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φοιτάω

φοιτάω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • φοιτῶ (phoitô) Attic, contracted
  • φοιτέω (phoitéō) Ionic

Verb

φοιτᾰ́ω (phoitáō)

  1. Indicates repeated motion
    1. (intransitive) To go back and forth, to and fro, up and down; to roam
    2. (intransitive, of persons) To go to or visit (a person or place) repeatedly or regularly, frequent
    3. (intransitive, of goods) To come in regularly, be imported
    4. (intransitive, of students) To go to or attend school
    5. (intransitive, of taxes) To be collected, come in

Usage notes

Most commonly used in present and imperfect, since it denotes a repeated action.

Inflection

Derived terms

  • suffixed
    • φοιτῶν (phoitôn)
    • φοίτησις (phoítēsis)
    • φοιτητέον (phoitētéon)
    • φοιτητής (phoitētḗs)
    • φοιτητός (phoitētós)
  • with prepositional prefixes
    • ἀποφοιτάω (apophoitáō)
    • διαφοιτάω (diaphoitáō)
    • εἰσφοιτάω (eisphoitáō)
    • ἐκφοιτάω (ekphoitáō)
    • ἐπιφοιτάω (epiphoitáō)
      • ἐπιφοίτησις (epiphoítēsis)

Related forms

  • ἐπίφοιτος (epíphoitos)
  • ἠεροφοίτης (ēerophoítēs)
  • ἠεροφοῖτις (ēerophoîtis)
  • ἠερόφοιτος (ēeróphoitos)
  • φοιταλέος (phoitaléos)
  • φοιτάς (phoitás)
  • φοῖτος (phoîtos)

References

  • φοιτάω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • φοιτάω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • φοιτάω in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • «φοιτάω» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963