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ῥαψῳδέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ῥαψῳδέω

Structure: ῥαψῳδέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: r(ayw|do/s

Sense

  1. to recite epic poems
  2. to repeat by heart or rote, to declaim, to keep saying

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ῥαψῳδῶ ῥαψῳδεῖς ῥαψῳδεῖ
Dual ῥαψῳδεῖτον ῥαψῳδεῖτον
Plural ῥαψῳδοῦμεν ῥαψῳδεῖτε ῥαψῳδοῦσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ῥαψῳδῶ ῥαψῳδῇς ῥαψῳδῇ
Dual ῥαψῳδῆτον ῥαψῳδῆτον
Plural ῥαψῳδῶμεν ῥαψῳδῆτε ῥαψῳδῶσιν*
OptativeSingular ῥαψῳδοῖμι ῥαψῳδοῖς ῥαψῳδοῖ
Dual ῥαψῳδοῖτον ῥαψῳδοίτην
Plural ῥαψῳδοῖμεν ῥαψῳδοῖτε ῥαψῳδοῖεν
ImperativeSingular ῥαψῴδει ῥαψῳδείτω
Dual ῥαψῳδεῖτον ῥαψῳδείτων
Plural ῥαψῳδεῖτε ῥαψῳδούντων, ῥαψῳδείτωσαν
Infinitive ῥαψῳδεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ῥαψῳδων ῥαψῳδουντος ῥαψῳδουσα ῥαψῳδουσης ῥαψῳδουν ῥαψῳδουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ῥαψῳδοῦμαι ῥαψῳδεῖ, ῥαψῳδῇ ῥαψῳδεῖται
Dual ῥαψῳδεῖσθον ῥαψῳδεῖσθον
Plural ῥαψῳδούμεθα ῥαψῳδεῖσθε ῥαψῳδοῦνται
SubjunctiveSingular ῥαψῳδῶμαι ῥαψῳδῇ ῥαψῳδῆται
Dual ῥαψῳδῆσθον ῥαψῳδῆσθον
Plural ῥαψῳδώμεθα ῥαψῳδῆσθε ῥαψῳδῶνται
OptativeSingular ῥαψῳδοίμην ῥαψῳδοῖο ῥαψῳδοῖτο
Dual ῥαψῳδοῖσθον ῥαψῳδοίσθην
Plural ῥαψῳδοίμεθα ῥαψῳδοῖσθε ῥαψῳδοῖντο
ImperativeSingular ῥαψῳδοῦ ῥαψῳδείσθω
Dual ῥαψῳδεῖσθον ῥαψῳδείσθων
Plural ῥαψῳδεῖσθε ῥαψῳδείσθων, ῥαψῳδείσθωσαν
Infinitive ῥαψῳδεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ῥαψῳδουμενος ῥαψῳδουμενου ῥαψῳδουμενη ῥαψῳδουμενης ῥαψῳδουμενον ῥαψῳδουμενου

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

  • ἢν δὲ ποιητικὸσ αὐτὸσ ἢ συγγραφικὸσ ὁ πλούσιοσ ᾖ, παρὰ τὸ δεῖπνον τὰ αὑτοῦ ῥαψῳδῶν, τότε καὶ μάλιστα διαρραγῆναι χρὴ ἐπαινοῦντα καὶ κολακεύοντα καὶ τρόπουσ ἐπαίνων καινοτέρουσ ἐπινοοῦντα. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 35:5)
  • σύ μοι δοκεῖσ, ὦ Μίκυλλε, κομιδῇ ἀπαίδευτοσ εἶναι μηδὲ ἀνεγνωκέναι τὰ Ὁμήρου ποιήματα, ἐν οἷσ καὶ ὁ τοῦ Ἀχιλλέωσ ἵπποσ ὁ Ξάνθοσ μακρὰ χαίρειν φράσασ τῷ χρεμετίζειν ἕστηκεν ἐν μέσῳ τῷ πολέμῳ διαλεγόμενοσ, ἔπη ὅλα ῥαψῳδῶν, οὐχ ὥσπερ ἐγὼ νῦν ἄνευ τῶν μέτρων. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 2:6)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐποποιῶν, ὦ Ζεῦ, καὶ ῥαψῳδῶν τὰ τοιαῦτα, ἐγὼ δὲ ἥκιστα ποιητικόσ εἰμι· (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 6:11)
  • ὅταν μὲν γὰρ τῶν ῥαψῳδῶν ἀκούωσιν, ὅτι καὶ ἐρῶμεν καὶ τιτρωσκόμεθα καὶ δεσμούμεθα καὶ δουλεύομεν καὶ στασιάζομεν καὶ μυρία ὅσα πράγματα ἔχομεν, καὶ ταῦτα μακάριοι καὶ ἄφθαρτοι ἀξιοῦντεσ εἶναι, τί ἄλλο ἢ δικαίωσ καταγελῶσι καὶ ἐν οὐδενὶ λόγῳ τίθενται τὰ ἡμέτερα; (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 20:1)
  • καὶ ταῦτα ἔπραξα βάρβαροσ ὢν καὶ ἀπαίδευτοσ παιδείασ τῆσ Ἑλληνικῆσ καὶ οὔτε Ὅμηρον ὥσπερ οὗτοσ ῥαψῳδῶν οὔτε ὑπ̓ Ἀριστοτέλει τῷ σοφιστῇ παιδευθείσ, μόνῃ δὲ τῇ φύσει ἀγαθῇ χρησάμενοσ. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 8:1)

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

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