Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θραύω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θραύω θραύσω

Structure: θραύ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to break in pieces, shatter, shiver, to fly into pieces
  2. to break down, enfeeble

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular θραύω θραύεις θραύει
Dual θραύετον θραύετον
Plural θραύομεν θραύετε θραύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular θραύω θραύῃς θραύῃ
Dual θραύητον θραύητον
Plural θραύωμεν θραύητε θραύωσιν*
OptativeSingular θραύοιμι θραύοις θραύοι
Dual θραύοιτον θραυοίτην
Plural θραύοιμεν θραύοιτε θραύοιεν
ImperativeSingular θραύε θραυέτω
Dual θραύετον θραυέτων
Plural θραύετε θραυόντων, θραυέτωσαν
Infinitive θραύειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
θραυων θραυοντος θραυουσα θραυουσης θραυον θραυοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular θραύομαι θραύει, θραύῃ θραύεται
Dual θραύεσθον θραύεσθον
Plural θραυόμεθα θραύεσθε θραύονται
SubjunctiveSingular θραύωμαι θραύῃ θραύηται
Dual θραύησθον θραύησθον
Plural θραυώμεθα θραύησθε θραύωνται
OptativeSingular θραυοίμην θραύοιο θραύοιτο
Dual θραύοισθον θραυοίσθην
Plural θραυοίμεθα θραύοισθε θραύοιντο
ImperativeSingular θραύου θραυέσθω
Dual θραύεσθον θραυέσθων
Plural θραύεσθε θραυέσθων, θραυέσθωσαν
Infinitive θραύεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
θραυομενος θραυομενου θραυομενη θραυομενης θραυομενον θραυομενου

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

  • πάταξον δοῦλον ἐκ χειλέων ἀπάτησ μου ἐπ̓ ἄρχοντι καὶ ἄρχοντα ἐπὶ θεράποντι αὐτοῦ, θραῦσον αὐτῶν τὸ ἀνάστημα ἐν χειρὶ θηλείασ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 9:10)

Synonyms

  1. to break in pieces

  2. to break down

Derived

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

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