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χαλάω

α-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χαλάω

Structure: χαλά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

to slacken, loosen, to unstring
to let down, let sink, fall, droop, having unbent
to let loose, loose, release, to let go, slacken one's hold
to slack
to loose, undo, open
to loosen, undo things drawn tightly together
to become slack, loose, stand open, to have a remission of
to yield to, to be indulgent to
to remit, to grow slack

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	χαλῶ	χαλᾷς	χαλᾷ
	Dual		χαλᾶτον	χαλᾶτον
	Plural	χαλῶμεν	χαλᾶτε	χαλῶσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	χαλῶ	χαλῇς	χαλῇ
	Dual		χαλῆτον	χαλῆτον
	Plural	χαλῶμεν	χαλῆτε	χαλῶσιν*
Optative	Singular	χαλῷμι	χαλῷς	χαλῷ
	Dual		χαλῷτον	χαλῴτην
	Plural	χαλῷμεν	χαλῷτε	χαλῷεν
Imperative	Singular		χάλᾱ	χαλᾱ́τω
	Dual		χαλᾶτον	χαλᾱ́των
	Plural		χαλᾶτε	χαλώντων, χαλᾱ́τωσαν
Infinitive		χαλᾶν
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		χαλων χαλωντος	χαλωσα χαλωσης	χαλων χαλωντος
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	χαλῶμαι	χαλᾷ	χαλᾶται
	Dual		χαλᾶσθον	χαλᾶσθον
	Plural	χαλώμεθα	χαλᾶσθε	χαλῶνται
Subjunctive	Singular	χαλῶμαι	χαλῇ	χαλῆται
	Dual		χαλῆσθον	χαλῆσθον
	Plural	χαλώμεθα	χαλῆσθε	χαλῶνται
Optative	Singular	χαλῴμην	χαλῷο	χαλῷτο
	Dual		χαλῷσθον	χαλῴσθην
	Plural	χαλῴμεθα	χαλῷσθε	χαλῷντο
Imperative	Singular		χαλῶ	χαλᾱ́σθω
	Dual		χαλᾶσθον	χαλᾱ́σθων
	Plural		χαλᾶσθε	χαλᾱ́σθων, χαλᾱ́σθωσαν
Infinitive		χαλᾶσθαι
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		χαλωμενος χαλωμενου	χαλωμενη χαλωμενης	χαλωμενον χαλωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐχάλων	ἐχάλᾱς	ἐχάλᾱν*
	Dual		ἐχαλᾶτον	ἐχαλᾱ́την
	Plural	ἐχαλῶμεν	ἐχαλᾶτε	ἐχάλων
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐχαλώμην	ἐχαλῶ	ἐχαλᾶτο
	Dual		ἐχαλᾶσθον	ἐχαλᾱ́σθην
	Plural	ἐχαλώμεθα	ἐχαλᾶσθε	ἐχαλῶντο

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

καὶ συνέσφιγξε τὸ λογεῖον ἀπὸ τῶν δακτυλίων τῶν ἐπ̓ αὐτοῦ εἰσ τοὺσ δακτυλίουσ τῆσ ἐπωμίδοσ, συνεχομένουσ ἐκ τῆσ ὑακίνθου, συμπεπλεγμένουσ εἰσ τὸ ὕφασμα τῆσ ἐπωμίδοσ, ἵνα μὴ χαλᾶται τὸ λογεῖον ἀπὸ τῆσ ἐπωμίδοσ, καθὰ συνέταξε Κύριοσ τῷ Μωυσῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 36:29)
εἶδον γὰρ βαλιὰν ἔλαφον λύκου αἵμονι χαλᾷ σφαζομέναν, ἀπ’ ἐμῶν γονάτων σπασθεῖσαν ἀνοίκτωσ. (Euripides, Hecuba, choral, anapests 1:8)
καίτοι λέγουσιν ὡσ μί’ εὐφρόνη χαλᾷ τὸ δυσμενὲσ γυναικὸσ εἰσ ἀνδρὸσ λέχοσ· (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, antistrophe 3 2:17)
ὠή, χαλᾶτε κλῇθρα, τοῖσ ἔνδον λέγω, καὶ δεσπότῃ σημήναθ’ οὕνεκ’ ἐν πύλαισ πάρειμι, καινῶν φόρτον ἀγγέλλων κακῶν. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 1:1)
τίνα φυγὰν πτερόεσσαν ἢ χθονὸσ ὑπὸ σκοτίων μυχῶν πορευθῶ, θανάτου λεύσιμον ἄταν ἀποφεύγουσα, τεθρίππων ὠκιστᾶν χαλᾶν ἐπιβᾶσ’, ἢ πρύμνασ ἐπὶ ναῶν; (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric3)

Synonyms

to slacken
- ἐπιχαλάω (to loosen, slacken)
to let loose
- διαλύω (to slacken one's hold, undo)
to slack
- ἀποχαλάω (to slack away)
- βλακεύω (to be slack, lazy)
to loose
- ἀναγνάμπτω (to undo, loose)
to yield to
- εἴκω (yielding to, in, yielding)

Derived

ἀποχαλάω (to slack away)
διαχαλάω (to loosen, unbar, to make supple by exercise)
ἐκχαλάω (to let go from)
ἐπιχαλάω (to loosen, slacken, to give way)
παραχαλάω (to slacken at the side, to let in water, leak)

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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χαλάω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to slacken

to let loose

to slack

to loose

to yield to

Derived

Similar forms

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χαλάω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to slacken

to let loose

to slack

to loose

to yield to

Derived

Similar forms

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