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λάω

α-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λάω

Structure: λά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: an old Doric Verb, found only in pres.

Sense

  1. to wish, desire

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular λῶ λᾷς λᾷ
Dual λᾶτον λᾶτον
Plural λῶμεν λᾶτε λῶσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular λῶ λῇς λῇ
Dual λῆτον λῆτον
Plural λῶμεν λῆτε λῶσιν*
OptativeSingular λῷμι λῷς λῷ
Dual λῷτον λῴτην
Plural λῷμεν λῷτε λῷεν
ImperativeSingular λᾶ λᾱ́τω
Dual λᾶτον λᾱ́των
Plural λᾶτε λώντων, λᾱ́τωσαν
Infinitive λᾶν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
λων λωντος λωσα λωσης λων λωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular λῶμαι λᾷ λᾶται
Dual λᾶσθον λᾶσθον
Plural λώμεθα λᾶσθε λῶνται
SubjunctiveSingular λῶμαι λῇ λῆται
Dual λῆσθον λῆσθον
Plural λώμεθα λῆσθε λῶνται
OptativeSingular λῴμην λῷο λῷτο
Dual λῷσθον λῴσθην
Plural λῴμεθα λῷσθε λῷντο
ImperativeSingular λῶ λᾱ́σθω
Dual λᾶσθον λᾱ́σθων
Plural λᾶσθε λᾱ́σθων, λᾱ́σθωσαν
Infinitive λᾶσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
λωμενος λωμενου λωμενη λωμενης λωμενον λωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular έ̓λων έ̓λᾱς έ̓λᾱν*
Dual ἐλᾶτον ἐλᾱ́την
Plural ἐλῶμεν ἐλᾶτε έ̓λων
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐλώμην ἐλῶ ἐλᾶτο
Dual ἐλᾶσθον ἐλᾱ́σθην
Plural ἐλώμεθα ἐλᾶσθε ἐλῶντο

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

  • Φέρε, περιστᾶσαι κύκλῳ πτόρθου λάβεσθε, μαινάδεσ, τὸν ἀμβάτην θῆρ’ ὡσ ἕλωμεν, μηδ’ ἀπαγγείλῃ θεοῦ χοροὺσ κρυφαίουσ. (Euripides, episode, lyric 5:12)
  • πρωτίστῳ δίδομεν, εὖτ’ ἂν πτολίεθρον ἕλωμεν , καὶ πάλιν ὁ Ἀχιλλεὺσ αἴ κέ ποθι Ζεὺσ δῷσι πόλιν Τροίην εὐτείχεον ἐξαλαπάξαι ὁ δὲ Θερσίτησ ὅν κεν ἐγὼ δήσασ ἀγάγω ἢ ἄλλοσ Ἀχαιῶν πάλιν τοῦ Ἀγαμέμνονοσ ἐν τῇ ἐπιπωλήσει τὸν Διομήδην λοιδορήσαντοσ ὁ μὲν οὐδὲν ἀντεῖπεν αἰδεσθεὶσ· (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 10 6:1)
  • τῶν μέντοι κρεῶν καὶ τῶν δερμάτων, ὅταν γέ τοί ποτε ἕλωμεν θηρίον, μοῖραν δώσομεν· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 61:1)
  • πλεῖαί τοι χαλκοῦ κλισίαι, πολλαὶ δὲ γυναῖκεσ εἰσὶν ἐνὶ κλισίῃσ ἐξαίρετοι, ἅσ τοι Ἀχαιοὶ πρωτίστῳ δίδομεν εὖτ’ ἂν πτολίεθρον ἕλωμεν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 2 22:3)
  • ἀλλ’ ἄγε μίμνετε πάντεσ ἐϋκνήμιδεσ Ἀχαιοὶ αὐτοῦ εἰσ ὅ κεν ἄστυ μέγα Πριάμοιο ἕλωμεν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 2 27:18)

Synonyms

  1. to wish

Derived

  • λάω (I see, to behold, look upon)

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

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