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λιχμάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λιχμάω

Structure: λιχμά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: lei/xw

Sense

  1. to lick with the tongue, played like serpents

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular λιχμῶ λιχμᾷς λιχμᾷ
Dual λιχμᾶτον λιχμᾶτον
Plural λιχμῶμεν λιχμᾶτε λιχμῶσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular λιχμῶ λιχμῇς λιχμῇ
Dual λιχμῆτον λιχμῆτον
Plural λιχμῶμεν λιχμῆτε λιχμῶσιν*
OptativeSingular λιχμῷμι λιχμῷς λιχμῷ
Dual λιχμῷτον λιχμῴτην
Plural λιχμῷμεν λιχμῷτε λιχμῷεν
ImperativeSingular λίχμᾱ λιχμᾱ́τω
Dual λιχμᾶτον λιχμᾱ́των
Plural λιχμᾶτε λιχμώντων, λιχμᾱ́τωσαν
Infinitive λιχμᾶν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
λιχμων λιχμωντος λιχμωσα λιχμωσης λιχμων λιχμωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular λιχμῶμαι λιχμᾷ λιχμᾶται
Dual λιχμᾶσθον λιχμᾶσθον
Plural λιχμώμεθα λιχμᾶσθε λιχμῶνται
SubjunctiveSingular λιχμῶμαι λιχμῇ λιχμῆται
Dual λιχμῆσθον λιχμῆσθον
Plural λιχμώμεθα λιχμῆσθε λιχμῶνται
OptativeSingular λιχμῴμην λιχμῷο λιχμῷτο
Dual λιχμῷσθον λιχμῴσθην
Plural λιχμῴμεθα λιχμῷσθε λιχμῷντο
ImperativeSingular λιχμῶ λιχμᾱ́σθω
Dual λιχμᾶσθον λιχμᾱ́σθων
Plural λιχμᾶσθε λιχμᾱ́σθων, λιχμᾱ́σθωσαν
Infinitive λιχμᾶσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
λιχμωμενος λιχμωμενου λιχμωμενη λιχμωμενης λιχμωμενον λιχμωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐλίχμων ἐλίχμᾱς ἐλίχμᾱν*
Dual ἐλιχμᾶτον ἐλιχμᾱ́την
Plural ἐλιχμῶμεν ἐλιχμᾶτε ἐλίχμων
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐλιχμώμην ἐλιχμῶ ἐλιχμᾶτο
Dual ἐλιχμᾶσθον ἐλιχμᾱ́σθην
Plural ἐλιχμώμεθα ἐλιχμᾶσθε ἐλιχμῶντο

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 πρῶτα μὲν καθεῖσαν εἰσ ὤμουσ κόμασ νεβρίδασ τ’ ἀνεστείλανθ’ ὅσαισιν ἁμμάτων σύνδεσμ’ ἐλέλυτο, καὶ καταστίκτουσ δορὰσ ὄφεσι κατεζώσαντο λιχμῶσιν γένυν. (Euripides, episode, trochees 4:3)

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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