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ληρέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ληρέω

Structure: ληρέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: lh=ros

Sense

to be foolish or silly, speak or act foolishly

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	λήρω	λήρεις	λήρει
	Dual		λήρειτον	λήρειτον
	Plural	λήρουμεν	λήρειτε	λήρουσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	λήρω	λήρῃς	λήρῃ
	Dual		λήρητον	λήρητον
	Plural	λήρωμεν	λήρητε	λήρωσιν*
Optative	Singular	λήροιμι	λήροις	λήροι
	Dual		λήροιτον	ληροίτην
	Plural	λήροιμεν	λήροιτε	λήροιεν
Imperative	Singular		λῆρει	ληρεῖτω
	Dual		λήρειτον	ληρεῖτων
	Plural		λήρειτε	ληροῦντων, ληρεῖτωσαν
Infinitive		λήρειν
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		ληρων ληρουντος	ληρουσα ληρουσης	ληρουν ληρουντος
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	λήρουμαι	λήρει, λήρῃ	λήρειται
	Dual		λήρεισθον	λήρεισθον
	Plural	ληροῦμεθα	λήρεισθε	λήρουνται
Subjunctive	Singular	λήρωμαι	λήρῃ	λήρηται
	Dual		λήρησθον	λήρησθον
	Plural	ληρώμεθα	λήρησθε	λήρωνται
Optative	Singular	ληροίμην	λήροιο	λήροιτο
	Dual		λήροισθον	ληροίσθην
	Plural	ληροίμεθα	λήροισθε	λήροιντο
Imperative	Singular		λήρου	ληρεῖσθω
	Dual		λήρεισθον	ληρεῖσθων
	Plural		λήρεισθε	ληρεῖσθων, ληρεῖσθωσαν
Infinitive		λήρεισθαι
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		ληρουμενος ληρουμενου	ληρουμενη ληρουμενης	ληρουμενον ληρουμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐλῆρουν	ἐλῆρεις	ἐλῆρειν*
	Dual		ἐλήρειτον	ἐληρεῖτην
	Plural	ἐλήρουμεν	ἐλήρειτε	ἐλῆρουν
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐληροῦμην	ἐλήρου	ἐλήρειτο
	Dual		ἐλήρεισθον	ἐληρεῖσθην
	Plural	ἐληροῦμεθα	ἐλήρεισθε	ἐλήρουντο

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

λοιπὸν οὖν ἐστιν αὐτὸν τῶν παρόντων ἕνεκα ταῦτα ληρεῖν οὔθ’ ὅ τι πέπονθεν αὐτῷ ὁ παῖσ εἰδότα οὔθ’ ὅποι κεχώρηκε, μᾶλλον δὲ οὐδὲ τὸν βίον αὐτὸν ἐξετάσαντα ὁποῖόσ ἐστιν οὐ γὰρ ἂν τὴν ἐξ αὐτοῦ μετάστασιν ὥσ τι τῶν δεινῶν ἐδυσχέραινεν. (Lucian, (no name) 15:4)
τοῖσ δὲ φιλοσόφοισ προειπεῖν μὴ ἀναπλάττειν κενὰ ^ ὀνόματα μηδὲ ληρεῖν περὶ ὧν οὐκ ἴσασιν. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 17:1)
καίτοι τί ταῦτα ληρῶ; (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 22:3)
ληρεῖσ· (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 8:8)
ἐπεὶ δὲ ὁ κακοδαίμων ἐπὶ τὰσ τῆσ Ἀκαδημείασ θύρασ ἐκώμασεν, ὥσπερ ἐπὶ πάντασ εἰώθει, ἀνδραποδισαμένη αὐτὸν καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν χειρῶν τῆσ Μέθησ ἁρπάσασα μετὰ βίασ καὶ πρὸσ αὑτὴν ἀγαγοῦσα ὑδροποτεῖν τε κατηνάγκασεν καὶ νήφειν μετεδίδαξεν καὶ τοὺσ στεφάνουσ περιέσπασεν καὶ δέον πίνειν κατακείμενον, ῥημάτια σκολιὰ καὶ δύστηνα καὶ πολλῆσ φροντίδοσ ἀνάμεστα ἐπαίδευσεν ὥστε ἀντὶ τοῦ τέωσ ἐπανθοῦντοσ αὐτῷ ἐρυθήματοσ ὠχρὸσ ὁ ^ ἄθλιοσ καὶ ῥικνὸσ τὸ σῶμα γεγένηται, καὶ τὰσ ᾠδὰσ ἁπάσασ ἀπομαθὼν ἄσιτοσ ἐνίοτε καὶ διψαλέοσ εἰσ μέσην ἑσπέραν κάθηται ληρῶν ὁποῖα πολλὰ ἡ Ἀκαδήμεια ἐγὼ ληρεῖν διδάσκω. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 16:5)

Synonyms

to be foolish or silly
- ἀφρονέω (to be silly, act foolishly)
- ἠλιθιάζω (to speak or act idly, foolishly)

Derived

ἀποληρέω (to chatter at random)
παραληρέω (to talk like a dotard, talk nonsense)

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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ληρέω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to be foolish or silly

Derived

Similar forms

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ληρέω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to be foolish or silly

Derived

Similar forms

SEARCH

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Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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