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.
- καὶ γὰρ ἅ νῦν ἐποτνιῶ πρόσ με, ὡσ τοὺσ μὲν ὑῶν καὶ πλακούντων ἐμφορουμένουσ, ὑμᾶσ δὲ κάρδαμον ἢ θύμον ἢ κρόμμυον ἐπιτρώγοντασ ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ, σκέψαι ὁποῖά ἐστι· (Lucian, Saturnalia, letter 2 4:1)
- καίτοι οὐδ̓ αὐτοῖσ ἐκείνοισ ἡδύ ἐστιν αὐτὸ καθ̓ ἡμέραν καὶ πέρα τοῦ κόρου ἐσθίειν τούτων, ἀλλὰ ἴδοισ ἂν αὐτοὺσ οὕτω λαχάνων καὶ θύμου ὀρεγομένουσ ἐνίοτε, ὥσπερ οὐδὲ σὺ τῶν λαγωῶν καὶ ὑῶν. (Lucian, Saturnalia, letter 2 4:8)
- ἐπειράθησαν ἄνδρεσ καὶ ὑῶν καὶ ἵππων μιγνύμενοι καὶ γυναῖκεσ ἄρρεσι θηρίοισ ἐπεμάνησαν ἐκ γὰρ τῶν τοιούτων γάμων ὑμῖν Μινώταυροι καὶ Αἰγίπανεσ, ὡσ δ’ ἐγᾦμαι καὶ Σφίγγεσ ἀναβλαστάνουσι καὶ Κένταυροι. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 7 18:1)
- οἱᾶ νῦν πολλὰ δρῶσιν οἱ μὲν εἰσ σφαγὴν ὑῶν ὠθοῦντεσ ὀβελοὺσ διαπύρουσ, ἵνα τῇ βαφῇ τοῦ σιδήρου περισβεννύμενον τὸ αἷμα καὶ διαχεόμενον τὴν σάρκα θρύψῃ καὶ μαλάξῃ· (Plutarch, De esu carnium II, section 1 6:1)
- περὶ δὲ ὑῶν ὅτι ἱερόν ἐστι τὸ ζῷον παρὰ Κρησὶν Ἀγαθοκλῆσ ὁ Βαβυλώνιοσ ἐν πρώτῳ περὶ Κυζίκου φησὶν οὕτωσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 181)
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)