πατάσσω
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly, from the same Pre-Greek root of πάταγος (pátagos, “clatter, crash”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.tás.sɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /paˈtas.so/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /paˈtas.so/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /paˈtas.so/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /paˈta.so/
Verb
[edit]πᾰτάσσω • (patássō)
- to knock, beat
- 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 54:
- τίς τὴν θύραν ἐπάταξεν;
- tís tḕn thúran epátaxen;
- Who knocked on the door?
- τίς τὴν θύραν ἐπάταξεν;
- (with accusative) to strike
- to slaughter, kill
- to afflict
- (figuratively)
- 6th century BC, Theognis of Megara, Elegies 1199
Inflection
[edit] Present: πᾰτᾰ́σσω, πᾰτᾰ́σσομαι
Imperfect: ἐπᾰ́τᾰσσον, ἐπᾰτᾰσσόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐπᾰ́τᾰσσον | ἐπᾰ́τᾰσσες | ἐπᾰ́τᾰσσε(ν) | ἐπᾰτᾰ́σσετον | ἐπᾰτᾰσσέτην | ἐπᾰτᾰ́σσομεν | ἐπᾰτᾰ́σσετε | ἐπᾰ́τᾰσσον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐπᾰτᾰσσόμην | ἐπᾰτᾰ́σσου | ἐπᾰτᾰ́σσετο | ἐπᾰτᾰ́σσεσθον | ἐπᾰτᾰσσέσθην | ἐπᾰτᾰσσόμεθᾰ | ἐπᾰτᾰ́σσεσθε | ἐπᾰτᾰ́σσοντο | ||||
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 | πάτασσον | πάτασσες | πάτασσε(ν) | πατάσσετον | πατασσέτην | πατάσσομεν | πατάσσετε | πάτασσον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | πατασσόμην | πατάσσου | πατάσσετο | πατάσσεσθον | πατασσέσθην | πατασσόμε(σ)θᾰ | πατάσσεσθε | πατάσσοντο | ||||
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.
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Perfect: πεπᾰ́τᾰγμαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | πεπᾰ́τᾰγμαι | πεπᾰ́τᾰξαι | πεπᾰ́τᾰκται | πεπᾰ́τᾰχθον | πεπᾰ́τᾰχθον | πεπᾰτᾰ́γμεθᾰ | πεπᾰ́τᾰχθε | πεπᾰτᾰ́κᾰται | ||||
subjunctive | πεπᾰτᾰγμένος ὦ | πεπᾰτᾰγμένος ᾖς | πεπᾰτᾰγμένος ᾖ | πεπᾰτᾰγμένω ἦτον | πεπᾰτᾰγμένω ἦτον | πεπᾰτᾰγμένοι ὦμεν | πεπᾰτᾰγμένοι ἦτε | πεπᾰτᾰγμένοι ὦσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | πεπᾰτᾰγμένος εἴην | πεπᾰτᾰγμένος εἴης | πεπᾰτᾰγμένος εἴη | πεπᾰτᾰγμένω εἴητον/εἶτον | πεπᾰτᾰγμένω εἰήτην/εἴτην | πεπᾰτᾰγμένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν | πεπᾰτᾰγμένοι εἴητε/εἶτε | πεπᾰτᾰγμένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν | |||||
imperative | πεπᾰ́τᾰξο | πεπᾰτᾰ́χθω | πεπᾰ́τᾰχθον | πεπᾰτᾰ́χθων | πεπᾰ́τᾰχθε | πεπᾰτᾰ́χθων | |||||||
middle/passive | |||||||||||||
infinitive | πεπᾰτᾰ́χθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | πεπᾰτᾰγμένος | |||||||||||
f | πεπᾰτᾰγμένη | ||||||||||||
n | πεπᾰτᾰγμένον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- ἀμφῐπᾰτάσσω (amphipatássō)
- ἀνᾰπᾰτάσσω (anapatássō)
- ἀντῐπᾰτάσσω (antipatássō)
- ἐκπᾰτάσσω (ekpatássō)
- σῠμπᾰτάσσω (sumpatássō)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “πατάσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πατάσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πατάσσω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πατάσσω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πατάσσω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G3960 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN