θηέομαι

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛː.é.o.mai̯/ → /θiˈe.o.mɛ/ → /θiˈe.o.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰɛː.é.o.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe̝ˈe.o.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θiˈe.o.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θiˈe.o.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θiˈe.o.me/

Verb

θηέομαι • (thēéomai)

1. Epic form of θεάομαι (theáomai); to gaze, marvel
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 24.418–419:

     θηοῖό κεν αὐτὸς ἐπελθὼν / οἷον ἐερσήεις κεῖται

     thēoîó ken autòs epelthṑn / hoîon eersḗeis keîtai

     You would marvel, if you came over yourself, / at how fresh-looking he lies.

Usage notes

• In Homer, we find an irregular form θηοῖο for the present optative second person singular.

Declension

   Present: θηεῦμαι (Epic, contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	θηεῦμαι	θηεῖαι/θηέαι	θηεῖται	θηεῖσθον	θηεῖσθον	θηεύμε(σ)θᾰ	θηεῖσθε	θηεῦνται
	subjunctive	θηέωμαι	θηῇ	θηῆται	θηῆσθον	θηῆσθον	θηεώμε(σ)θᾰ	θηῆσθε	θηέωνται
	optative	θηεοίμην	θηοῖο	θηέοιτο	θηέοισθον	θηεοίσθην	θηεοίμε(σ)θᾰ	θηέοισθε	θηεοίᾰτο
	imperative		θηεῦ	θηείσθω	θηεῖσθον	θηείσθων		θηεῖσθε	θηείσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						θηεῖσθαι
participle	m					θηεύμενος
	f					θηευμένη
	n					θηεύμενον
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.

   Imperfect: ἐθηεύμην (Epic, contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐθηεύμην	ἐθηεῖο/ἐθηέο	ἐθηεῖτο	ἐθηεῖσθον	ἐθηείσθην	ἐθηεύμε(σ)θᾰ	ἐθηεῖσθε	ἐθηεῦντο
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.

   Imperfect: θηεύμην (Epic, contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	θηεύμην	θηεῖο/θηέο	θηεῖτο	θηεῖσθον	θηείσθην	θηεύμε(σ)θᾰ	θηεῖσθε	θηεῦντο
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.

   Aorist: ἐθηησᾰ́μην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἐθηησᾰ́μην	ἐθηήσᾰο	ἐθηήσᾰτο	ἐθηήσᾰσθον	ἐθηησᾰ́σθην	ἐθηησᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ	ἐθηήσᾰσθε	ἐθηήσᾰντο
	subjunctive	θηήσωμαι	θηήσηαι	θηήσηται	θηήσησθον	θηήσησθον	θηησώμε(σ)θᾰ	θηήσησθε	θηήσωνται
	optative	θηησαίμην	θηήσαιο	θηήσαιτο	θηήσαισθον	θηησαίσθην	θηησαίμε(σ)θᾰ	θηήσαισθε	θηησαίᾰτο
	imperative		θήησαι	θηησᾰ́σθω	θηήσᾰσθον	θηησᾰ́σθων		θηήσᾰσθε	θηησᾰ́σθων
					middle
infinitive					θηήσᾰσθαι
participle	m				θηησᾰ́μενος
	f				θηησᾰμένη
	n				θηησᾰ́μενον
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.

   Aorist: θηησᾰ́μην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	θηησᾰ́μην	θηήσᾰο	θηήσᾰτο	θηήσᾰσθον	θηησᾰ́σθην	θηησᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ	θηήσᾰσθε	θηήσᾰντο
	subjunctive	θηήσωμαι	θηήσηαι	θηήσηται	θηήσησθον	θηήσησθον	θηησώμε(σ)θᾰ	θηήσησθε	θηήσωνται
	optative	θηησαίμην	θηήσαιο	θηήσαιτο	θηήσαισθον	θηησαίσθην	θηησαίμε(σ)θᾰ	θηήσαισθε	θηησαίᾰτο
	imperative		θήησαι	θηησᾰ́σθω	θηήσᾰσθον	θηησᾰ́σθων		θηήσᾰσθε	θηησᾰ́σθων
					middle
infinitive					θηήσᾰσθαι
participle	m				θηησᾰ́μενος
	f				θηησᾰμένη
	n				θηησᾰ́μενον
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.

Further reading

• “θηέομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θηέομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “θηέομαι”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011