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θυόω

ο-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θυόω θυώσω

Structure: θυό (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: qu/os

Sense

  1. to fill with sweet smells, fragrant

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular θύω θύοις θύοι
Dual θύουτον θύουτον
Plural θύουμεν θύουτε θύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular θύω θύοις θύοι
Dual θύωτον θύωτον
Plural θύωμεν θύωτε θύωσιν*
OptativeSingular θύοιμι θύοις θύοι
Dual θύοιτον θυοίτην
Plural θύοιμεν θύοιτε θύοιεν
ImperativeSingular θῦου θυοῦτω
Dual θύουτον θυοῦτων
Plural θύουτε θυοῦντων, θυοῦτωσαν
Infinitive θύουν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
θυων θυουντος θυουσα θυουσης θυουν θυουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular θύουμαι θύοι θύουται
Dual θύουσθον θύουσθον
Plural θυοῦμεθα θύουσθε θύουνται
SubjunctiveSingular θύωμαι θύοι θύωται
Dual θύωσθον θύωσθον
Plural θυώμεθα θύωσθε θύωνται
OptativeSingular θυοίμην θύοιο θύοιτο
Dual θύοισθον θυοίσθην
Plural θυοίμεθα θύοισθε θύοιντο
ImperativeSingular θύου θυοῦσθω
Dual θύουσθον θυοῦσθων
Plural θύουσθε θυοῦσθων, θυοῦσθωσαν
Infinitive θύουσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
θυουμενος θυουμενου θυουμενη θυουμενης θυουμενον θυουμενου

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

  • αὐτὴ ξίφει θύουσα θῆλυσ ἄρσενασ; (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, anapests 5:6)
  • ἐπεὶ πρὸσ ἀκτὰσ ἤλθομεν θαλασσίασ, οὗ ναῦσ Ὀρέστου κρύφιοσ ἦν ὡρμισμένη, ἡμᾶσ μέν, οὓσ σὺ δεσμὰ συμπέμπεισ ξένων ἔχοντασ, ἐξένευσ’ ἀποστῆναι πρόσω Ἀγαμέμνονοσ παῖσ, ὡσ ἀπόρρητον φλόγα θύουσα καὶ καθαρμὸν ὃν μετῴχετο, αὐτὴ δ’ ὄπισθε δέσμ’ ἔχουσα τοῖν ξένοιν ἔστειχε χερσί. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 2:1)
  • τῷ γὰρ ὄντι τοιοῦτοσ ἡμῖν προσορᾶν ἐοίκε, πάνυ εὔνουσ καὶ κηδόμενοσ, ὥστ’ ἔμοιγε μικροῦ φθέγγεσθαι δοκεῖ ̔τάδε μὲν οὕτωσ, ὦ σύμπασα Ἑλλάσ, καλῶσ καὶ προσηκόντωσ ἐπιτελεῖσ, θυσίασ τε θύουσα ἐκ τῶν παρόντων μεγαλοπρεπεῖσ καὶ δὴ καὶ τὸν εὐκλεέστατον ἀγῶνα τιθεῖσα ὡσ ἀπ’ ἀρχῆσ εὐεξίασ καὶ ῥώμησ καὶ τάχουσ, ὅσα τε ἑορτῶν καὶ μυστηρίων ἔθη λαβοῦσα διαφυλάττεισ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 109:1)

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

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