εὐνάω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.ná.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ewˈna.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈβna.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈvna.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈvna.o/
Verb
[edit]εὐνάω • (eunáō)
- to lay or place in ambush
- to put to bed, lull to sleep
- (in passive) to lie asleep
- to have sex with (the main meaning in Homer)
- Ἴδης ἐν κνημοῖσι θεὰ βροτῷ εὐνηθεῖσα, (Iliad 2.821)
- couched with him a mortal on the tops of Ida (Buckley)
- Ἴδης ἐν κνημοῖσι θεὰ βροτῷ εὐνηθεῖσα, (Iliad 2.821)
Conjugation
[edit] Present: εὐνᾰ́ω, εὐνᾰ́ομαι (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | εὐνῶ | εὐνᾷς | εὐνᾷ | εὐνᾶτον | εὐνᾶτον | εὐνῶμεν | εὐνᾶτε | εὐνῶσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | εὐνῶ | εὐνᾷς | εὐνᾷ | εὐνᾶτον | εὐνᾶτον | εὐνῶμεν | εὐνᾶτε | εὐνῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | εὐνῴην, εὐνῷμῐ |
εὐνῴης, εὐνῷς |
εὐνῴη, εὐνῷ |
εὐνῷτον, εὐνῴητον |
εὐνῴτην, εὐνῳήτην |
εὐνῷμεν, εὐνῴημεν |
εὐνῷτε, εὐνῴητε |
εὐνῷεν, εὐνῴησᾰν | |||||
imperative | εὔνᾱ | εὐνᾱ́τω | εὐνᾶτον | εὐνᾱ́των | εὐνᾶτε | εὐνώντων | |||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | εὐνῶμαι | εὐνᾷ | εὐνᾶται | εὐνᾶσθον | εὐνᾶσθον | εὐνώμεθᾰ | εὐνᾶσθε | εὐνῶνται | ||||
subjunctive | εὐνῶμαι | εὐνᾷ | εὐνᾶται | εὐνᾶσθον | εὐνᾶσθον | εὐνώμεθᾰ | εὐνᾶσθε | εὐνῶνται | |||||
optative | εὐνῴμην | εὐνῷο | εὐνῷτο | εὐνῷσθον | εὐνῴσθην | εὐνῴμεθᾰ | εὐνῷσθε | εὐνῷντο | |||||
imperative | εὐνῶ | εὐνᾱ́σθω | εὐνᾶσθον | εὐνᾱ́σθων | εὐνᾶσθε | εὐνᾱ́σθων | |||||||
active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
infinitive | εὐνᾶν | εὐνᾶσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | εὐνῶν | εὐνώμενος | ||||||||||
f | εὐνῶσᾰ | εὐνωμένη | |||||||||||
n | εὐνῶν | εὐνώμενον | |||||||||||
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 | εὔνᾰον | εὔνᾰες | εὔνᾰε(ν) | εὐνᾰ́ετον | εὐνᾰέτην | εὐνᾰ́ομεν | εὐνᾰ́ετε | εὔνᾰον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | εὐνᾰόμην | εὐνᾰ́ου | εὐνᾰ́ετο | εὐνᾰ́εσθον | εὐνᾰέσθην | εὐνᾰόμεθᾰ | εὐνᾰ́εσθε | εὐνᾰ́οντο | ||||
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 | εὔνων | εὔνᾱς | εὔνᾱ | εὐνᾶτον | εὐνᾱ́την | εὐνῶμεν | εὐνᾶτε | εὔνων | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | εὐνώμην | εὐνῶ | εὐνᾶτο | εὐνᾶσθον | εὐνᾱ́σθην | εὐνώμεθᾰ | εὐνᾶσθε | εὐνῶντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: εὔνημαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
passive | indicative | εὔνημαι | εὔνησαι | εὔνηται | εὔνησθον | εὔνησθον | εὐνήμεθᾰ | εὔνησθε | εὔνηνται | ||||
subjunctive | εὐνημένος ὦ | εὐνημένος ᾖς | εὐνημένος ᾖ | εὐνημένω ἦτον | εὐνημένω ἦτον | εὐνημένοι ὦμεν | εὐνημένοι ἦτε | εὐνημένοι ὦσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | εὐνημένος εἴην | εὐνημένος εἴης | εὐνημένος εἴη | εὐνημένω εἴητον/εἶτον | εὐνημένω εἰήτην/εἴτην | εὐνημένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν | εὐνημένοι εἴητε/εἶτε | εὐνημένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν | |||||
imperative | εὔνησο | εὐνήσθω | εὔνησθον | εὐνήσθων | εὔνησθε | εὐνήσθων | |||||||
infinitive | εὐνῆσθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | εὐνημένος | |||||||||||
f | εὐνημένη | ||||||||||||
n | εὐνημένον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Further reading
[edit]- εὐνάω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- εὐνάω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “εὐνάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press