κολυμβάω

Ancient Greek

From κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “little grebe”) +‎ -άω (-áō, “verbal suffix”), due to the grebe's diving skills.^[1]

κολυμβάω • (kolumbáō)

Present: κολῠμβᾰ́ω (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	κολῠμβᾰ́ω	κολῠμβᾰ́εις	κολῠμβᾰ́ει	κολῠμβᾰ́ετον	κολῠμβᾰ́ετον	κολῠμβᾰ́ομεν	κολῠμβᾰ́ετε	κολῠμβᾰ́ουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	κολῠμβᾰ́ω	κολῠμβᾰ́ῃς	κολῠμβᾰ́ῃ	κολῠμβᾰ́ητον	κολῠμβᾰ́ητον	κολῠμβᾰ́ωμεν	κολῠμβᾰ́ητε	κολῠμβᾰ́ωσῐ(ν)
	optative	κολῠμβᾰ́οιμῐ	κολῠμβᾰ́οις	κολῠμβᾰ́οι	κολῠμβᾰ́οιτον	κολῠμβᾰοίτην	κολῠμβᾰ́οιμεν	κολῠμβᾰ́οιτε	κολῠμβᾰ́οιεν
	imperative		κολῠ́μβᾰε	κολῠμβᾰέτω	κολῠμβᾰ́ετον	κολῠμβᾰέτων		κολῠμβᾰ́ετε	κολῠμβᾰόντων
		active
infinitive		κολῠμβᾰ́ειν
participle	m	κολῠμβᾰ́ων
	f	κολῠμβᾰ́ουσᾰ
	n	κολῠμβᾰ́ον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	κολῠμβῶ	κολῠμβᾷς	κολῠμβᾷ	κολῠμβᾶτον	κολῠμβᾶτον	κολῠμβῶμεν	κολῠμβᾶτε	κολῠμβῶσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	κολῠμβῶ	κολῠμβᾷς	κολῠμβᾷ	κολῠμβᾶτον	κολῠμβᾶτον	κολῠμβῶμεν	κολῠμβᾶτε	κολῠμβῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	κολῠμβῴην, κολῠμβῷμῐ	κολῠμβῴης, κολῠμβῷς	κολῠμβῴη, κολῠμβῷ	κολῠμβῷτον, κολῠμβῴητον	κολῠμβῴτην, κολῠμβῳήτην	κολῠμβῷμεν, κολῠμβῴημεν	κολῠμβῷτε, κολῠμβῴητε	κολῠμβῷεν, κολῠμβῴησᾰν
	imperative		κολῠ́μβᾱ	κολῠμβᾱ́τω	κολῠμβᾶτον	κολῠμβᾱ́των		κολῠμβᾶτε	κολῠμβώντων
		active
infinitive		κολῠμβᾶν
participle	m	κολῠμβῶν
	f	κολῠμβῶσᾰ
	n	κολῠμβῶν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: ἐκολῠ́μβᾰον (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐκολῠ́μβᾰον	ἐκολῠ́μβᾰες	ἐκολῠ́μβᾰε(ν)	ἐκολῠμβᾰ́ετον	ἐκολῠμβᾰέτην	ἐκολῠμβᾰ́ομεν	ἐκολῠμβᾰ́ετε	ἐκολῠ́μβᾰον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐκολῠ́μβων	ἐκολῠ́μβᾱς	ἐκολῠ́μβᾱ	ἐκολῠμβᾶτον	ἐκολῠμβᾱ́την	ἐκολῠμβῶμεν	ἐκολῠμβᾶτε	ἐκολῠ́μβων
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	κολῠμβήσω	κολῠμβήσεις	κολῠμβήσει	κολῠμβήσετον	κολῠμβήσετον	κολῠμβήσομεν	κολῠμβήσετε	κολῠμβήσουσῐ(ν)
active	optative	κολῠμβήσοιμῐ	κολῠμβήσοις	κολῠμβήσοι	κολῠμβήσοιτον	κολῠμβησοίτην	κολῠμβήσοιμεν	κολῠμβήσοιτε	κολῠμβήσοιεν
		active
infinitive		κολῠμβήσειν
participle	m	κολῠμβήσων
	f	κολῠμβήσουσᾰ
	n	κολῠμβῆσον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐκολῠ́μβησᾰ	ἐκολῠ́μβησᾰς	ἐκολῠ́μβησε(ν)	ἐκολῠμβήσᾰτον	ἐκολῠμβησᾰ́την	ἐκολῠμβήσᾰμεν	ἐκολῠμβήσᾰτε	ἐκολῠ́μβησᾰν
	subjunctive	κολῠμβήσω	κολῠμβήσῃς	κολῠμβήσῃ	κολῠμβήσητον	κολῠμβήσητον	κολῠμβήσωμεν	κολῠμβήσητε	κολῠμβήσωσῐ(ν)
	optative	κολῠμβήσαιμῐ	κολῠμβήσειᾰς, κολῠμβήσαις	κολῠμβήσειε(ν), κολῠμβήσαι	κολῠμβήσαιτον	κολῠμβησαίτην	κολῠμβήσαιμεν	κολῠμβήσαιτε	κολῠμβήσειᾰν, κολῠμβήσαιεν
	imperative		κολῠ́μβησον	κολῠμβησᾰ́τω	κολῠμβήσᾰτον	κολῠμβησᾰ́των		κολῠμβήσᾰτε	κολῠμβησᾰ́ντων
		active
infinitive		κολῠμβῆσαι
participle	m	κολῠμβήσᾱς
	f	κολῠμβήσᾱσᾰ
	n	κολῠμβῆσᾰν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόλυμβος (> DER > κολυμβάω)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 741