Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

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

  • οἱο͂ν ὡσ ὁ τελώνησ ὁ Διομέδων· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 12 2:3)
  • κᾆτα ὁ τελώνησ Αἰακὸσ ἀγανακτήσει μηδ’ ὀβολὸν ἐμπολῶν. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 2:7)
  • καὶ μὴν ὀλίγου χρόνου καὶ βίου τοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ δεδομένου, ὁ μὲν Ἀρίστων φησὶν ὅτι ὁ ὕπνοσ οἱο͂ν τελώνησ τὸ ἣμισυ ἀφαιρεῖ τούτου· (Plutarch, Aquane an ignis sit utilior, chapter, section 123)
  • "ὦ Παῦλε, στενάξειασ ὑπὸ γῆσ, αἰσθόμενοσ ὅτι σου τὸν υἱὸν ἐπὶ τιμητικὴν ἀρχὴν καταβαίνοντα Φιλόνικοσ ὁ τελώνησ δορυφορεῖ" τὰ γὰρ τοιαῦτα νουθετεῖ τοὺσ ἁμαρτάνοντασ ἅμα καὶ κοσμεῖ τοὺσ νουθετοῦντασ. (Plutarch, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae, chapter, section 14 19:1)
  • εἰ γὰρ θατέρῳ ὑπάρχει τὸ καλῶσ ἢ δικαίωσ ποιῆσαι, θατέρῳ τὸ πεπονθέναι, καὶ εἰ <τὸ> κελεῦσαι, καὶ τὸ πεποιηκέναι, οἱο͂ν ὡσ ὁ τελώνησ Διομέδων περὶ τῶν τελῶν, "εἰ γὰρ μηδ’ ὑμῖν αἰσχρὸν τὸ πωλεῖν, οὐδ’ ἡμῖν τὸ ὠνεῖσθαι" . (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 23 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. to be a tax-gatherer

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

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