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ἄω
ἄω
See also: -άω
Ancient Greek
Verb
ἄω • (áō)
- I blow
Usage notes
Only found in the imperfect ἄεν.
References
- ἄω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2
Related to ἰαύω (iaúō).
Verb
ἄω • (áō)
- I sleep
Inflection
Only used in aorist.
Aorist: ἄεσα
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aorist | first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | |
| active | indicative | ἄεσα | ἄεσας | ἄεσε | ἀέσατον | ἀεσάτην | ἀέσαμεν | ἀέσατε | ἄεσαν |
| subjunctive | ἀέσω | ἀέσῃς | ἀέσῃ | ἀέσητον | ἀέσητον | ἀέσωμεν | ἀέσητε | ἀέσωσῐ(ν) | |
| optative | ἀέσαιμῐ | ἀέσαις/ ἀέσειας |
ἀέσαι/ ἀέσειε |
ἀέσαιτον | ἀεσαίτην | ἀέσαιμεν | ἀέσαιτε | ἀέσαιεν/ ἀέσειαν |
|
| imperative | ἄεσον | ἀεσάτω | ἀέσατον | ἀεσάτων | ἀέσατε | ἀεσάντων | |||
| infinitive | participle | ||||||||
| infinitive | ἄεσαι | ἀέσᾱς, ἀέσᾱσα, ἄεσαν | |||||||
Aorist: ἆσα
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aorist | first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | |
| active | indicative | ἆσα | ἆσας | ἆσε | ἄσατον | ἀσάτην | ἄσαμεν | ἄσατε | ἆσαν |
| subjunctive | ἄσω | ἄσῃς | ἄσῃ | ἄσητον | ἄσητον | ἄσωμεν | ἄσητε | ἄσωσῐ(ν) | |
| optative | ἄσαιμῐ | ἄσαις/ ἄσειας |
ἄσαι/ ἄσειε |
ἄσαιτον | ἀσαίτην | ἄσαιμεν | ἄσαιτε | ἄσαιεν/ ἄσειαν |
|
| imperative | ἆσον | ἀσάτω | ἄσατον | ἀσάτων | ἄσατε | ἀσάντων | |||
| infinitive | participle | ||||||||
| infinitive | ἆσαι | ἄσᾱς, ἄσᾱσα, ἆσαν | |||||||
References
- ἄω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 3
Contraction of ἀάω (aáō).
Pronunciation
- 5th BC Attic: IPA: /a᷄ː.ɔː/
- 1st BC Egyptian: IPA: /ˈa.o/
- 4th AD Koine: IPA: /ˈa.o/
- 10th AD Byzantine: IPA: /ˈa.o/
- 15th AD Constantinopolitan: IPA: /ˈa.o/
Verb
ἄω • (áō)
- Alternative form of ἀάω (aáō, “I hurt”)
References
- ἄω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 4
From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate, satisfy”).
Pronunciation
- 5th BC Attic: IPA: /á.ɔː/
- 1st BC Egyptian: IPA: /ˈa.o/
- 4th AD Koine: IPA: /ˈa.o/
- 10th AD Byzantine: IPA: /ˈa.o/
- 15th AD Constantinopolitan: IPA: /ˈa.o/
Verb
ἄω • (áō)
- I satiate
- (intransitive) I take my fill
Inflection
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
References
- ἄω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄω in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «ἄω» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- «ἄω» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- «ἄω» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)