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μάρναμαι
μάρναμαι
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- βάρνᾰμαι (bárnamai)
Verb
μάρνᾰμαι • (márnamai)
- I fight, battle
- I contend, strive
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 2.65
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ὅθεν φαμὶ καὶ σὲ τὰν ἀπείρονα δόξαν εὑρεῖν, τὰ μὲν ἐν ἱπποσόαισιν ἄνδρεσσι μαρνάμενον, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν πεζομάχαισι:
- And so I say that you too have found boundless fame by fighting among both horsemen and foot soldiers.
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ὅθεν φαμὶ καὶ σὲ τὰν ἀπείρονα δόξαν εὑρεῖν, τὰ μὲν ἐν ἱπποσόαισιν ἄνδρεσσι μαρνάμενον, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν πεζομάχαισι:
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Inflection
Present: μάρνᾰμαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | μάρνᾰμαι | μάρνᾰσαι | μάρνᾰται | μάρνᾰσθον | μάρνᾰσθον | μαρνᾰ́μεθᾰ | μάρνᾰσθε | μάρνᾰνται | ||||
| subjunctive | μαρνῶμαι | μαρνῇ | μαρνῆται | μαρνῆσθον | μαρνῆσθον | μαρνώμεθᾰ | μαρνῆσθε | μαρνῶνται | |||||
| optative | μαρναίμην | μαρναῖο | μαρναῖτο | μαρναῖσθον | μαρναίσθην | μαρναίμεθᾰ | μαρναῖσθε | μαρναῖντο | |||||
| imperative | μάρνᾰσο | μαρνᾰ́σθω | μάρνᾰσθον | μαρνᾰ́σθων | μάρνᾰσθε | μαρνᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| middle/passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | μάρνᾰσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | μαρνᾰ́μενος | |||||||||||
| f | μαρνᾰμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | μαρνᾰ́μενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Imperfect: ἐμαρνᾰ́μην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐμαρνᾰ́μην | ἐμάρνᾰσο | ἐμάρνᾰτο | ἐμάρνᾰσθον | ἐμαρνᾰ́σθην | ἐμαρνᾰ́μεθᾰ | ἐμάρνᾰσθε | ἐμάρνᾰντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Imperfect: μαρνᾰ́μην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | μαρνᾰ́μην | μάρνᾰσο | μάρνᾰτο | μάρνᾰσθον | μαρνᾰ́σθην | μαρνᾰ́μεθᾰ | μάρνᾰσθε | μάρνᾰντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- ἐπῐμάρνᾰμαι (epimárnamai)
- περῐμάρνᾰμαι (perimárnamai)
References
- μάρναμαι in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μάρναμαι in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μάρναμαι in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «μάρναμαι» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- «μάρναμαι» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- μάρναμαι in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter