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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

  • αἳ δ’ ἀγκάλαισι δορκάδ’ ἢ σκύμνουσ λύκων ἀγρίουσ ἔχουσαι λευκὸν ἐδίδοσαν γάλα, ὅσαισ νεοτόκοισ μαστὸσ ἦν σπαργῶν ἔτι βρέφη λιπούσαισ· (Euripides, episode, trochees 4:4)
  • 0ὐδὲ γὰρ οὐδὲ ὁμοίωσ ἡδὺ, οἶμαι, μόνον ἐμπίπλασθαι, ὥσπερ τοὺσ λέοντάσ φασι καὶ τοὺσ μονιοὺσ τῶν λύκων, καὶ συνόντασ δεξιοῖσ ἀνδράσι καὶ πάντα χαρίζεσθαι πειρωμενοισ, οἳ πρῶτα μὲν οὐ κωφὸν καὶ ἄφωνον ἐάσουσι τὸ συμπόσιον εἶναι, ἀλλ̓ ἐν μύθοισ συμποτικοῖσ καὶ σκώμμασιν ἀνεπαχθέσι καὶ φιλοφροσύναισ ποικίλαισ συνέσονται, οἱαῖ ἥδισται διατριβαί, φίλαι μὲν Διονύσῳ καὶ Ἀφροδίτῃ, φίλαι δὲ Χάρισιν, ἔπειτα δὲ πρὸσ ἅπαντασ ἐσ τὴν ὑστεραίαν διηγούμενοι ὑμῶν τὴν δεξιότητα φιλεῖσθαι παρασκευάσουσι. (Lucian, Saturnalia, letter 3 4:1)
  • καίτοι παρῆν Ἵππυλλοσ Ἀντιφῶν Λύκων Λυσίστρατοσ Θούφραστοσ οἱ περὶ Φρύνιχον. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode7)
  • φεισόμεσθα γάρ τι τῶνδε μᾶλλον ἡμεῖσ ἢ λύκων; (Aristophanes, Birds, Agon, antepirrheme20)
  • "τούτοισ τοῖσ διαλογισμοῖσ καὶ φιλοσοφήμασιν ἀρθέντων τῶν νόμων, ὄνυχεσ λύκων ἐνδέουσι καὶ δόγματα; (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 30 1:10)

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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