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μαιμάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μαιμάω

Structure: μαιμά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: redupl. fromma/w

Sense

  1. to be very eager, pant or quiver with eagerness, eager for

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular μαιμῶ μαιμᾷς μαιμᾷ
Dual μαιμᾶτον μαιμᾶτον
Plural μαιμῶμεν μαιμᾶτε μαιμῶσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular μαιμῶ μαιμῇς μαιμῇ
Dual μαιμῆτον μαιμῆτον
Plural μαιμῶμεν μαιμῆτε μαιμῶσιν*
OptativeSingular μαιμῷμι μαιμῷς μαιμῷ
Dual μαιμῷτον μαιμῴτην
Plural μαιμῷμεν μαιμῷτε μαιμῷεν
ImperativeSingular μαίμᾱ μαιμᾱ́τω
Dual μαιμᾶτον μαιμᾱ́των
Plural μαιμᾶτε μαιμώντων, μαιμᾱ́τωσαν
Infinitive μαιμᾶν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
μαιμων μαιμωντος μαιμωσα μαιμωσης μαιμων μαιμωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular μαιμῶμαι μαιμᾷ μαιμᾶται
Dual μαιμᾶσθον μαιμᾶσθον
Plural μαιμώμεθα μαιμᾶσθε μαιμῶνται
SubjunctiveSingular μαιμῶμαι μαιμῇ μαιμῆται
Dual μαιμῆσθον μαιμῆσθον
Plural μαιμώμεθα μαιμῆσθε μαιμῶνται
OptativeSingular μαιμῴμην μαιμῷο μαιμῷτο
Dual μαιμῷσθον μαιμῴσθην
Plural μαιμῴμεθα μαιμῷσθε μαιμῷντο
ImperativeSingular μαιμῶ μαιμᾱ́σθω
Dual μαιμᾶσθον μαιμᾱ́σθων
Plural μαιμᾶσθε μαιμᾱ́σθων, μαιμᾱ́σθωσαν
Infinitive μαιμᾶσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
μαιμωμενος μαιμωμενου μαιμωμενη μαιμωμενης μαιμωμενον μαιμωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐμαίμων ἐμαίμᾱς ἐμαίμᾱν*
Dual ἐμαιμᾶτον ἐμαιμᾱ́την
Plural ἐμαιμῶμεν ἐμαιμᾶτε ἐμαίμων
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐμαιμώμην ἐμαιμῶ ἐμαιμᾶτο
Dual ἐμαιμᾶσθον ἐμαιμᾱ́σθην
Plural ἐμαιμώμεθα ἐμαιμᾶσθε ἐμαιμῶντο

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

  • μαιμᾷ πέλασ δίπουσ ὄφισ· (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, choral, antistrophe 31)
  • τὸ ἀναισχυντεῖν γὰρ καὶ μαιμᾶν καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ἐνέργεια. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 11 3:4)

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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