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νεάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νεάω νεάσω

Structure: νεά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: ne/os

Sense

  1. to plough up anew, land new-ploughed

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular νέω νέᾳς νέᾳ
Dual νέᾱτον νέᾱτον
Plural νέωμεν νέᾱτε νέωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular νέω νέῃς νέῃ
Dual νέητον νέητον
Plural νέωμεν νέητε νέωσιν*
OptativeSingular νέῳμι νέῳς νέῳ
Dual νέῳτον νεῷτην
Plural νέῳμεν νέῳτε νέῳεν
ImperativeSingular νε͂ᾱ νεᾶτω
Dual νέᾱτον νεᾶτων
Plural νέᾱτε νεῶντων, νεᾶτωσαν
Infinitive νέᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
νεων νεωντος νεωσα νεωσης νεων νεωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular νέωμαι νέᾳ νέᾱται
Dual νέᾱσθον νέᾱσθον
Plural νεῶμεθα νέᾱσθε νέωνται
SubjunctiveSingular νέωμαι νέῃ νέηται
Dual νέησθον νέησθον
Plural νεώμεθα νέησθε νέωνται
OptativeSingular νεῷμην νέῳο νέῳτο
Dual νέῳσθον νεῷσθην
Plural νεῷμεθα νέῳσθε νέῳντο
ImperativeSingular νέω νεᾶσθω
Dual νέᾱσθον νεᾶσθων
Plural νέᾱσθε νεᾶσθων, νεᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive νέᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
νεωμενος νεωμενου νεωμενη νεωμενης νεωμενον νεωμενου

Future tense

Imperfect tense

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

  • ἔδειξε δὲ ὁ καθ’ ἡμᾶσ χρόνοσ, εἴτε θεῶν τινοσ ἄρξαντοσ εἴτε φυσικῆσ περιόδου τὴν ἀρχαίαν τάξιν ἀνακυκλούσησ εἴτε ἀνθρωπίνησ ὁρμῆσ ἐπὶ τὰ ὅμοια πολλοὺσ ἀγούσησ, καὶ ἀπέδωκε τῇ μὲν ἀρχαίᾳ καὶ σώφρονι ῥητορικῇ τὴν δικαίαν τιμήν, ἣν καὶ πρότερον εἶχε καλῶσ, ἀπολαβεῖν, τῇ δὲ νέᾳ καὶ ἀνοήτῳ παύσασθαι δόξαν οὐ προσήκουσαν καρπουμένῃ καὶ ἐν ἀλλοτρίοισ ἀγαθοῖσ τρυφώσῃ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De antiquis oratoribus, chapter 22)
  • εἴθ’ ἐξῆν παρὰ τῇ νέᾳ καθεύδειν, καὶ μὴ δ’ει πρότερον διασποδῆσαι ἀνάσιμον ἢ πρεσβυτέραν· (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Lyric-Scene, strophe1)
  • πρόφαινε δὴ σὺ Μοῦσαν ἐπὶ νέᾳ νέαν. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Lyric-Scene, lyric 1:1)
  • πῶσ οὐ δέχονται δῆτα τῇ νουμηνίᾳ ἁρχαὶ τὰ πρυτανεῖ’, ἀλλ’ ἕνῃ τε καὶ νέᾳ; (Aristophanes, Clouds, Lyric-Scene, iambics18)
  • ὄρεγέ νυν ὄρεγε γεραιὰν νέᾳ χεῖρ’ ἀπὸ κλιμάκων ποδὸσ ἴχνοσ ἐπαντέλλων. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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