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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

  • τὴν μὲν τοίνυν ψυχὴν μουσικῇ τὸ πρῶτον καὶ ἀριθμητικῇ ἀναρριπίζομεν, καὶ γράμματα γράψασθαι καὶ τορῶσ αὐτὰ ἐπιλέξασθαι διδάσκομεν προϊοῦσιν δὲ ἤδη σοφῶν ἀνδρῶν γνώμασ καὶ ἔργα παλαιὰ καὶ λόγουσ ὠφελίμουσ ἐν μέτροισ κατακοσμήσαντεσ, ὡσ μᾶλλον μνημονεύοιεν, ῥαψῳδοῦμεν αὐτοῖσ. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 21:1)
  • τοὺσ κρατῆρασ καταθήσω καὶ τὰσ ὑδρίασ, καὶ ῥαψῳδεῖν ἔσται τοῖσ παιδαρίοισιν τοὺσ ἀνδρείουσ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ, κεἴ τισ δειλὸσ γεγένηται, ἵνα μὴ δειπνῶσ’ αἰσχυνόμενοι. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Agon, epirrheme 3:17)
  • Κοίμισον ὀργάν, εἰ μὴ κωμῳδίαν, ὦ Ζεῦ, δυνάμεθα ὑποκρίνεσθαι μηδὲ ῥαψῳδεῖν ὥσπερ οὗτοι μηδὲ τὸν Εὐριπίδην ὅλον καταπεπώκαμεν, ὥστε σοι ὑποτραγῳδεῖν. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 1:9)
  • ὁλκάδα βάλλει εὐκούρων βδελυρῶν, ὀλλύντων τ’ ὀλλυμένων τε ἀνδρῶν, οἳ νῦν κεῖθι κακῶσ κακὰ ῥαψῳδοῦσιν οἷσ καὶ ἐγὼ σίτοιο μέγα χρῄζων ἐπίθησα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 55 3:4)
  • πάγκαλὸν ἐστ’ ἐπίγραμμα τὸ δίστιχον ἢν δὲ παρέλθῃσ τοὺσ τρεῖσ, ῥαψῳδεῖσ, κοὐκ ἐπίγραμμα λέγεισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 3691)

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

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