Dual κοκκύζησθον κοκκύζησθον
Plural κοκκυζώμεθα κοκκύζησθε κοκκύζωνται
OptativeSingular κοκκυζοίμην κοκκύζοιο κοκκύζοιτο
Dual κοκκύζοισθον κοκκυζοίσθην
Plural κοκκυζοίμεθα κοκκύζοισθε κοκκύζοιντο
ImperativeSingular κοκκύζου κοκκυζέσθω
Dual κοκκύζεσθον κοκκυζέσθων
Plural κοκκύζεσθε κοκκυζέσθων, κοκκυζέσθωσαν
Infinitive κοκκύζεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
κοκκυζομενος κοκκυζομενου κοκκυζομενη κοκκυζομενης κοκκυζομενον κοκκυζομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκόκκυζον ἐκόκκυζες ἐκόκκυζεν*
Dual ἐκοκκύζετον ἐκοκκυζέτην
Plural ἐκοκκύζομεν ἐκοκκύζετε ἐκόκκυζον
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκοκκυζόμην ἐκοκκύζου ἐκοκκύζετο
Dual ἐκοκκύζεσθον ἐκοκκυζέσθην
Plural ἐκοκκυζόμεθα ἐκοκκύζεσθε ἐκοκκύζοντο

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

  • οὐχ ὅταν μὴ δύνηται κοκκύζειν, ἀλλ’ ὅταν μὴ τρέχειν. (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 13:3)

Synonyms

  1. to cry cuckoo

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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