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ψαύω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψαύω

Structure: ψαύ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: akin to ya/w

Sense

  1. to touch, to to touch, assailing, didst touch on
  2. to touch as an enemy, lay hands upon
  3. to touch, reach, affect, to reach, gain

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ψαύω ψαύεις ψαύει
Dual ψαύετον ψαύετον
Plural ψαύομεν ψαύετε ψαύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ψαύω ψαύῃς ψαύῃ
Dual ψαύητον ψαύητον
Plural ψαύωμεν ψαύητε ψαύωσιν*
OptativeSingular ψαύοιμι ψαύοις ψαύοι
Dual ψαύοιτον ψαυοίτην
Plural ψαύοιμεν ψαύοιτε ψαύοιεν
ImperativeSingular ψαύε ψαυέτω
Dual ψαύετον ψαυέτων
Plural ψαύετε ψαυόντων, ψαυέτωσαν
Infinitive ψαύειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ψαυων ψαυοντος ψαυουσα ψαυουσης ψαυον ψαυοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ψαύομαι ψαύει, ψαύῃ ψαύεται
Dual ψαύεσθον ψαύεσθον
Plural ψαυόμεθα ψαύεσθε ψαύονται
SubjunctiveSingular ψαύωμαι ψαύῃ ψαύηται
Dual ψαύησθον ψαύησθον
Plural ψαυώμεθα ψαύησθε ψαύωνται
OptativeSingular ψαυοίμην ψαύοιο ψαύοιτο
Dual ψαύοισθον ψαυοίσθην
Plural ψαυοίμεθα ψαύοισθε ψαύοιντο
ImperativeSingular ψαύου ψαυέσθω
Dual ψαύεσθον ψαυέσθων
Plural ψαύεσθε ψαυέσθων, ψαυέσθωσαν
Infinitive ψαύεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ψαυομενος ψαυομενου ψαυομενη ψαυομενης ψαυομενον ψαυομενου

Imperfect tense

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

  • ἔφερε γὰρ αὐτῇ τῆσ ὀπώρασ ἀεὶ τὰ πρατήρια παραπορευόμενοσ, καὶ χρόνον πολὺν ὑφίστατο καὶ τὴν προβοσκίδα τῶν χιτωνίων ἐντὸσ ὥσπερ χεῖρα παραβαλὼν ἀτρέμα τῆσ περὶ τὸ στῆθοσ ὡρ́ασ ἔψαυεν. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 18 2:1)
  • ἡ δὲ ἔλαφοσ ὑπὸ τῶν φυλαττόντων αὐτὴν ἐγγὺσ ἀφεθεῖσα καί κατιδοῦσα τὸν Σερτώριον ἐχώρει δρόμῳ περιχαρὴσ πρὸσ τὸ βῆμα, καί παραστᾶσα τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐπέθηκε ταῖσ γόνασιν αὐτοῦ καί τῷ στόματι τῆσ δεξιᾶσ ἔψαυεν, εἰθισμένη καί πρότερον τοῦτο ποιεῖν. (Plutarch, Sertorius, chapter 20 3:1)
  • καὶ δὴ τὰ πρώτισθ’ ὁ γέρων ἔψαυεν ἐδωδῆσ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 5:4)
  • κατεσκευάσθη δὲ ἄνευ σιδήρου, καὶ οὐδέποτ’ ἔψαυεν αὐτοῦ σίδηροσ. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 256:2)
  • ἅ γε μὴν ἀπέλαυον τῆσ ἀρχῆσ κατὰ τὴν Οἰβάρου σοφίαν, ὃσ πρῶτοσ εἰπεῖν λέγεται Κύρῳ δυσχεραίνοντι τὴν πολλὴν πλάνην δεῖν αὐτὸν καὶ ἀνάγκην εἶναι πανταχοῖ περιφοιτᾶν τῆσ ἀρχῆσ ἑκόντα τε καὶ ἄκοντα, εἰ μέλλοι βασιλεύειν, ὁρῶντα εἰσ τὴν βύρσαν, ὡσ ἐφ’ ἃ μὲν αὐτῆσ βαίνοι ταπεινὰ ἐγίγνετο καὶ τῆσ γῆσ ἔψαυεν, ἀφ’ ὧν δὲ ἀπαλλάττοιτο, αὖθισ ἀνίστατο καὶ πάλιν πατοῦντοσ ἐταπεινοῦτο. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 6:11)

Synonyms

  1. to touch as an enemy

  2. to touch

Related

Derived

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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