αἰχμάζω
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From αἰχμή (aikhmḗ) + -άζω (-ázō).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯kʰ.máz.dɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛkʰˈma.zo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛxˈma.zo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /exˈma.zo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /exˈma.zo/
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Verb
[edit]αἰχμάζω • (aikhmázō)
- to throw or hurl a spear
- to arm with a spear
- to perform as a warrior, perform feats of arms
- 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 756:
- λέγουσι δ᾽ ὡς σὺ μὲν μέγαν τέκνοις πλοῦτον ἐκτήσω ξὺν αἰχμῇ, τὸν δ᾽ ἀνανδρίας ὕπο ἔνδον αἰχμάζειν, πατρῷον δ᾽ ὄλβον οὐδὲν αὐξάνειν.
- légousi d’ hōs sù mèn mégan téknois ploûton ektḗsō xùn aikhmêi, tòn d’ anandrías húpo éndon aikhmázein, patrôion d’ ólbon oudèn auxánein.
- λέγουσι δ᾽ ὡς σὺ μὲν μέγαν τέκνοις πλοῦτον ἐκτήσω ξὺν αἰχμῇ, τὸν δ᾽ ἀνανδρίας ὕπο ἔνδον αἰχμάζειν, πατρῷον δ᾽ ὄλβον οὐδὲν αὐξάνειν.
- to wound
Conjugation
[edit] Present: αἰχμᾰ́ζω, αἰχμᾰ́ζομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ήχμᾰζον | ήχμᾰζες | ήχμᾰζε(ν) | ηχμᾰ́ζετον | ηχμᾰζέτην | ηχμᾰ́ζομεν | ηχμᾰ́ζετε | ήχμᾰζον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ηχμᾰζόμην | ηχμᾰ́ζου | ηχμᾰ́ζετο | ηχμᾰ́ζεσθον | ηχμᾰζέσθην | ηχμᾰζόμεθᾰ | ηχμᾰ́ζεσθε | ηχμᾰ́ζοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ηχμᾰ́κειν, ηχμᾰ́κη |
ηχμᾰ́κεις, ηχμᾰ́κης |
ηχμᾰ́κει(ν) | ηχμᾰ́κετον | ηχμᾰκέτην | ηχμᾰ́κεμεν | ηχμᾰ́κετε | ηχμᾰ́κεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ηχμᾰ́σμην | ήχμᾰσο | ήχμᾰστο | ήχμᾰσθον | ηχμᾰ́σθην | ηχμᾰ́σμεθᾰ | ήχμᾰσθε | ηχμᾰ́δᾰτο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | αἰχμάσσω | αἰχμάσσεις | αἰχμάσσει | αἰχμάσσετον | αἰχμάσσετον | αἰχμάσσομεν | αἰχμάσσετε | αἰχμάσσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | αἰχμάσσοιμῐ | αἰχμάσσοις | αἰχμάσσοι | αἰχμάσσοιτον | αἰχμασσοίτην | αἰχμάσσοιμεν | αἰχμάσσοιτε | αἰχμάσσοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | αἰχμάσσομαι | αἰχμάσσεαι | αἰχμάσσεται | αἰχμάσσεσθον | αἰχμάσσεσθον | αἰχμασσόμεθᾰ | αἰχμάσσεσθε | αἰχμάσσονται | ||||
optative | αἰχμασσοίμην | αἰχμάσσοιο | αἰχμάσσοιτο | αἰχμάσσοισθον | αἰχμασσοίσθην | αἰχμασσοίμεθᾰ | αἰχμάσσοισθε | αἰχμάσσοιντο | |||||
active | middle | ||||||||||||
infinitive | αἰχμάσσειν | αἰχμάσσεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | αἰχμάσσων | αἰχμασσόμενος | ||||||||||
f | αἰχμάσσουσᾰ | αἰχμασσομένη | |||||||||||
n | αἰχμᾶσσον | αἰχμασσόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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References
[edit]- “αἰχμάζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “αἰχμάζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- αἰχμάζω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “αἰχμάζω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- αἰχμάζω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- αἰχμάζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- “αἰχμάζω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011