ὕω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ὕω
ὕσω
ὗσα
ὗσμαι
ὕσθην
Structure:
ύ̔
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- I rain
- (with accusative of place) I rain on
Conjugation
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.
- "τήμερον παρὰ Σκύθαισ ὑέτω, παρὰ Λίβυσιν ἀστραπτέτω, παρ’ Ἕλλησι νιφέτω, σὺ δὲ ὁ Βορέασ πνεῦσον ἐν Λυδίᾳ, σὺ δὲ ὁ Νότοσ ἡσυχίαν ἄγε, ὁ δὲ Ζέφυροσ τὸν Ἀδρίαν διακυμαινέτω, καὶ τῆσ χαλάζησ ὅσον μέδιμνοι χίλιοι διασκεδασθήτωσαν ὑπὲρ Καππαδοκίασ," ἁπάντων δὲ ἤδη σχεδὸν αὐτῷ διῳκημένων ἀπῄειμεν ἐσ τὸ συμπόσιον δείπνου γὰρ ἤδη καιρὸσ ἦν καί με ὁ Ἑρμῆσ παραλαβὼν κατέκλινε παρὰ τὸν Πᾶνα καὶ τοὺσ Κορύβαντασ καὶ τὸν Ἄττιν καὶ τὸν Σαβάζιον, τοὺσ μετοίκουσ τούτουσ καὶ ἀμφιβόλουσ θεούσ. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 26:4)
- "ψακαζέτω δ’ ἄρτοισιν, ὑέτω δ’ ἔτνει, ζωμὸσ διὰ τῶν ὁδῶν κυλινδείτω κρέα, πλακοῦσ ἑαυτὸν ἐσθίειν κελευέτω. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 81 1:164)
- ἀριθμηταὶ δὲ αὐτῷ σταγόνεσ ὑετοῦ, καὶ ἐπιχυθήσονται ὑετῷ εἰσ νεφέλην. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 36:27)
- τίσ δὲ ἡτοίμασεν ὑετῷ λάβρῳ ρύσιν, ὁδὸν δὲ κυδοιμῶν (Septuagint, Liber Iob 38:25)
- χρήματα ἀδίκων ὡσ ποταμὸσ ξηρανθήσεται καὶ ὡσ βροντὴ μεγάλη ἐν ὑετῷ ἐξηχήσει. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 40:13)
- καὶ κρινῶ αὐτὸν θανάτῳ καὶ αἵματι καὶ ὑετῷ κατακλύζοντι καὶ λίθοισ χαλάζησ, καὶ πῦρ καὶ θεῖον βρέξω ἐπ’ αὐτὸν καὶ ἐπὶ πάντασ τοὺσ μετ’ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπ’ ἔθνη πολλὰ μετ’ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 38:22)
Synonyms
-
I rain
-
I rain on
Derived
- ἀνύω (to effect, achieve, accomplish)
- ἐφύω (to rain upon, rained upon, exposed to the rain)
- μεθύω (to be drunken with wine, soaked, to be drunken or intoxicated)
