Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πέτομαι

Non-contract Verb; 이상동사 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πέτομαι πετήσομαι ἐπτόμην πεπότημαι

Structure: πέτ (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Etym.: pta/s as if from i(/pthmi

Sense

  1. I fly
  2. I dart, rush; I make haste

Conjugation

Present tense

Future tense

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

  • νυκτὸσ δὲ εἰρήνην ἄγει καὶ οὔτε πέτεται οὔτε ᾄδει, ἀλλ’ ὑπέπτηχε καὶ ἀτρεμεῖ. (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 4:5)
  • ἢν δ’ οὖν καταμύσῃ κἂν ἄχνην, ὅμωσ ἐκεῖ ὁ νοῦσ πέτεται τὴν νύκτα περὶ τὴν κλεψύδραν. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Prologue 3:7)
  • καὶ νὴ Δί’ ὅ γ’ Ἑρμῆσ πέτεται θεὸσ ὢν πτέρυγάσ τε φορεῖ, κἄλλοι γε θεοὶ πάνυ πολλοί. (Aristophanes, Birds, Agon, antepirrheme16)
  • αὐτίκα Νίκη πέτεται πτερύγοιν χρυσαῖν καὶ νὴ Δί’ Ἔρωσ γε· (Aristophanes, Birds, Agon, antepirrheme17)
  • "βραδὺσ γὰρ ὁ ἐκείνου καὶ χερσαῖοσ Ἔρωσ, ὁ δὲ σὸσ ἐκ Κιλικίασ Ἀθήναζε λαιψηρὰ κυκλώσασ πτερὰ διαπόντιοσ πέτεται, τοὺσ καλοὺσ ἐφορῶν καὶ συμπλανώμενοσ. (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 3 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. I fly

  2. I dart

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Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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