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νίζω?

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration: nizō

Principal Part: νίζω

Structure: νίζ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: the pres. νίπτω, 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 νίζουσι(ν)
SubjunctiveSingular νίζω νίζῃς νίζῃ
Dual νίζητον νίζητον
Plural νίζωμεν νίζητε νίζωσι(ν)
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

  • οὗτος ἐν τῇ Μεγαρικῇ κατέχων τὰς ἀφ ἑαυτοῦ κληθείσας πέτρας Σκειρωνίδας, ἠνάγκαζε τοὺς παριόντας νίζειν αὐτοῦ τοὺς πόδας, καὶ νίζοντας εἰς τὸν βυθὸν αὐτοὺς ἔρριπτε βορὰν ὑπερμεγέθει χελώνῃ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 1 3:2)
  • ἀλλ ἶσος γὰρ ὁ μόχθος ἐπ ᾀόνι κύματα μετρεῖν, ὅσς ἄνεμος χέρσονδε μετὰ γλαυκᾶς ἁλὸς ὠθεῖ, ἢ ὕδατι νίζειν θολερὰν διαειδέι πλίνθον, καὶ φιλοκερδείᾳ βεβλαμμένον ἄνδρα παρελθεῖν. (Theocritus, Idylls, 26)
  • ὁ δὲ χρυσὸς οἶνον ἔχων χειρῶν νιζέτω εἰς ἔδαφος. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 16)
  • οὕτω που καὶ κείνῳ ἐφεψιόωντο γυναῖκες ξείνων τηλεδαπῶν, ὅτε τευ κλυτὰ δώμαθ ἵκοιτο, ὡς σέθεν αἱ κύνες αἵδε καθεψιόωνται ἅπασαι, τάων νῦν λώβην τε καὶ αἴσχεα πόλλ ἀλεείνων οὐκ ἐάας νίζειν: (Homer, Odyssey, Book 19 39:5)
  • νίζε δ ἄρ ἆσσον ἰοῦσα ἄναχθ ἑόν: (Homer, Odyssey, Book 19 41:4)

Synonyms

  1. to wash the hands or feet of another

  2. to purge

  3. to wash off

Derived

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