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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

  • ἀλλὰ μὴν οὐδ’ εἰ λύκῳ φαίη ἴσον αὐτὸν ὑπάρχειν, οὐδὲ οὕτωσ μεγαλωστὶ ἐπῄνεσεν. (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 19:5)
  • δεινὰ γάρ τοι τάσδε γ’ ἤδη τοὺσ πολίτασ νουθετεῖν, καὶ λαλεῖν γυναῖκασ οὔσασ ἀσπίδοσ χαλκῆσ πέρι, καὶ διαλλάττειν πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ ἀνδράσιν Λακωνικοῖσ, οἷσι πιστὸν οὐδὲν εἰ μή περ λύκῳ κεχηνότι. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Choral, trochees1)
  • ἤδη ποτ’ ἀναβλέψασ εἶδεσ νεφέλην κενταύρῳ ὁμοίαν, ἢ παρδάλει ἢ λύκῳ ἢ ταύρῳ; (Aristophanes, Clouds, Parodos, anapests33)
  • αἷμα μὲν γὰρ καὶ φόνοσ καὶ σάρκεσ ἰκτίνῳ καὶ λύκῳ καὶ δράκοντι σιτίον οἰκεῖον, ἀνθρώπῳ δ’ ὄψον ἐστίν. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 8 6:2)
  • ἐννόησον δ’ ὅτι τὰσ ἐνίων ἀβελτερίασ καὶ βλακείασ ἐλέγχουσιν ἑτέρων πανουργίαι καὶ δριμύτητεσ, ὅταν ἀλώπεκι καὶ λύκῳ καὶ μελίττῃ παραβάλῃσ ὄνον καὶ πρόβατον ὥσπερ εἰ σαυτῷ τὸν Πολύφημον ἢ τῷ πάππῳ σου τῷ Αὐτολύκῳ τὸν Κορίνθιον ἐκεῖνον Ὅμηρον. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 10 3:2)

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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