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πυνθάνομαι

Non-contract Verb; 이상동사 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυνθάνομαι πεύσομαι ἐπυθόμην πέπυσμαι

Structure: πυνθάν (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Sense

  1. I learn, I learn (accusative) from (genitive)
  2. (with accusative) I hear or learn
  3. (with genitive) I hear about, ask about
  4. (with participle) I learn that
  5. (with interrogative clause) I ask

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

  • γνώμην δὲ πεποιῆσθαι τοὺσ ξυλλαβόντασ Δαρεῖον, εἰ μὲν διώκοντα σφᾶσ Ἀλέξανδρον πυνθάνοιντο, παραδοῦναι Δαρεῖον Ἀλεξάνδρῳ καὶ σφίσι τι ἀγαθὸν εὑρίσκεσθαι· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 3, chapter 21 4:3)
  • Λέντλῳ δὲ καὶ τοῖσ συνωμόταισ ἔδοξεν, ὅτε Κατιλίναν ἐν Φαισούλαισ πυνθάνοιντο γεγενῆσθαι, Λέντλον μὲν αὐτὸν καὶ Κέθηγον ἐφεδρεῦσαι ταῖσ Κικέρωνοσ θύραισ περὶ ἑώ μετὰ κεκρυμμένων ξιφιδίων, ἐσδεχθέντασ τε διὰ τὴν ἀξίωσιν καὶ λαλοῦντασ ὁτιδὴ μηκῦναι τὴν ὁμιλίαν ἐν περιπάτῳ καὶ κτεῖναι περισπάσαντασ ἀπὸ τῶν ἄλλων, Λεύκιον δὲ Βηστίαν τὸν δήμαρχον ἐκκλησίαν εὐθὺσ ὑπὸ κήρυξι συνάγειν καὶ κατηγορεῖν τοῦ Κικέρωνοσ ὡσ ἀεὶ δειλοῦ καὶ πολεμοποιοῦ καὶ τὴν πόλιν ἐν οὐδενὶ δεινῷ διαταράττοντοσ, ἐπὶ δὲ τῇ Βηστίου δημηγορίᾳ, νυκτὸσ αὐτίκα τῆσ ἐπιούσησ, ἑτέρουσ ἐν δυώδεκα τόποισ ἐμπιπράναι τὴν πόλιν καὶ διαρπάζειν καὶ κατακτείνειν τοὺσ ἀρίστουσ. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 1 3:7)

Synonyms

  1. I learn

  2. I hear or learn

  3. I hear about

  4. I learn that

  5. I ask

Related

Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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