καταμύω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From κατα- (kata-, “down”) + μύω (múō, “to close, to shut”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.ta.my̌ː.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.taˈmy.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.taˈmy.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.taˈmy.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.taˈmi.o/
Verb
[edit]καταμύω • (katamúō)
- to close or shut the eyes
- to fall asleep, to doze
Inflection
[edit] Present: καταμῡ́ω, καταμῡ́ομαι
Imperfect: ἐκατάμῡον, ἐκαταμῡόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐκατάμῡον | ἐκατάμῡες | ἐκατάμῡε(ν) | ἐκαταμῡ́ετον | ἐκαταμῡέτην | ἐκαταμῡ́ομεν | ἐκαταμῡ́ετε | ἐκατάμῡον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐκαταμῡόμην | ἐκαταμῡ́ου | ἐκαταμῡ́ετο | ἐκαταμῡ́εσθον | ἐκαταμῡέσθην | ἐκαταμῡόμεθᾰ | ἐκαταμῡ́εσθε | ἐκαταμῡ́οντο | ||||
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: κεκατάμῠκᾰ, κεκατάμῠμαι
Pluperfect: ἐκεκαταμῠ́κειν, ἐκεκαταμῠ́μην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐκεκαταμῠ́κειν, ἐκεκαταμῠ́κη |
ἐκεκαταμῠ́κεις, ἐκεκαταμῠ́κης |
ἐκεκαταμῠ́κει(ν) | ἐκεκαταμῠ́κετον | ἐκεκαταμῠκέτην | ἐκεκαταμῠ́κεμεν | ἐκεκαταμῠ́κετε | ἐκεκαταμῠ́κεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐκεκαταμῠ́μην | ἐκεκατάμῠσο | ἐκεκατάμῠτο | ἐκεκατάμῠσθον | ἐκεκαταμῠ́σθην | ἐκεκαταμῠ́μεθᾰ | ἐκεκατάμῠσθε | ἐκεκατάμῠντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Future perfect: κεκαταμῡ́σομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | κεκαταμῡ́σομαι | κεκαταμῡ́σῃ, κεκαταμῡ́σει |
κεκαταμῡ́σεται | κεκαταμῡ́σεσθον | κεκαταμῡ́σεσθον | κεκαταμῡσόμεθᾰ | κεκαταμῡ́σεσθε | κεκαταμῡ́σονται | ||||
optative | κεκαταμῡσοίμην | κεκαταμῡ́σοιο | κεκαταμῡ́σοιτο | κεκαταμῡ́σοισθον | κεκαταμῡσοίσθην | κεκαταμῡσοίμεθᾰ | κεκαταμῡ́σοισθε | κεκαταμῡ́σοιντο | |||||
middle/passive | |||||||||||||
infinitive | κεκαταμῡ́σεσθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | κεκαταμῡσόμενος | |||||||||||
f | κεκαταμῡσομένη | ||||||||||||
n | κεκαταμῡσόμενον | ||||||||||||
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]- “καταμύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press