λυτρόω
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From λύτρον (lútron, “ransom”) + -όω (-óō, verb-forming suffix)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ly.tró.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lyˈtro.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lyˈtro.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lyˈtro.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /liˈtro.o/
Verb
[edit]λυτρόω • (lutróō)
- to release on receipt of a ransom, hold to ransom, for such a sum as is agreed on, redeem a pledge, release by payment of ransom, redeem, to be ransomed
- (passive voice) to be released from an obligation
- (mistranslation of hebrew) to "break the neck"
Conjugation
[edit] Present: λυτρόω, λυτρόομαι
Imperfect: ἐλύτροον, ἐλυτροόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐλύτροον | ἐλύτροες | ἐλύτροε(ν) | ἐλυτρόετον | ἐλυτροέτην | ἐλυτρόομεν | ἐλυτρόετε | ἐλύτροον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐλυτροόμην | ἐλυτρόου | ἐλυτρόετο | ἐλυτρόεσθον | ἐλυτροέσθην | ἐλυτροόμεθᾰ | ἐλυτρόεσθε | ἐλυτρόοντο | ||||
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 | ἐλύτρουν | ἐλύτρους | ἐλύτρου | ἐλυτροῦτον | ἐλυτρούτην | ἐλυτροῦμεν | ἐλυτροῦτε | ἐλύτρουν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐλυτρούμην | ἐλυτροῦ | ἐλυτροῦτο | ἐλυτροῦσθον | ἐλυτρούσθην | ἐλυτρούμεθᾰ | ἐλυτροῦσθε | ἐλυτροῦντο | ||||
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: λελύτρωκᾰ, λελύτρωμαι
Pluperfect: ἐλελυτρώκειν, ἐλελυτρώμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐλελυτρώκειν, ἐλελυτρώκη |
ἐλελυτρώκεις, ἐλελυτρώκης |
ἐλελυτρώκει(ν) | ἐλελυτρώκετον | ἐλελυτρωκέτην | ἐλελυτρώκεμεν | ἐλελυτρώκετε | ἐλελυτρώκεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐλελυτρώμην | ἐλελύτρωσο | ἐλελύτρωτο | ἐλελύτρωσθον | ἐλελυτρώσθην | ἐλελυτρώμεθᾰ | ἐλελύτρωσθε | ἐλελύτρωντο | ||||
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]Related terms
[edit]- διαλύτρωσις (dialútrōsis)
Further reading
[edit]- “λυτρόω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λυτρόω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λυτρόω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “λυτρόω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011