Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πέτομαι

Non-contract Verb; 이상동사 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πέτομαι πετήσομαι ἐπτόμην πεπότημαι

Structure: πέτ (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Etym.: pta/s as if from i(/pthmi

Sense

  1. I fly
  2. I dart, rush; I make haste

Conjugation

Present tense

Future tense

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

  • ὑπὲρ Ἑλλήνων πάντων πέτομαι τόλμημα νέον παλαμησάμενοσ. (Aristophanes, Peace, Prologue, anapests8)
  • πρὸσ ἀνθρώπουσ πέτομαι παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸσ φράσουσα θύειν τοῖσ Ὀλυμπίοισ θεοῖσ μηλοσφαγεῖν τε βουθύτοισ ἐπ’ ἐσχάραισ κνισᾶν τ’ ἀγυιάσ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, strophe 1 2:6)
  • ὀρνιθομανῶ γὰρ καὶ πέτομαι καὶ βούλομαι οἰκεῖν μεθ’ ὑμῶν κἀπιθυμῶ τῶν νόμων. (Aristophanes, Birds, Episode, lyric6)
  • πέτομαι δ’ ὁδὸν ἄλλοτ’ ἐπ’ ἄλλαν μελέων ‐ τουτὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα φορτίου δεῖται πτερῶν. (Aristophanes, Birds, Episode, lyric2)
  • πέτομαι δ’ ἐλπίσιν οὔτ’, ἐνθάδ’ ὁρῶν οὔτ’ ὀπίσω. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, choral, strophe 23)

Synonyms

  1. I fly

  2. I dart

Related

Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

Find this word at Wiktionary

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION