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νίζω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: νίζω

Structure: νίζ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: the pres. ni/ptw, from which the tenses are formed, only in late writers

Sense

  1. to wash the hands or feet of another
  2. to purge, cleanse
  3. to wash off

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular νίζω νίζεις νίζει
Dual νίζετον νίζετον
Plural νίζομεν νίζετε νίζουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular νίζω νίζῃς νίζῃ
Dual νίζητον νίζητον
Plural νίζωμεν νίζητε νίζωσιν*
OptativeSingular νίζοιμι νίζοις νίζοι
Dual νίζοιτον νιζοίτην
Plural νίζοιμεν νίζοιτε νίζοιεν
ImperativeSingular νίζε νιζέτω
Dual νίζετον νιζέτων
Plural νίζετε νιζόντων, νιζέτωσαν
Infinitive νίζειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
νιζων νιζοντος νιζουσα νιζουσης νιζον νιζοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular νίζομαι νίζει, νίζῃ νίζεται
Dual νίζεσθον νίζεσθον
Plural νιζόμεθα νίζεσθε νίζονται
SubjunctiveSingular νίζωμαι νίζῃ νίζηται
Dual νίζησθον νίζησθον
Plural νιζώμεθα νίζησθε νίζωνται
OptativeSingular νιζοίμην νίζοιο νίζοιτο
Dual νίζοισθον νιζοίσθην
Plural νιζοίμεθα νίζοισθε νίζοιντο
ImperativeSingular νίζου νιζέσθω
Dual νίζεσθον νιζέσθων
Plural νίζεσθε νιζέσθων, νιζέσθωσαν
Infinitive νίζεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
νιζομενος νιζομενου νιζομενη νιζομενης νιζομενον νιζομενου

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

  • τῷ δεκάτῳ δ’ ἔτει μαντείασ αὐτῷ γενομένησ τιμῆσαί τε τὸν θεὸν τὸν ἐν Ἡλιουπόλει καὶ γυναικὸσ οὔρῳ νίζεσθαι τὸ πρόσωπον ἥτισ ἑτέρου πεῖραν ἀνδρὸσ οὐκ εἴληφε, τῶν μὲν γυναικῶν ἀπὸ τῆσ ἰδίασ ἀρξάμενοσ καὶ πολλὰσ ἐξετάσασ οὐδεμίαν εὑρ͂εν ἀδιάφθορον πλὴν κηπουροῦ τινοσ, ἣν ὑγιὴσ γενόμενοσ ἔγημε· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 59 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. to wash the hands or feet of another

  2. to purge

  3. to wash off

Derived

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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