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κυέω

ε-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κυέω

Structure: κυέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to bear in the womb, to be pregnant with
  2. to be pregnant, be with child

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular κύω κύεις κύει
Dual κύειτον κύειτον
Plural κύουμεν κύειτε κύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular κύω κύῃς κύῃ
Dual κύητον κύητον
Plural κύωμεν κύητε κύωσιν*
OptativeSingular κύοιμι κύοις κύοι
Dual κύοιτον κυοίτην
Plural κύοιμεν κύοιτε κύοιεν
ImperativeSingular κῦει κυεῖτω
Dual κύειτον κυεῖτων
Plural κύειτε κυοῦντων, κυεῖτωσαν
Infinitive κύειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
κυων κυουντος κυουσα κυουσης κυουν κυουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular κύουμαι κύει, κύῃ κύειται
Dual κύεισθον κύεισθον
Plural κυοῦμεθα κύεισθε κύουνται
SubjunctiveSingular κύωμαι κύῃ κύηται
Dual κύησθον κύησθον
Plural κυώμεθα κύησθε κύωνται
OptativeSingular κυοίμην κύοιο κύοιτο
Dual κύοισθον κυοίσθην
Plural κυοίμεθα κύοισθε κύοιντο
ImperativeSingular κύου κυεῖσθω
Dual κύεισθον κυεῖσθων
Plural κύεισθε κυεῖσθων, κυεῖσθωσαν
Infinitive κύεισθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
κυουμενος κυουμενου κυουμενη κυουμενης κυουμενον κυουμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκῦουν ἐκῦεις ἐκῦειν*
Dual ἐκύειτον ἐκυεῖτην
Plural ἐκύουμεν ἐκύειτε ἐκῦουν
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκυοῦμην ἐκύου ἐκύειτο
Dual ἐκύεισθον ἐκυεῖσθην
Plural ἐκυοῦμεθα ἐκύεισθε ἐκύουντο

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

  • ἀλλ̓ οὐκ ἂν ἐγένετο, μηδ̓ οὕτω μανείην, ὡσ ἐκλαθέσθαι Μυρτίου, καὶ ταῦτα ἤδη μοι κυούσησ παιδίον. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 4:11)
  • αἷμα γὰρ ἂν ἦν οὕτωσ ἅπαντα τοῦ ζῳού τὰ μόρια, τὸ παρὰ τῆσ κυούσησ ἐπιρρέον τῷ σπέρματι, δίκην κηροῦ τινοσ ὕλη μία καὶ μονοειδὴσ ὑποβεβλημένη τῷ τεχνίτῃ. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., B, section 315)

Synonyms

  1. to bear in the womb

  2. to be pregnant

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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