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λημάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λημάω

Structure: λημά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: only in pres.

Sense

  1. to be blear-eyed or purblind, to have one's eyes running

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular λημῶ λημᾷς λημᾷ
Dual λημᾶτον λημᾶτον
Plural λημῶμεν λημᾶτε λημῶσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular λημῶ λημῇς λημῇ
Dual λημῆτον λημῆτον
Plural λημῶμεν λημῆτε λημῶσιν*
OptativeSingular λημῷμι λημῷς λημῷ
Dual λημῷτον λημῴτην
Plural λημῷμεν λημῷτε λημῷεν
ImperativeSingular λήμᾱ λημᾱ́τω
Dual λημᾶτον λημᾱ́των
Plural λημᾶτε λημώντων, λημᾱ́τωσαν
Infinitive λημᾶν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
λημων λημωντος λημωσα λημωσης λημων λημωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular λημῶμαι λημᾷ λημᾶται
Dual λημᾶσθον λημᾶσθον
Plural λημώμεθα λημᾶσθε λημῶνται
SubjunctiveSingular λημῶμαι λημῇ λημῆται
Dual λημῆσθον λημῆσθον
Plural λημώμεθα λημῆσθε λημῶνται
OptativeSingular λημῴμην λημῷο λημῷτο
Dual λημῷσθον λημῴσθην
Plural λημῴμεθα λημῷσθε λημῷντο
ImperativeSingular λημῶ λημᾱ́σθω
Dual λημᾶσθον λημᾱ́σθων
Plural λημᾶσθε λημᾱ́σθων, λημᾱ́σθωσαν
Infinitive λημᾶσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
λημωμενος λημωμενου λημωμενη λημωμενης λημωμενον λημωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐλήμων ἐλήμᾱς ἐλήμᾱν*
Dual ἐλημᾶτον ἐλημᾱ́την
Plural ἐλημῶμεν ἐλημᾶτε ἐλήμων
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐλημώμην ἐλημῶ ἐλημᾶτο
Dual ἐλημᾶσθον ἐλημᾱ́σθην
Plural ἐλημώμεθα ἐλημᾶσθε ἐλημῶντο

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

  • "ἢν μὴ σύ μοι τὴν ἀχλύν πωσ ἀφέλῃσ ἀπὸ τῶν ὀμμάτων νῦν γὰρ δὴ λημᾶν οὐ μετρίωσ δοκῶ. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 14:1)
  • οὐχ ὅσα γε, ὦ Ἀφροδίτη, κἀμὲ ὁρᾶν, ἀλλ’ εἰ μὴ πάνυ λημῶ, λίθου τοῦ λευκοῦ, Πεντέληθεν, οἶμαι, λιθοτομηθεῖσα, εἶτα δόξαν οὕτω Πραξιτέλει Ἀφροδίτη γενομένη Κνιδίοισ παρεδόθησ. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 10:3)
  • νῦν γέ τοι ἤδη καθορᾷσ αὐτάσ, εἰ μὴ λημᾷσ κολοκύνταισ. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Parodos, anapests16)
  • ^ ὅπου γε καθάπερ ὑπὸ μανδραγόρᾳ καθεύδεισ, ὃσ οὔτε τῶν ἐπιορκούντων ἀκούεισ οὔτε τοὺσ ἀδικοῦντασ ἐπισκοπεῖσ, λημᾷσ δὲ καὶ ἀμβλυώττεισ πρὸσ τὰ γινόμενα καὶ τὰ ὦτα ἐκκεκώφησαι καθάπερ οἱ παρηβηκότεσ. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 2:4)
  • "οὐ γάρ, εἰ τὸ ψωριᾶν τὴν σάρκα καὶ λημᾶν τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν ἀλλότριον, ἤδη καὶ τὸ κνᾶσθαι καὶ τὸ ἀπομάττεσθαι θαυμάσιον οὐδ’ εἰ τὸ ἀλγεῖν καὶ φοβεῖσθαι τὰ θεῖα καὶ ταράττεσθαι τοῖσ ἐν Αἵδου κακόν, ἡ τούτων ἀποφυγὴ μακάριον καὶ ζηλωτόν· (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 83)

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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