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λυτρόω

ο-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λυτρόω

Structure: λυτρό (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: lu/tron

Sense

  1. to release on receipt of ransom, to hold to ransom, to be ransomed

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular λύτρω λύτροις λύτροι
Dual λύτρουτον λύτρουτον
Plural λύτρουμεν λύτρουτε λύτρουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular λύτρω λύτροις λύτροι
Dual λύτρωτον λύτρωτον
Plural λύτρωμεν λύτρωτε λύτρωσιν*
OptativeSingular λύτροιμι λύτροις λύτροι
Dual λύτροιτον λυτροίτην
Plural λύτροιμεν λύτροιτε λύτροιεν
ImperativeSingular λῦτρου λυτροῦτω
Dual λύτρουτον λυτροῦτων
Plural λύτρουτε λυτροῦντων, λυτροῦτωσαν
Infinitive λύτρουν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
λυτρων λυτρουντος λυτρουσα λυτρουσης λυτρουν λυτρουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular λύτρουμαι λύτροι λύτρουται
Dual λύτρουσθον λύτρουσθον
Plural λυτροῦμεθα λύτρουσθε λύτρουνται
SubjunctiveSingular λύτρωμαι λύτροι λύτρωται
Dual λύτρωσθον λύτρωσθον
Plural λυτρώμεθα λύτρωσθε λύτρωνται
OptativeSingular λυτροίμην λύτροιο λύτροιτο
Dual λύτροισθον λυτροίσθην
Plural λυτροίμεθα λύτροισθε λύτροιντο
ImperativeSingular λύτρου λυτροῦσθω
Dual λύτρουσθον λυτροῦσθων
Plural λύτρουσθε λυτροῦσθων, λυτροῦσθωσαν
Infinitive λύτρουσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
λυτρουμενος λυτρουμενου λυτρουμενη λυτρουμενης λυτρουμενον λυτρουμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐλῦτρουν ἐλῦτρους ἐλῦτρουν*
Dual ἐλύτρουτον ἐλυτροῦτην
Plural ἐλύτρουμεν ἐλύτρουτε ἐλῦτρουν
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐλυτροῦμην ἐλύτρου ἐλύτρουτο
Dual ἐλύτρουσθον ἐλυτροῦσθην
Plural ἐλυτροῦμεθα ἐλύτρουσθε ἐλύτρουντο

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

  • τοῦ δὲ πολιτικοῦ δικαίου τὸ μὲν φυσικόν ἐστι τὸ δὲ νομικόν, φυσικὸν μὲν τὸ πανταχοῦ τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχον δύναμιν, καὶ οὐ τῷ δοκεῖν ἢ μή, νομικὸν δὲ ὃ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ μὲν οὐδὲν διαφέρει οὕτωσ ἢ ἄλλωσ, ὅταν δὲ θῶνται, διαφέρει, οἱο͂ν τὸ μνᾶσ λυτροῦσθαι, ἢ τὸ αἶγα θύειν ἀλλὰ μὴ δύο πρόβατα, ἔτι ὅσα ἐπὶ τῶν καθ’ ἕκαστα νομοθετοῦσιν, οἱο͂ν τὸ θύειν Βρασίδᾳ, καὶ τὰ ψηφισματώδη. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 5 94:4)
  • ἡμεῖσ δὲ ἠλπίζομεν ὅτι αὐτόσ ἐστιν ὁ μέλλων λυτροῦσθαι τὸν Ἰσραήλ· (, chapter 14 501:1)

Synonyms

  1. to release on receipt of ransom

Derived

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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