τήκω
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”). Cognates include Latin tabeo, Sanskrit तोयम् (toyam), Old Armenian թանամ (tʻanam, “I wet”) and Old English þawian (English thaw).
Verb
[edit]τήκω • (tḗkō)
- (transitive, of metals) to melt, melt down
- (figuratively) to dissolve, cause to waste or pine away
Inflection
[edit] Present: τήκω, τήκομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | τήκω | τήκεις | τήκει | τήκετον | τήκετον | τήκομεν | τήκετε | τήκουσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | τήκω | τήκῃς | τήκῃ | τήκητον | τήκητον | τήκωμεν | τήκητε | τήκωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | τήκοιμῐ | τήκοις | τήκοι | τήκοιτον | τηκοίτην | τήκοιμεν | τήκοιτε | τήκοιεν | |||||
imperative | τῆκε | τηκέτω | τήκετον | τηκέτων | τήκετε | τηκόντων | |||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | τήκομαι | τήκῃ, τήκει |
τήκεται | τήκεσθον | τήκεσθον | τηκόμεθᾰ | τήκεσθε | τήκονται | ||||
subjunctive | τήκωμαι | τήκῃ | τήκηται | τήκησθον | τήκησθον | τηκώμεθᾰ | τήκησθε | τήκωνται | |||||
optative | τηκοίμην | τήκοιο | τήκοιτο | τήκοισθον | τηκοίσθην | τηκοίμεθᾰ | τήκοισθε | τήκοιντο | |||||
imperative | τήκου | τηκέσθω | τήκεσθον | τηκέσθων | τήκεσθε | τηκέσθων | |||||||
active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
infinitive | τήκειν | τήκεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | τήκων | τηκόμενος | ||||||||||
f | τήκουσᾰ | τηκομένη | |||||||||||
n | τῆκον | τηκόμενον | |||||||||||
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 | ἔτηκον | ἔτηκες | ἔτηκε(ν) | ἐτήκετον | ἐτηκέτην | ἐτήκομεν | ἐτήκετε | ἔτηκον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐτηκόμην | ἐτήκου | ἐτήκετο | ἐτήκεσθον | ἐτηκέσθην | ἐτηκόμεθᾰ | ἐτήκεσθε | ἐτήκοντο | ||||
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 | τήξω | τήξεις | τήξει | τήξετον | τήξετον | τήξομεν | τήξετε | τήξουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | τήξοιμῐ | τήξοις | τήξοι | τήξοιτον | τηξοίτην | τήξοιμεν | τήξοιτε | τήξοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | τήξομαι | τήξῃ, τήξει |
τήξεται | τήξεσθον | τήξεσθον | τηξόμεθᾰ | τήξεσθε | τήξονται | ||||
optative | τηξοίμην | τήξοιο | τήξοιτο | τήξοισθον | τηξοίσθην | τηξοίμεθᾰ | τήξοισθε | τήξοιντο | |||||
active | middle | ||||||||||||
infinitive | τήξειν | τήξεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | τήξων | τηξόμενος | ||||||||||
f | τήξουσᾰ | τηξομένη | |||||||||||
n | τῆξον | τηξόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: ἐτάκην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
passive | indicative | ἐτάκην | ἐτάκης | ἐτάκη | ἐτάκητον | ἐτακήτην | ἐτάκημεν | ἐτάκητε | ἐτάκησᾰν | ||||
subjunctive | τακῶ | τακῇς | τακῇ | τακῆτον | τακῆτον | τακῶμεν | τακῆτε | τακῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | τακείην | τακείης | τακείη | τακεῖτον, τακείητον |
τακείτην, τακειήτην |
τακεῖμεν, τακείημεν |
τακεῖτε, τακείητε |
τακεῖεν, τακείησᾰν | |||||
imperative | τάκηθῐ | τακήτω | τάκητον | τακήτων | τάκητε | τακέντων | |||||||
passive | |||||||||||||
infinitive | τακῆναι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | τακείς | |||||||||||
f | τακεῖσᾰ | ||||||||||||
n | τακέν | ||||||||||||
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 | ἐτετήκειν, ἐτετήκη |
ἐτετήκεις, ἐτετήκης |
ἐτετήκει(ν) | ἐτετήκετον | ἐτετηκέτην | ἐτετήκεμεν | ἐτετήκετε | ἐτετήκεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐτετήγμην | ἐτέτηξο | ἐτέτηκτο | ἐτέτηχθον | ἐτετήχθην | ἐτετήγμεθᾰ | ἐτέτηχθε | ἐτετήκᾰτο | ||||
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]Further reading
[edit]- “τήκω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τήκω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “τήκω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τήκω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- τήκω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G5080 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