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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

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

  • οὑτωσὶ μὲν εἰπεῖν, χρηστότησ ἐπέτριψεν αὐτὸν καὶ φιλανθρωπία καὶ ὁ πρὸσ τοὺσ δεομένουσ ἅπαντασ οἶκτοσ, ὡσ δὲ ἀληθεῖ λόγῳ, ἄνοια καὶ εὐήθεια καὶ ἀκρισία περὶ τῶν φίλων, ὃσ οὐ συνίει κόραξι καὶ λύκοισ χαριζόμενοσ, ἀλλ’ ὑπὸ γυπῶν τοσούτων ὁ κακοδαίμων κειρόμενοσ τὸ ἧπαρ φίλουσ εἶναι αὐτοὺσ καὶ ἑταίρουσ ᾤετο, ὑπ’ εὐνοίασ τῆσ πρὸσ αὐτὸν χαίροντασ τῇ βορᾷ· (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 8:1)
  • "καὶ τὸ οἰκτεῖραι δακρύοντα ἢ ἐπικουρῆσαι δεομένῳ παρανομία καὶ κατάλυσισ τῶν ἐθῶν μονήρησ δὲ ἡ δίαιτα καθάπερ τοῖσ λύκοισ, καὶ φίλοσ εἷσ Τίμων. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 42:5)
  • λύκοισ ὠρυομένων ὅμοια καὶ περὶ τὴν ἑστίαν αὐτοῦ τὴν πατρῴαν ἀγρώστεωσ ἀναβλαστανούσησ καὶ τῶν μάντεων τὰ σημεῖα φοβουμένων, ἐξαθυμήσασ καὶ κατασβεσθεὶσ ταῖσ ἐλπίσιν αὐτὸσ ἑαυτὸν ἀπέσφαξεν. (Plutarch, De superstitione, section 8 5:1)
  • ὅτε καὶ τὸν περὶ τῶν προβάτων λόγον ὁ Δημοσθένησ προσῆψε τῷ δήμῳ, ἃ τοῖσ λύκοισ τοὺσ κύνασ ἐξέδωκε, διηγησάμενοσ αὑτὸν μὲν εἴκασε καὶ τοὺσ σὺν αὐτῷ κυσὶν ὑπὲρ τοῦ δήμου μαχομένοισ, Ἀλέξανδρον δὲ τὸν Μακεδόνα μονόλυκον προσηγόρευσεν. (Plutarch, Demosthenes, chapter 23 4:1)
  • "μοι δοκεῖσ γε ὅτι ταὐτόν ἐστι χιλίων προβάτων κρατήσαντα πεντήκοντα λύκοισ μάχεσθαι. (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 51)

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

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