Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κυρτόω

ο-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κυρτόω κυρτώσω

Structure: κυρτό (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to curve or bend into an arch, to form a curve or arch

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular κύρτω κύρτοις κύρτοι
Dual κύρτουτον κύρτουτον
Plural κύρτουμεν κύρτουτε κύρτουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular κύρτω κύρτοις κύρτοι
Dual κύρτωτον κύρτωτον
Plural κύρτωμεν κύρτωτε κύρτωσιν*
OptativeSingular κύρτοιμι κύρτοις κύρτοι
Dual κύρτοιτον κυρτοίτην
Plural κύρτοιμεν κύρτοιτε κύρτοιεν
ImperativeSingular κῦρτου κυρτοῦτω
Dual κύρτουτον κυρτοῦτων
Plural κύρτουτε κυρτοῦντων, κυρτοῦτωσαν
Infinitive κύρτουν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
κυρτων κυρτουντος κυρτουσα κυρτουσης κυρτουν κυρτουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular κύρτουμαι κύρτοι κύρτουται
Dual κύρτουσθον κύρτουσθον
Plural κυρτοῦμεθα κύρτουσθε κύρτουνται
SubjunctiveSingular κύρτωμαι κύρτοι κύρτωται
Dual κύρτωσθον κύρτωσθον
Plural κυρτώμεθα κύρτωσθε κύρτωνται
OptativeSingular κυρτοίμην κύρτοιο κύρτοιτο
Dual κύρτοισθον κυρτοίσθην
Plural κυρτοίμεθα κύρτοισθε κύρτοιντο
ImperativeSingular κύρτου κυρτοῦσθω
Dual κύρτουσθον κυρτοῦσθων
Plural κύρτουσθε κυρτοῦσθων, κυρτοῦσθωσαν
Infinitive κύρτουσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
κυρτουμενος κυρτουμενου κυρτουμενη κυρτουμενης κυρτουμενον κυρτουμενου

Future tense

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

  • καὶ γὰρ δὴ πιεζόμενοι οἱ φοίνικεσ ὑπὸ βάρουσ ἄνω κυρτοῦνται, ὥσπερ οἱ ὄνοι οἱ κανθήλιοι· (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 5 13:2)

Synonyms

  1. to curve or bend into an arch

Derived

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

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