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ὀλιγωρέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀλιγωρέω ὀλιγωρήσω

Structure: ὀλιγωρέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to esteem little or lightly, make small account of, to take no heed, to be lightly esteemed

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὀλιγώρω ὀλιγώρεις ὀλιγώρει
Dual ὀλιγώρειτον ὀλιγώρειτον
Plural ὀλιγώρουμεν ὀλιγώρειτε ὀλιγώρουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ὀλιγώρω ὀλιγώρῃς ὀλιγώρῃ
Dual ὀλιγώρητον ὀλιγώρητον
Plural ὀλιγώρωμεν ὀλιγώρητε ὀλιγώρωσιν*
OptativeSingular ὀλιγώροιμι ὀλιγώροις ὀλιγώροι
Dual ὀλιγώροιτον ὀλιγωροίτην
Plural ὀλιγώροιμεν ὀλιγώροιτε ὀλιγώροιεν
ImperativeSingular ὀλιγῶρει ὀλιγωρεῖτω
Dual ὀλιγώρειτον ὀλιγωρεῖτων
Plural ὀλιγώρειτε ὀλιγωροῦντων, ὀλιγωρεῖτωσαν
Infinitive ὀλιγώρειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὀλιγωρων ὀλιγωρουντος ὀλιγωρουσα ὀλιγωρουσης ὀλιγωρουν ὀλιγωρουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὀλιγώρουμαι ὀλιγώρει, ὀλιγώρῃ ὀλιγώρειται
Dual ὀλιγώρεισθον ὀλιγώρεισθον
Plural ὀλιγωροῦμεθα ὀλιγώρεισθε ὀλιγώρουνται
SubjunctiveSingular ὀλιγώρωμαι ὀλιγώρῃ ὀλιγώρηται
Dual ὀλιγώρησθον ὀλιγώρησθον
Plural ὀλιγωρώμεθα ὀλιγώρησθε ὀλιγώρωνται
OptativeSingular ὀλιγωροίμην ὀλιγώροιο ὀλιγώροιτο
Dual ὀλιγώροισθον ὀλιγωροίσθην
Plural ὀλιγωροίμεθα ὀλιγώροισθε ὀλιγώροιντο
ImperativeSingular ὀλιγώρου ὀλιγωρεῖσθω
Dual ὀλιγώρεισθον ὀλιγωρεῖσθων
Plural ὀλιγώρεισθε ὀλιγωρεῖσθων, ὀλιγωρεῖσθωσαν
Infinitive ὀλιγώρεισθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὀλιγωρουμενος ὀλιγωρουμενου ὀλιγωρουμενη ὀλιγωρουμενης ὀλιγωρουμενον ὀλιγωρουμενου

Future tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὀλιγωρήσω ὀλιγωρήσεις ὀλιγωρήσει
Dual ὀλιγωρήσετον ὀλιγωρήσετον
Plural ὀλιγωρήσομεν ὀλιγωρήσετε ὀλιγωρήσουσιν*
OptativeSingular ὀλιγωρήσοιμι ὀλιγωρήσοις ὀλιγωρήσοι
Dual ὀλιγωρήσοιτον ὀλιγωρησοίτην
Plural ὀλιγωρήσοιμεν ὀλιγωρήσοιτε ὀλιγωρήσοιεν
Infinitive ὀλιγωρήσειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὀλιγωρησων ὀλιγωρησοντος ὀλιγωρησουσα ὀλιγωρησουσης ὀλιγωρησον ὀλιγωρησοντος
Middle
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὀλιγωρήσομαι ὀλιγωρήσει, ὀλιγωρήσῃ ὀλιγωρήσεται
Dual ὀλιγωρήσεσθον ὀλιγωρήσεσθον
Plural ὀλιγωρησόμεθα ὀλιγωρήσεσθε ὀλιγωρήσονται
OptativeSingular ὀλιγωρησοίμην ὀλιγωρήσοιο ὀλιγωρήσοιτο
Dual ὀλιγωρήσοισθον ὀλιγωρησοίσθην
Plural ὀλιγωρησοίμεθα ὀλιγωρήσοισθε ὀλιγωρήσοιντο
Infinitive ὀλιγωρήσεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὀλιγωρησομενος ὀλιγωρησομενου ὀλιγωρησομενη ὀλιγωρησομενης ὀλιγωρησομενον ὀλιγωρησομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὠλιγῶρουν ὠλιγῶρεις ὠλιγῶρειν*
Dual ὠλιγώρειτον ὠλιγωρεῖτην
Plural ὠλιγώρουμεν ὠλιγώρειτε ὠλιγῶρουν
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὠλιγωροῦμην ὠλιγώρου ὠλιγώρειτο
Dual ὠλιγώρεισθον ὠλιγωρεῖσθην
Plural ὠλιγωροῦμεθα ὠλιγώρεισθε ὠλιγώρουντο

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

  • ἐὰν νοσῇσ αὐτόσ, ἐγὼ δὲ ἀμελῶ ἐὰν τῶν κατ’ οἶκον ἐπιμελεῖσθαι κελεύῃσ, ἐγὼ δὲ ὀλιγωρῶ ἐὰν τὰ κατ’ ἀγρὸν ἐπισκοπεῖν προστάττῃσ, ἐγὼ δὲ ὀκνῶ πάντα ταῦτα καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα εὐλόγουσ ἔχει τὰσ προφάσεισ καὶ τὰσ μέμψεισ πατρικάσ. (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 22:7)

Synonyms

  1. to esteem little or lightly

Derived

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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