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τελωνέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τελωνέω τελωνήσω

Structure: τελωνέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: from telw/nhs

Sense

  1. to be a tax-gatherer

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular τελωνῶ τελωνεῖς τελωνεῖ
Dual τελωνεῖτον τελωνεῖτον
Plural τελωνοῦμεν τελωνεῖτε τελωνοῦσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular τελωνῶ τελωνῇς τελωνῇ
Dual τελωνῆτον τελωνῆτον
Plural τελωνῶμεν τελωνῆτε τελωνῶσιν*
OptativeSingular τελωνοῖμι τελωνοῖς τελωνοῖ
Dual τελωνοῖτον τελωνοίτην
Plural τελωνοῖμεν τελωνοῖτε τελωνοῖεν
ImperativeSingular τελώνει τελωνείτω
Dual τελωνεῖτον τελωνείτων
Plural τελωνεῖτε τελωνούντων, τελωνείτωσαν
Infinitive τελωνεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
τελωνων τελωνουντος τελωνουσα τελωνουσης τελωνουν τελωνουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular τελωνοῦμαι τελωνεῖ, τελωνῇ τελωνεῖται
Dual τελωνεῖσθον τελωνεῖσθον
Plural τελωνούμεθα τελωνεῖσθε τελωνοῦνται
SubjunctiveSingular τελωνῶμαι τελωνῇ τελωνῆται
Dual τελωνῆσθον τελωνῆσθον
Plural τελωνώμεθα τελωνῆσθε τελωνῶνται
OptativeSingular τελωνοίμην τελωνοῖο τελωνοῖτο
Dual τελωνοῖσθον τελωνοίσθην
Plural τελωνοίμεθα τελωνοῖσθε τελωνοῖντο
ImperativeSingular τελωνοῦ τελωνείσθω
Dual τελωνεῖσθον τελωνείσθων
Plural τελωνεῖσθε τελωνείσθων, τελωνείσθωσαν
Infinitive τελωνεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
τελωνουμενος τελωνουμενου τελωνουμενη τελωνουμενης τελωνουμενον τελωνουμενου

Future tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular τελωνήσω τελωνήσεις τελωνήσει
Dual τελωνήσετον τελωνήσετον
Plural τελωνήσομεν τελωνήσετε τελωνήσουσιν*
OptativeSingular τελωνήσοιμι τελωνήσοις τελωνήσοι
Dual τελωνήσοιτον τελωνησοίτην
Plural τελωνήσοιμεν τελωνήσοιτε τελωνήσοιεν
Infinitive τελωνήσειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
τελωνησων τελωνησοντος τελωνησουσα τελωνησουσης τελωνησον τελωνησοντος
Middle
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular τελωνήσομαι τελωνήσει, τελωνήσῃ τελωνήσεται
Dual τελωνήσεσθον τελωνήσεσθον
Plural τελωνησόμεθα τελωνήσεσθε τελωνήσονται
OptativeSingular τελωνησοίμην τελωνήσοιο τελωνήσοιτο
Dual τελωνήσοισθον τελωνησοίσθην
Plural τελωνησοίμεθα τελωνήσοισθε τελωνήσοιντο
Infinitive τελωνήσεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
τελωνησομενος τελωνησομενου τελωνησομενη τελωνησομενης τελωνησομενον τελωνησομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐτελώνουν ἐτελώνεις ἐτελώνειν*
Dual ἐτελωνεῖτον ἐτελωνείτην
Plural ἐτελωνοῦμεν ἐτελωνεῖτε ἐτελώνουν
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐτελωνούμην ἐτελωνοῦ ἐτελωνεῖτο
Dual ἐτελωνεῖσθον ἐτελωνείσθην
Plural ἐτελωνούμεθα ἐτελωνεῖσθε ἐτελωνοῦντο

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

  • συγγνωστὰ γοῦν εἴ τισ λιμῷ πιεζόμενοσ παρακαταθήκασ παρ’ ἀνδρὸσ πολίτου λαβὼν εἶτα ἐπιώρκησεν ἦ μὴν μὴ παρειληφέναι, ἢ εἴ τισ ἀναισχύντωσ αἰτεῖ, μᾶλλον δὲ προσαιτεῖ καὶ λωποδυτεῖ καὶ τελωνεῖ. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 27:2)

Synonyms

  1. to be a tax-gatherer

Similar forms

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

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