Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θοόω

ο-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θοόω θοώσω

Structure: θοό (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: qoo/s II

Sense

  1. to make sharp or pointed

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular θόω θόοις θόοι
Dual θόουτον θόουτον
Plural θόουμεν θόουτε θόουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular θόω θόοις θόοι
Dual θόωτον θόωτον
Plural θόωμεν θόωτε θόωσιν*
OptativeSingular θόοιμι θόοις θόοι
Dual θόοιτον θοοίτην
Plural θόοιμεν θόοιτε θόοιεν
ImperativeSingular θο͂ου θοοῦτω
Dual θόουτον θοοῦτων
Plural θόουτε θοοῦντων, θοοῦτωσαν
Infinitive θόουν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
θοων θοουντος θοουσα θοουσης θοουν θοουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular θόουμαι θόοι θόουται
Dual θόουσθον θόουσθον
Plural θοοῦμεθα θόουσθε θόουνται
SubjunctiveSingular θόωμαι θόοι θόωται
Dual θόωσθον θόωσθον
Plural θοώμεθα θόωσθε θόωνται
OptativeSingular θοοίμην θόοιο θόοιτο
Dual θόοισθον θοοίσθην
Plural θοοίμεθα θόοισθε θόοιντο
ImperativeSingular θόου θοοῦσθω
Dual θόουσθον θοοῦσθων
Plural θόουσθε θοοῦσθων, θοοῦσθωσαν
Infinitive θόουσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
θοουμενος θοουμενου θοουμενη θοουμενης θοουμενον θοουμενου

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

  • νῦν θοοὶ ἔστε καὶ ἀλλ’ ἐν φρεσὶ θέσθε ἕκαστοσ αἰδῶ καὶ νέμεσιν· (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 11 37:2)
  • οἱ δ’ ὥστε θοοὶ κύνεσ ἀμφιθορόντεσ ἀλλήλουσ βρυχηδὸν ἐδήιον· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 21:67)
  • καί ῥ’ ὁπότ’ ἐκ λασίοιο θοοὶ προγενοίατο θῆρεσ ἐσ πεδίον δρυμοῖο βοῶν ἕνεκ’ ἀγροτεράων, πρῶτοι τοίγε μάχηνδε κατὰ χροὸσ ᾔεσαν ὀσμήν, δεινὸν δ’ ἐβρυχῶντο φόνον λεύσσοντε προσώπῳ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 61)
  • ὡσ ἀγαθὸν κρητῆρι θοοὶ κρητῆρι ῥέεθρον οἵδε δύω ποταμοί, καὶ Βρομίοιο Χάρισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 1331)
  • τῷ δ’ ἅμ’ Ἄβαντεσ ἕποντο θοοὶ ὄπιθεν κομόωντεσ αἰχμηταὶ μεμαῶτεσ ὀρεκτῇσιν μελίῃσι θώρηκασ ῥήξειν δηί̈ων ἀμφὶ στήθεσσι· (Homer, Iliad, Book 2 47:2)

Synonyms

  1. to make sharp or pointed

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

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