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θάω

α-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: θάω

Structure: θά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: epic for the prose qhla/zw

Sense

  1. to suck, he sucked, sucking
  2. to suckle

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular θῶ θᾷς θᾷ
Dual θᾶτον θᾶτον
Plural θῶμεν θᾶτε θῶσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular θῶ θῇς θῇ
Dual θῆτον θῆτον
Plural θῶμεν θῆτε θῶσιν*
OptativeSingular θῷμι θῷς θῷ
Dual θῷτον θῴτην
Plural θῷμεν θῷτε θῷεν
ImperativeSingular θᾶ θᾱ́τω
Dual θᾶτον θᾱ́των
Plural θᾶτε θώντων, θᾱ́τωσαν
Infinitive θᾶν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
θων θωντος θωσα θωσης θων θωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular θῶμαι θᾷ θᾶται
Dual θᾶσθον θᾶσθον
Plural θώμεθα θᾶσθε θῶνται
SubjunctiveSingular θῶμαι θῇ θῆται
Dual θῆσθον θῆσθον
Plural θώμεθα θῆσθε θῶνται
OptativeSingular θῴμην θῷο θῷτο
Dual θῷσθον θῴσθην
Plural θῴμεθα θῷσθε θῷντο
ImperativeSingular θῶ θᾱ́σθω
Dual θᾶσθον θᾱ́σθων
Plural θᾶσθε θᾱ́σθων, θᾱ́σθωσαν
Infinitive θᾶσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
θωμενος θωμενου θωμενη θωμενης θωμενον θωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ε͂̓θων ε͂̓θᾱς ε͂̓θᾱν*
Dual έ̓θᾱτον ἐθᾶτην
Plural έ̓θωμεν έ̓θᾱτε ε͂̓θων
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐθῶμην έ̓θω έ̓θᾱτο
Dual έ̓θᾱσθον ἐθᾶσθην
Plural ἐθῶμεθα έ̓θᾱσθε έ̓θωντο

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

  • ἀλλ’ ἔθαν’ ἐν καλύβῃ σχοινίτιδι, λύχνοσ ὁποῖα, τῷ μακρῷ σβεσθεὶσ ἐν χρόνῳ αὐτόματοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 295 1:1)
  • "ὦ Νέστορ Νηληιάδη, σὺ δ’ ἀληθὲσ ἐνίσπεσ, πῶσ ἔθαν’ Ἀτρείδησ; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 2, 7:12)
  • πῶσ ἔθαν’ Ἀτρεί̈δησ εὐρὺ κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων; (Homer, Odyssey, Book 3 24:8)
  • οὐδ’ ἄρα τοί γ’ ἔτλαν πόλιοσ καὶ τείχεοσ ἐκτὸσ μεῖναι ἔτ’ ἀλλήλουσ, καὶ γνώμεναι ὅσ τε πεφεύγοι ὅσ τ’ ἔθαν’ ἐν πολέμῳ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 21 54:11)

Synonyms

  1. to suck

  2. to suckle

Derived

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

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