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λυκόω

ο-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λυκόω

Structure: λυκό (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: lu/kos

Sense

  1. to tear like a wolf, to be torn by wolves

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular λύκω λύκοις λύκοι
Dual λύκουτον λύκουτον
Plural λύκουμεν λύκουτε λύκουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular λύκω λύκοις λύκοι
Dual λύκωτον λύκωτον
Plural λύκωμεν λύκωτε λύκωσιν*
OptativeSingular λύκοιμι λύκοις λύκοι
Dual λύκοιτον λυκοίτην
Plural λύκοιμεν λύκοιτε λύκοιεν
ImperativeSingular λῦκου λυκοῦτω
Dual λύκουτον λυκοῦτων
Plural λύκουτε λυκοῦντων, λυκοῦτωσαν
Infinitive λύκουν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
λυκων λυκουντος λυκουσα λυκουσης λυκουν λυκουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular λύκουμαι λύκοι λύκουται
Dual λύκουσθον λύκουσθον
Plural λυκοῦμεθα λύκουσθε λύκουνται
SubjunctiveSingular λύκωμαι λύκοι λύκωται
Dual λύκωσθον λύκωσθον
Plural λυκώμεθα λύκωσθε λύκωνται
OptativeSingular λυκοίμην λύκοιο λύκοιτο
Dual λύκοισθον λυκοίσθην
Plural λυκοίμεθα λύκοισθε λύκοιντο
ImperativeSingular λύκου λυκοῦσθω
Dual λύκουσθον λυκοῦσθων
Plural λύκουσθε λυκοῦσθων, λυκοῦσθωσαν
Infinitive λύκουσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
λυκουμενος λυκουμενου λυκουμενη λυκουμενης λυκουμενον λυκουμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐλῦκουν ἐλῦκους ἐλῦκουν*
Dual ἐλύκουτον ἐλυκοῦτην
Plural ἐλύκουμεν ἐλύκουτε ἐλῦκουν
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐλυκοῦμην ἐλύκου ἐλύκουτο
Dual ἐλύκουσθον ἐλυκοῦσθην
Plural ἐλυκοῦμεθα ἐλύκουσθε ἐλύκουντο

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

  • "φησὶν δὲ ὁ Βάκισ οὕτω, σφόδρα εὖ ἐπειπών, Ἀλλ’ ὁπόταν Κυνικὸσ πολυώνυμοσ ἐσ φλόγα πολλὴν πηδήσῃ δόξησ ὑπ’ ἐρινύι θυμὸν ὀρινθείσ, δὴ τότε τοὺσ ἄλλουσ κυναλώπεκασ, οἳ οἱ ἕπονται, μιμεῖσθαι χρὴ πότμον ἀποιχομένοιο λύκοιο. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:93)
  • ποτὶ δ’ ἐχθρὸν ἅτ’ ἐχθρὸσ ἐὼν λύκοιο δίκαν ὑποθεύσομαι, ἄλλ’ ἄλλοτε πατέων ὁδοῖσ σκολιαῖσ. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 2 26:4)
  • πέρθοντο γὰρ ἠμὲν ἀλωαὶ ἠδ’ οἰαῖ τῆμοσ δῄῳ ὑπὸ δουρὶ Λύκοιο καὶ Μαριανδυνῶν ἀνδρῶν, ἀπεόντοσ ἄνακτοσ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 2:43)
  • ἔνθεν δ’ ἀντιπέρην ποταμοῦ στόμα Σαγγαρίοιο καὶ Μαριανδυνῶν ἀνδρῶν ἐριθηλέα γαῖαν ἠδὲ Λύκοιο ῥέεθρα καὶ Ἀνθεμοεισίδα λίμνην δερκόμενοι παράμειβον· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 12:2)
  • καὶ δὴ πασσυδίῃ μεγάρων ἔντοσθε Λύκοιο κεῖν’ ἦμαρ φιλότητι, μετὰ πτολίεθρον ἰόντεσ, δαίτην ἀμφίεπον, τέρποντό τε θυμὸν ἔπεσσιν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 12:20)

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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