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ἰαύω
ἰαύω
Ancient Greek
Verb
ἰαύω • (iaúō)
- (poetic) to sleep, pass the night
- (with genitive) to stop, make to cease
- Lycophron, Collected Works 101
- Euripides, The Phoenician Women 1537, (πόδα (póda) belongs to ἀλαίνων (alaínōn), not ἰαύων (iaúōn))
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Inflection
Mostly used in present and imperfect.
Present: ἰαύω, ἰαύομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present | first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | |
| active | indicative | ἰαύω | ἰαύεις | ἰαύει | ἰαύετον | ἰαύετον | ἰαύομεν | ἰαύετε | ἰαύουσῐ(ν) |
| subjunctive | ἰαύω | ἰαύῃς | ἰαύῃ | ἰαύητον | ἰαύητον | ἰαύωμεν | ἰαύητε | ἰαύωσῐ(ν) | |
| optative | ἰαύοιμῐ | ἰαύοις | ἰαύοι | ἰαύοιτον | ἰαυοίτην | ἰαύοιμεν | ἰαύοιτε | ἰαύοιεν | |
| imperative | ἰαῦε | ἰαυέτω | ἰαύετον | ἰαυέτων | ἰαύετε | ἰαυόντων | |||
| middle/
passive |
indicative | ἰαύομαι | ἰαύει/ ἰαύῃ |
ἰαύεται | ἰαύεσθον | ἰαύεσθον | ἰαυόμεθᾰ | ἰαύεσθε | ἰαύονται |
| subjunctive | ἰαύωμαι | ἰαύῃ | ἰαύηται | ἰαύησθον | ἰαύησθον | ἰαυώμεθᾰ | ἰαύησθε | ἰαύωνται | |
| optative | ἰαυοίμην | ἰαύοιο | ἰαύοιτο | ἰαύοισθον | ἰαυοίσθην | ἰαυοίμεθᾰ | ἰαύοισθε | ἰαύοιντο | |
| imperative | ἰαύου | ἰαυέσθω | ἰαύεσθον | ἰαυέσθων | ἰαύεσθε | ἰαυέσθων | |||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||
| infinitive | ἰαύειν | ἰαύεσθαι | |||||||
| participle | ἰαύων , ἰαύουσᾰ , ἰαῦον | ἰαυόμενος , ἰαυομένη , ἰαυόμενον | |||||||
Imperfect: ἴαυον, ἰαυόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| imperfect | first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | |
| active | indicative | ἴαυον | ἴαυες | ἴαυε | ἰαύετον | ἰαυέτην | ἰαύομεν | ἰαύετε | ἴαυον |
| middle/ passive |
ἰαυόμην | ἰαύου | ἰαύετο | ἰαύεσθον | ἰαυέσθην | ἰαυόμεθᾰ | ἰαύεσθε | ἰαύοντο | |
Future: ἰαύσω, ἰαύσομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| future | first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | |
| active | indicative | ἰαύσω | ἰαύσεις | ἰαύσει | ἰαύσετον | ἰαύσετον | ἰαύσομεν | ἰαύσετε | ἰαύσουσῐ(ν) |
| optative | ἰαύσοιμῐ | ἰαύσοις | ἰαύσοι | ἰαύσοιτον | ἰαυσοίτην | ἰαύσοιμεν | ἰαύσοιτε | ἰαύσοιεν | |
| middle | indicative | ἰαύσομαι | ἰαύσει/ ἰαύσῃ |
ἰαύσεται | ἰαύσεσθον | ἰαύσεσθον | ἰαυσόμεθᾰ | ἰαύσεσθε | ἰαύσονται |
| optative | ἰαυσοίμην | ἰαύσοιο | ἰαύσοιτο | ἰαύσοισθον | ἰαυσοίσθην | ἰαυσοίμεθᾰ | ἰαύσοισθε | ἰαύσοιντο | |
| active | middle | ||||||||
| infinitive | ἰαύσειν | ἰαύσεσθαι | |||||||
| participle | ἰαύσων , ἰαύσουσᾰ , ἰαῦσον | ἰαυσόμενος , ἰαυσομένη , ἰαυσόμενον | |||||||
Aorist: ἴαυσα, ἰαυσάμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aorist | first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | |
| active | indicative | ἴαυσα | ἴαυσας | ἴαυσε | ἰαύσατον | ἰαυσάτην | ἰαύσαμεν | ἰαύσατε | ἴαυσαν |
| subjunctive | ἰαύσω | ἰαύσῃς | ἰαύσῃ | ἰαύσητον | ἰαύσητον | ἰαύσωμεν | ἰαύσητε | ἰαύσωσῐ(ν) | |
| optative | ἰαύσαιμῐ | ἰαύσαις/ ἰαύσειας |
ἰαύσαι/ ἰαύσειε |
ἰαύσαιτον | ἰαυσαίτην | ἰαύσαιμεν | ἰαύσαιτε | ἰαύσαιεν/ ἰαύσειαν |
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| imperative | ἴαυσον | ἰαυσάτω | ἰαύσατον | ἰαυσάτων | ἰαύσατε | ἰαυσάντων | |||
| middle | indicative | ἰαυσάμην | ἰαύσω | ἰαύσατο | ἰαύσασθον | ἰαυσάσθην | ἰαυσάμεθα | ἰαύσασθε | ἰαύσαντο |
| subjunctive | ἰαύσωμαι | ἰαύσῃ | ἰαύσηται | ἰαύσησθον | ἰαύσησθον | ἰαυσώμεθα | ἰαύσησθε | ἰαύσωνται | |
| optative | ἰαυσαίμην | ἰαύσαιο | ἰαύσαιτο | ἰαύσαισθον | ἰαυσαίσθην | ἰαυσαίμεθα | ἰαύσαισθε | ἰαύσαιντο | |
| imperative | ἴαυσαι | ἰαυσάσθω | ἰαύσασθον | ἰαυσάσθων | ἰαύσασθε | ἰαυσάσθων | |||
| active | middle | ||||||||
| infinitive | ἴαυσαι | ἰαύσασθαι | |||||||
| participle | m | ἰαύσᾱς | ἰαυσάμενος | ||||||
| f | ἰαύσᾱσα | ἰαυσαμένη | |||||||
| n | ἴαυσαν | ἰαυσάμενον | |||||||
Synonyms
- (stop): παύω (paúō)
References
- ἰαύω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἰαύω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἰαύω in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «ἰαύω» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- «ἰαύω» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- LSJ 8th edition
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill