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πελεκάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πελεκάω

Structure: πελεκά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: pe/lekus

Sense

  1. to hew or shape with an axe

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular πελέκω πελέκᾳς πελέκᾳ
Dual πελέκᾱτον πελέκᾱτον
Plural πελέκωμεν πελέκᾱτε πελέκωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular πελέκω πελέκῃς πελέκῃ
Dual πελέκητον πελέκητον
Plural πελέκωμεν πελέκητε πελέκωσιν*
OptativeSingular πελέκῳμι πελέκῳς πελέκῳ
Dual πελέκῳτον πελεκῷτην
Plural πελέκῳμεν πελέκῳτε πελέκῳεν
ImperativeSingular πελε͂κᾱ πελεκᾶτω
Dual πελέκᾱτον πελεκᾶτων
Plural πελέκᾱτε πελεκῶντων, πελεκᾶτωσαν
Infinitive πελέκᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
πελεκων πελεκωντος πελεκωσα πελεκωσης πελεκων πελεκωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular πελέκωμαι πελέκᾳ πελέκᾱται
Dual πελέκᾱσθον πελέκᾱσθον
Plural πελεκῶμεθα πελέκᾱσθε πελέκωνται
SubjunctiveSingular πελέκωμαι πελέκῃ πελέκηται
Dual πελέκησθον πελέκησθον
Plural πελεκώμεθα πελέκησθε πελέκωνται
OptativeSingular πελεκῷμην πελέκῳο πελέκῳτο
Dual πελέκῳσθον πελεκῷσθην
Plural πελεκῷμεθα πελέκῳσθε πελέκῳντο
ImperativeSingular πελέκω πελεκᾶσθω
Dual πελέκᾱσθον πελεκᾶσθων
Plural πελέκᾱσθε πελεκᾶσθων, πελεκᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive πελέκᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
πελεκωμενος πελεκωμενου πελεκωμενη πελεκωμενης πελεκωμενον πελεκωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπελε͂κων ἐπελε͂κᾱς ἐπελε͂κᾱν*
Dual ἐπελέκᾱτον ἐπελεκᾶτην
Plural ἐπελέκωμεν ἐπελέκᾱτε ἐπελε͂κων
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπελεκῶμην ἐπελέκω ἐπελέκᾱτο
Dual ἐπελέκᾱσθον ἐπελεκᾶσθην
Plural ἐπελεκῶμεθα ἐπελέκᾱσθε ἐπελέκωντο

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

  • ἦν δ’ ὁ κτύποσ αὐτῶν πελεκώντων ὥσπερ ἐν ναυπηγίῳ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene 1:7)

Synonyms

  1. to hew or shape with an axe

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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