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ὑπαίθω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπαίθω

Structure: ὑπ (Prefix) + αί̓θ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to set on fire below or secretly

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὑπαίθω ὑπαίθεις ὑπαίθει
Dual ὑπαίθετον ὑπαίθετον
Plural ὑπαίθομεν ὑπαίθετε ὑπαίθουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ὑπαίθω ὑπαίθῃς ὑπαίθῃ
Dual ὑπαίθητον ὑπαίθητον
Plural ὑπαίθωμεν ὑπαίθητε ὑπαίθωσιν*
OptativeSingular ὑπαίθοιμι ὑπαίθοις ὑπαίθοι
Dual ὑπαίθοιτον ὑπαιθοίτην
Plural ὑπαίθοιμεν ὑπαίθοιτε ὑπαίθοιεν
ImperativeSingular ὑπαίθε ὑπαιθέτω
Dual ὑπαίθετον ὑπαιθέτων
Plural ὑπαίθετε ὑπαιθόντων, ὑπαιθέτωσαν
Infinitive ὑπαίθειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὑπαιθων ὑπαιθοντος ὑπαιθουσα ὑπαιθουσης ὑπαιθον ὑπαιθοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὑπαίθομαι ὑπαίθει, ὑπαίθῃ ὑπαίθεται
Dual ὑπαίθεσθον ὑπαίθεσθον
Plural ὑπαιθόμεθα ὑπαίθεσθε ὑπαίθονται
SubjunctiveSingular ὑπαίθωμαι ὑπαίθῃ ὑπαίθηται
Dual ὑπαίθησθον ὑπαίθησθον
Plural ὑπαιθώμεθα ὑπαίθησθε ὑπαίθωνται
OptativeSingular ὑπαιθοίμην ὑπαίθοιο ὑπαίθοιτο
Dual ὑπαίθοισθον ὑπαιθοίσθην
Plural ὑπαιθοίμεθα ὑπαίθοισθε ὑπαίθοιντο
ImperativeSingular ὑπαίθου ὑπαιθέσθω
Dual ὑπαίθεσθον ὑπαιθέσθων
Plural ὑπαίθεσθε ὑπαιθέσθων, ὑπαιθέσθωσαν
Infinitive ὑπαίθεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὑπαιθομενος ὑπαιθομενου ὑπαιθομενη ὑπαιθομενης ὑπαιθομενον ὑπαιθομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ύ̔πῃθον ύ̔πῃθες ύ̔πῃθεν*
Dual ὑπῇθετον ὑπῄθετην
Plural ὑπῇθομεν ὑπῇθετε ύ̔πῃθον
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὑπῄθομην ὑπῇθου ὑπῇθετο
Dual ὑπῇθεσθον ὑπῄθεσθην
Plural ὑπῄθομεθα ὑπῇθεσθε ὑπῇθοντο

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

  • μηροῖσ ὑπαίθων τὴν Διὸσ τυραννίδα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 79 1:3)
  • καὶ πῶσ ὑπαίθων σῶμ’ ἂν ἰῴμην τὸ σόν; (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 6:7)

Synonyms

  1. to set on fire below or secretly

Derived

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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