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ῥέμβω
ῥέμβω
Ancient Greek
Verb
ῥέμβω • (rhémbō)
- I turn in circles
- (middle voice) I roam, rove about
- Ptol.Euerg. 3.J
- (figuratively) I am unsteady, act at random
Inflection
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ῥέμβω | ῥέμβεις | ῥέμβει | ῥέμβετον | ῥέμβετον | ῥέμβομεν | ῥέμβετε | ῥέμβουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | ῥέμβω | ῥέμβῃς | ῥέμβῃ | ῥέμβητον | ῥέμβητον | ῥέμβωμεν | ῥέμβητε | ῥέμβωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ῥέμβοιμῐ | ῥέμβοις | ῥέμβοι | ῥέμβοιτον | ῥεμβοίτην | ῥέμβοιμεν | ῥέμβοιτε | ῥέμβοιεν | |||||
| imperative | ῥέμβε | ῥεμβέτω | ῥέμβετον | ῥεμβέτων | ῥέμβετε | ῥεμβόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ῥέμβομαι | ῥέμβῃ, ῥέμβει |
ῥέμβεται | ῥέμβεσθον | ῥέμβεσθον | ῥεμβόμεθᾰ | ῥέμβεσθε | ῥέμβονται | ||||
| subjunctive | ῥέμβωμαι | ῥέμβῃ | ῥέμβηται | ῥέμβησθον | ῥέμβησθον | ῥεμβώμεθᾰ | ῥέμβησθε | ῥέμβωνται | |||||
| optative | ῥεμβοίμην | ῥέμβοιο | ῥέμβοιτο | ῥέμβοισθον | ῥεμβοίσθην | ῥεμβοίμεθᾰ | ῥέμβοισθε | ῥέμβοιντο | |||||
| imperative | ῥέμβου | ῥεμβέσθω | ῥέμβεσθον | ῥεμβέσθων | ῥέμβεσθε | ῥεμβέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | ῥέμβειν | ῥέμβεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | ῥέμβων | ῥεμβόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | ῥέμβουσᾰ | ῥεμβομένη | |||||||||||
| n | ῥέμβον | ῥεμβόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Imperfect: ἔρρεμβον, ἐρρεμβόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔρρεμβον | ἔρρεμβες | ἔρρεμβε(ν) | ἐρρέμβετον | ἐρρεμβέτην | ἐρρέμβομεν | ἐρρέμβετε | ἔρρεμβον | ||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐρρεμβόμην | ἐρρέμβου | ἐρρέμβετο | ἐρρέμβεσθον | ἐρρεμβέσθην | ἐρρεμβόμεθᾰ | ἐρρέμβεσθε | ἐρρέμβοντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Aorist: ἐρρέμφθην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| passive | indicative | ἐρρέμφθην | ἐρρέμφθης | ἐρρέμφθη | ἐρρέμφθητον | ἐρρεμφθήτην | ἐρρέμφθημεν | ἐρρέμφθητε | ἐρρέμφθησᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | ῥεμφθῶ | ῥεμφθῇς | ῥεμφθῇ | ῥεμφθῆτον | ῥεμφθῆτον | ῥεμφθῶμεν | ῥεμφθῆτε | ῥεμφθῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ῥεμφθείην | ῥεμφθείης | ῥεμφθείη | ῥεμφθεῖτον, ῥεμφθείητον |
ῥεμφθείτην, ῥεμφθειήτην |
ῥεμφθεῖμεν, ῥεμφθείημεν |
ῥεμφθεῖτε, ῥεμφθείητε |
ῥεμφθεῖεν, ῥεμφθείησᾰν |
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| imperative | ῥέμφθητῐ | ῥεμφθήτω | ῥέμφθητον | ῥεμφθήτων | ῥέμφθητε | ῥεμφθέντων | |||||||
| passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ῥεμφθῆναι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ῥεμφθείς | |||||||||||
| f | ῥεμφθεῖσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | ῥεμφθέν | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- ἀπορρέμβομαι (aporrhémbomai)
- διαρρέμβομαι (diarrhémbomai)
- περιρρέμβομαι (perirrhémbomai)
- συρρέμβομαι (surrhémbomai)
- ὑπορέμβομαι (huporémbomai)
Related terms
- ῥεμβεύω (rhembeúō)
- ῥέμβη (rhémbē)
- ῥεμβός (rhembós)
- ῥέμβος (rhémbos)
- ῥεμβώδης (rhembṓdēs)
- ῥόμβος (rhómbos)
References
- ῥέμβω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- «ῥέμβω» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette