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οἰμάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: οἰμάω

Structure: οἰμά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to swoop or pounce upon, swooped after
  2. to dart along

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular οἰμῶ οἰμᾷς οἰμᾷ
Dual οἰμᾶτον οἰμᾶτον
Plural οἰμῶμεν οἰμᾶτε οἰμῶσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular οἰμῶ οἰμῇς οἰμῇ
Dual οἰμῆτον οἰμῆτον
Plural οἰμῶμεν οἰμῆτε οἰμῶσιν*
OptativeSingular οἰμῷμι οἰμῷς οἰμῷ
Dual οἰμῷτον οἰμῴτην
Plural οἰμῷμεν οἰμῷτε οἰμῷεν
ImperativeSingular οί̓μᾱ οἰμᾱ́τω
Dual οἰμᾶτον οἰμᾱ́των
Plural οἰμᾶτε οἰμώντων, οἰμᾱ́τωσαν
Infinitive οἰμᾶν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
οἰμων οἰμωντος οἰμωσα οἰμωσης οἰμων οἰμωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular οἰμῶμαι οἰμᾷ οἰμᾶται
Dual οἰμᾶσθον οἰμᾶσθον
Plural οἰμώμεθα οἰμᾶσθε οἰμῶνται
SubjunctiveSingular οἰμῶμαι οἰμῇ οἰμῆται
Dual οἰμῆσθον οἰμῆσθον
Plural οἰμώμεθα οἰμῆσθε οἰμῶνται
OptativeSingular οἰμῴμην οἰμῷο οἰμῷτο
Dual οἰμῷσθον οἰμῴσθην
Plural οἰμῴμεθα οἰμῷσθε οἰμῷντο
ImperativeSingular οἰμῶ οἰμᾱ́σθω
Dual οἰμᾶσθον οἰμᾱ́σθων
Plural οἰμᾶσθε οἰμᾱ́σθων, οἰμᾱ́σθωσαν
Infinitive οἰμᾶσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
οἰμωμενος οἰμωμενου οἰμωμενη οἰμωμενης οἰμωμενον οἰμωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ῴ̓μων ῴ̓μᾱς ῴ̓μᾱν*
Dual ᾠμᾶτον ᾠμᾱ́την
Plural ᾠμῶμεν ᾠμᾶτε ῴ̓μων
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ᾠμώμην ᾠμῶ ᾠμᾶτο
Dual ᾠμᾶσθον ᾠμᾱ́σθην
Plural ᾠμώμεθα ᾠμᾶσθε ᾠμῶντο

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

  • αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πόσιοσ καὶ ἐδητύοσ ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο, μοῦσ’ ἄρ’ ἀοιδὸν ἀνῆκεν ἀειδέμεναι κλέα ἀνδρῶν, οἴμησ τῆσ τότ’ ἄρα κλέοσ οὐρανὸν εὐρὺν ἵκανε, νεῖκοσ Ὀδυσσῆοσ καὶ Πηλεί̈δεω Ἀχιλῆοσ, ὥσ ποτε δηρίσαντο θεῶν ἐν δαιτὶ θαλείῃ ἐκπάγλοισ ἐπέεσσιν, ἄναξ δ’ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων χαῖρε νόῳ, ὅ τ’ ἄριστοι Ἀχαιῶν δηριόωντο. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 8 7:7)

Synonyms

  1. to dart along

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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