δίδωμι
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti, reduplicated present of *deh₃- (“to give”). Cognates include Latin dō, Sanskrit ददाति (dádāti), Old Persian 𐎭𐎭𐎠𐎬𐎢𐎺 (d-d-a-tu-u-v /dadātuv/) and Old Armenian տամ (tam).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dí.dɔː.mi/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdi.do.mi/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈði.ðo.mi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈði.ðo.mi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈði.ðo.mi/
Verb
[edit]δίδωμι • (dídōmi)
- to give, present, offer, provide
- to grant, allow, permit
- (perfect active) to allow; (perfect passive) to be allowed
- 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 182e:
- καὶ πρὸς τὸ ἐπιχειρεῖν ἑλεῖν ἐξουσίαν ὁ νόμος δέδωκε τῷ ἐραστῇ θαυμαστὰ ἔργα ἐργαζομένῳ ἐπαινεῖσθαι
- kaì pròs tò epikheireîn heleîn exousían ho nómos dédōke tôi erastêi thaumastà érga ergazoménōi epaineîsthai
- 1925 translation by Harold N. Fowler
- and how in his endeavors for success our law leaves [the lover] a free hand for performing such admirable acts as may win him praise
- καὶ πρὸς τὸ ἐπιχειρεῖν ἑλεῖν ἐξουσίαν ὁ νόμος δέδωκε τῷ ἐραστῇ θαυμαστὰ ἔργα ἐργαζομένῳ ἐπαινεῖσθαι
Inflection
[edit] Present: δῐ́δωμῐ, δῐ́δομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐδῐ́δουν | ἐδῐ́δους | ἐδῐ́δου | ἐδῐ́δοτον | ἐδῐδότην | ἐδῐ́δομεν | ἐδῐ́δοτε | ἐδῐ́δοσᾰν, ἐδῐ́δουν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐδῐδόμην | ἐδῐ́δοσο | ἐδῐ́δοτο, ἐδῐ́δετο |
ἐδῐ́δοσθον | ἐδῐδόσθην | ἐδῐδόμεθᾰ | ἐδῐ́δοσθε | ἐδῐ́δοντο | ||||
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 | δῐ́δουν | δῐ́δους | δῐ́δου | δῐ́δοτον | δῐδότην | δῐ́δομεν | δῐ́δοτε | δῐ́δοσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | δῐδόμην | δῐ́δοσο | δῐ́δοτο | δῐ́δοσθον | δῐδόσθην | δῐδόμε(σ)θᾰ | δῐ́δοσθε | δῐ́δοντο | ||||
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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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | δόσκον | δόσκες | δόσκε(ν) | δόσκετον | δοσκέτην | δόσκομεν | δόσκετε | δόσκον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | δοσκόμην | δόσκου | δόσκετο | δόσκεσθον | δοσκέσθην | δοσκόμεθᾰ | δόσκεσθε | δόσκοντο | ||||
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 | δώσω | δώσεις | δώσει | δώσετον | δώσετον | δώσομεν | δώσετε | δώσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | δώσοιμῐ | δώσοις | δώσοι | δώσοιτον | δωσοίτην | δώσοιμεν | δώσοιτε | δώσοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | δώσομαι | δώσῃ, δώσει |
δώσεται | δώσεσθον | δώσεσθον | δωσόμεθᾰ | δώσεσθε | δώσονται | ||||
optative | δωσοίμην | δώσοιο | δώσοιτο | δώσοισθον | δωσοίσθην | δωσοίμεθᾰ | δώσοισθε | δώσοιντο | |||||
passive | indicative | δοθήσομαι | δοθήσῃ | δοθήσεται | δοθήσεσθον | δοθήσεσθον | δοθησόμεθᾰ | δοθήσεσθε | δοθήσονται | ||||
optative | δοθησοίμην | δοθήσοιο | δοθήσοιτο | δοθήσοισθον | δοθησοίσθην | δοθησοίμεθᾰ | δοθήσοισθε | δοθήσοιντο | |||||
active | middle | passive | |||||||||||
infinitive | δώσειν | δώσεσθαι | δοθήσεσθαι | ||||||||||
participle | m | δώσων | δωσόμενος | δοθησόμενος | |||||||||
f | δώσουσᾰ | δωσομένη | δοθησομένη | ||||||||||
n | δῶσον | δωσόμενον | δοθησόμενον | ||||||||||
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 | διδώσω | διδώσεις | διδώσει | διδώσετον | διδώσετον | διδώσομεν | διδώσετε | διδώσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | διδώσοιμῐ | διδώσοις | διδώσοι | διδώσοιτον | διδωσοίτην | διδώσοιμεν | διδώσοιτε | διδώσοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | διδώσομαι | διδώσῃ, διδώσει |
διδώσεται | διδώσεσθον | διδώσεσθον | διδωσόμεθᾰ | διδώσεσθε | διδώσονται | ||||
optative | διδωσοίμην | διδώσοιο | διδώσοιτο | διδώσοισθον | διδωσοίσθην | διδωσοίμεθᾰ | διδώσοισθε | διδώσοιντο | |||||
active | middle | ||||||||||||
infinitive | διδώσειν | διδώσεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | διδώσων | διδωσόμενος | ||||||||||
f | διδώσουσᾰ | διδωσομένη | |||||||||||
n | διδῶσον | διδωσόμενον | |||||||||||
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 | δότον | δότην | δόμεν | δότε | δόσᾰν | |||||||
middle | indicative | δόμην | δοῦ | δότο | δόσθον | δόσθην | δόμε(σ)θᾰ | δόσθε | δόντο | ||||
passive | indicative | δόθην | δόθης | δόθη | δόθητον | δοθήτην | δόθημεν | δόθητε | δόθησᾰν | ||||
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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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔδωκᾰ | ἔδωκᾰς | ἔδωκε(ν) | ἐδώκᾰτον | ἐδωκᾰ́την | ἐδώκᾰμεν | ἐδώκᾰτε | ἔδωκᾰν | ||||
middle | indicative | ἐδωκᾰ́μην | ἐδώκω | ἐδώκᾰτο | ἐδώκᾰσθον | ἐδωκᾰ́σθην | ἐδωκᾰ́μεθᾰ | ἐδώκᾰσθε | ἐδώκᾰντο | ||||
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 | δῶκᾰ | δῶκᾰς | δῶκε(ν) | δώκᾰτον | δωκᾰ́την | δώκᾰμεν | δώκᾰτε | δῶκᾰν | ||||
middle | indicative | δωκᾰ́μην | δώκᾰο | δώκᾰτο | δώκᾰσθον | δωκᾰ́σθην | δωκᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ | δώκᾰσθε | δώκᾰντο | ||||
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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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐδεδώκειν, ἐδεδώκη |
ἐδεδώκεις, ἐδεδώκης |
ἐδεδώκει(ν) | ἐδεδώκετον | ἐδεδωκέτην | ἐδεδώκεμεν | ἐδεδώκετε | ἐδεδώκεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐδεδόμην | ἐδέδοσο | ἐδέδοτο | ἐδέδοσθον | ἐδεδόσθην | ἐδεδόμεθᾰ | ἐδέδοσθε | ἐδέδοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἀναδίδωμι (anadídōmi)
- ἀντιδίδωμι (antidídōmi)
- ἀντίδοσις (antídosis)
- ἀποδίδωμι (apodídōmi)
- Ἀπολλόδοτος (Apollódotos)
- διαδίδωμι (diadídōmi)
- δόσις (dósis)
- ἐκδίδωμι (ekdídōmi)
- ἐνδίδωμι (endídōmi)
- ἐπιδίδωμι (epidídōmi)
- Ἡρόδοτος (Hēródotos)
- Θεόδοτος (Theódotos)
- καταδίδωμι (katadídōmi)
- μεταδίδωμι (metadídōmi)
- παραδίδωμι (paradídōmi)
- περιδίδωμι (peridídōmi)
- προδίδωμι (prodídōmi)
- προσδίδωμι (prosdídōmi)
- συνδίδωμι (sundídōmi)
- ὑπερδίδωμι (huperdídōmi)
- ὑποδίδωμι (hupodídōmi)
Descendants
[edit]- Byzantine Greek: δίδω (dídō)
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δίδωμι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 331-2
Further reading
[edit]- “δίδωμι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δίδωμι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “δίδωμι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δίδωμι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- δίδωμι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δίδωμι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “δίδωμι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G1325 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Basic Lexicon of Ancient Greek, I.N. Karazis, ed., «δίδωμι». Retrieved 3 July, 2015.
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