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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

  • καὶ ἐγενήθη ὥστε ἐπιστραφῆναι τῷ ὤμῳ αὐτοῦ ἀπελθεῖν ἀπὸ Σαμουήλ, μετέστρεψεν αὐτῷ ὁ Θεὸσ καρδίαν ἄλλην. καὶ ἦλθε πάντα τὰ σημεῖα ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 10:9)
  • καὶ προσέταξεν ὁ καθ̓ ἅπαν σώματι καὶ ψυχῇ πρωταγωνιστὴσ ὑπὲρ τῶν πολιτῶν, ὁ τὴν τῆσ ἡλικίασ εὔνοιαν εἰσ ὁμοεθνεῖσ διαφυλάξασ, τὴν τοῦ Νικάνοροσ κεφαλὴν ἀποτεμόντασ καὶ τὴν χεῖρα σὺν τῷ ὤμῳ φέρειν εἰσ Ἱεροσόλυμα. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 15:30)
  • καὶ δώσω τὴν δόξαν Δαυὶδ αὐτῷ, καὶ ἄρξει, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἀντιλέγων. καὶ δώσω αὐτῷ τὴν κλεῖδα οἴκου Δαυὶδ ἐπὶ τῷ ὤμῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνοίξει, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἀποκλείων, καὶ κλείσει καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἀνοίγων. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 22:22)
  • ἥτ’ ἄνδρα καὶ ἴφθιμόν περ ἐόντα εὑεί ἄτερ δαλοῖο καὶ ὠμῷ γήραϊ δῶκεν. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 76:7)
  • "ἐγὼ παραβάλλομαι καὶ προκινδυνεύω" καλόν, ὦ Ζεῦ, κίνδυνον οὐ γάρ, ὡσ Πελοπίδασ ὑπὲρ τῆσ Θηβῶν ἐλευθερίασ ἢ ὡσ Ἁρμόδιοσ καὶ Ἀριστογείτων ὑπὲρ τῆσ Ἀθηναίων, προεκινδύνευσεν ὁ φιλόσοφοσ ὠμῷ πολύποδι διαμαχόμενοσ, ἵνα τὸν βίον ἀποθηριώσῃ; (Plutarch, De esu carnium I, chapter, section 6 1:1)

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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