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.
- τοιαῦτα πολὺ μαντικώτεροι ὑμῶν οἱ γεωργοί, καὶ ἄριστα μαντεύσαιντ̓ ἂν ἡμῖν περὶ αὐτῶν, ὅτι ὕσαντοσ μὲν τοῦ θεοῦ εὐθαλῆ ἔσται τὰ δράγματα, ἢν δὲ αὐχμὸσ ἐπιλάβῃ καὶ διψήσωσιν αἱ ἄρουραι, οὐδεμία μηχανὴ μὴ οὐχὶ λιμὸν ἐπακολουθῆσαι τῷ δίψει αὐτῶν, καὶ ὅτι οὐ μεσοῦντοσ θέρουσ χρὴ ἀροῦν, ἢ οὐκ ἄν τι ὄφελοσ γένοιτο εἰκῆ ἐκχυθέντων τῶν σπερμάτων, οὐδὲ ἀμᾶν ἔτι χλωρὸν τὸν στάχυν, ἢ κενὸν εὑρεθήσεσθαι τὸν καρπόν. (Lucian, 12:1)
- τρὶσ δὲ αὐτὸσ ἤδη πάρνοπασ ἐκ Σιπύλου τοῦ ὄρουσ οὐ κατὰ ταὐτὰ οἶδα φθαρέντασ, ἀλλὰ τοὺσ μὲν ἐξέωσε βίαιοσ ἐμπεσὼν ἄνεμοσ, τοὺσ δὲ ὕσαντοσ τοῦ θεοῦ καῦμα ἰσχυρὸν καθεῖλεν ἐπιλαβόν, οἱ δὲ αἰφνιδίῳ ῥίγει καταληφθέντεσ ἀπώλοντο. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 24 14:4)
- καὶ διὰ τοῦτο οὔτε Ἴναχοσ ὕδωρ οὔτε ἄλλοσ παρέχεται τῶν εἰρημένων ποταμῶν ὅτι μὴ ὕσαντοσ τοῦ θεοῦ· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 15 9:5)
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)