στεῦμαι

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stêu̯.mai̯/ → /ˈsteβ.mɛ/ → /ˈstev.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stêu̯.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈstew.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsteβ.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈstev.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈstev.me/

Verb

στεῦμαι • (steûmai)

1. (Epic, defective) to behave as if about to, to promise or threaten to; to be eager to

Conjugation

   Present: στεῦμαι (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	στεῦμαι		στεῦται					στεῦνται
	subjunctive
	optative
	imperative
infinitive
participle	m
	f
	n
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: (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative			στεῦτο					στεῦντο
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

• “στεῦμαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• στεῦμαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• στεῦμαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “στεῦμαι”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “στεῦμαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press