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πωτάομαι

α-contract Verb; 이상동사 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πωτάομαι

Structure: πωτά (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Etym.: - epic form of pota/omai

Sense

  1. to fly about

Conjugation

Present tense

Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular πώτωμαι πώτᾳ πώτᾱται
Dual πώτᾱσθον πώτᾱσθον
Plural πωτῶμεθα πώτᾱσθε πώτωνται
SubjunctiveSingular πώτωμαι πώτῃ πώτηται
Dual πώτησθον πώτησθον
Plural πωτώμεθα πώτησθε πώτωνται
OptativeSingular πωτῷμην πώτῳο πώτῳτο
Dual πώτῳσθον πωτῷσθην
Plural πωτῷμεθα πώτῳσθε πώτῳντο
ImperativeSingular πώτω πωτᾶσθω
Dual πώτᾱσθον πωτᾶσθων
Plural πώτᾱσθε πωτᾶσθων, πωτᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive πώτᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
πωτωμενος πωτωμενου πωτωμενη πωτωμενης πωτωμενον πωτωμενου

Imperfect tense

Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπωτῶμην ἐπώτω ἐπώτᾱτο
Dual ἐπώτᾱσθον ἐπωτᾶσθην
Plural ἐπωτῶμεθα ἐπώτᾱσθε ἐπώτωντο

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

  • γαῖαν παμμήτειραν ἀείσομαι, ἠυθέμεθλον, πρεσβίστην, ἣ φέρβει ἐπὶ χθονὶ πάνθ’ ὁπόσ’ ἐστίν, ἠμὲν ὅσα χθόνα δῖαν ἐπέρχεται ἠδ’ ὅσα πόντον ἠδ’ ὅσα πωτῶνται, τάδε φέρβεται ἐκ σέθεν ὄλβου. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:1)
  • οἱ δέ τε κῶροι ὑπερπωτῶνται Ἔρωτεσ, οἱοῖ ἀηδονιδῆεσ ἀεξομενᾶν ἐπὶ δένδρων πωτῶνται πτερύγων πειρώμενοι ὄζον ἀπ’ ὄζω. (Theocritus, Idylls, 137)
  • ὡσ γὰρ ἐπ’ Οὐλύμποιο μετὰ χθονὸσ ἤθεα πάσησ πωτῶνται, πίπτειν καὶ κατὰ γῆν ὄφελον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 10, chapter 712)

Synonyms

  1. to fly about

Derived

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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