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λυρίζω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λυρίζω

Structure: λυρίζ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: lu/ra

Sense

  1. to play the lyre

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular λυρίζω λυρίζεις λυρίζει
Dual λυρίζετον λυρίζετον
Plural λυρίζομεν λυρίζετε λυρίζουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular λυρίζω λυρίζῃς λυρίζῃ
Dual λυρίζητον λυρίζητον
Plural λυρίζωμεν λυρίζητε λυρίζωσιν*
OptativeSingular λυρίζοιμι λυρίζοις λυρίζοι
Dual λυρίζοιτον λυριζοίτην
Plural λυρίζοιμεν λυρίζοιτε λυρίζοιεν
ImperativeSingular λύριζε λυριζέτω
Dual λυρίζετον λυριζέτων
Plural λυρίζετε λυριζόντων, λυριζέτωσαν
Infinitive λυρίζειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
λυριζων λυριζοντος λυριζουσα λυριζουσης λυριζον λυριζοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular λυρίζομαι λυρίζει, λυρίζῃ λυρίζεται
Dual λυρίζεσθον λυρίζεσθον
Plural λυριζόμεθα λυρίζεσθε λυρίζονται
SubjunctiveSingular λυρίζωμαι λυρίζῃ λυρίζηται
Dual λυρίζησθον λυρίζησθον
Plural λυριζώμεθα λυρίζησθε λυρίζωνται
OptativeSingular λυριζοίμην λυρίζοιο λυρίζοιτο
Dual λυρίζοισθον λυριζοίσθην
Plural λυριζοίμεθα λυρίζοισθε λυρίζοιντο
ImperativeSingular λυρίζου λυριζέσθω
Dual λυρίζεσθον λυριζέσθων
Plural λυρίζεσθε λυριζέσθων, λυριζέσθωσαν
Infinitive λυρίζεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
λυριζομενος λυριζομενου λυριζομενη λυριζομενης λυριζομενον λυριζομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐλύριζον ἐλύριζες ἐλύριζεν*
Dual ἐλυρίζετον ἐλυριζέτην
Plural ἐλυρίζομεν ἐλυρίζετε ἐλύριζον
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐλυριζόμην ἐλυρίζου ἐλυρίζετο
Dual ἐλυρίζεσθον ἐλυριζέσθην
Plural ἐλυριζόμεθα ἐλυρίζεσθε ἐλυρίζοντο

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 καὶ λυρίζειν ἐμάνθανεν ἤδη γηραιόσ, μηδὲν λέγων ἄτοπον εἶναι ἅ τισ μὴ οἶδεν ἐκμανθάνειν. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, B, Kef. e'. SWKRATHS 15:1)
  • ὅπου γε καὶ οἱ μουσικοὶ ψάλλειν καὶ λυρίζειν καὶ αὐλεῖν διδάσκοντεσ μεταποιοῦνται τῆσ ἀρετῆσ ταύτησ· (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 2 6:5)

Synonyms

  1. to play the lyre

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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