τατάω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)teh₂y- (“to steal”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tɛː.tá.ɔː/ → /tiˈta.o/ → /tiˈta.o/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tɛː.tá.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /te̝ˈta.o/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tiˈta.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tiˈta.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tiˈta.o/

Verb

τατάω • (tatáō)

1. Doric form of τητάω (tētáō)
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean 10.76-77:

     οἴχεται τιμὰ φίλων τατωμένῳ φωτί: παῦροι δ᾽ ἐν πόνῳ πιστοὶ βροτῶν

     oíkhetai timà phílōn tatōménōi phōtí: paûroi d’ en pónōi pistoì brotôn

Conjugation

   Present: τᾱτῶ, τᾱτῶμαι (Doric, contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	τᾱτῶ	τᾱτᾷς	τᾱτᾷ	τᾱτᾶτον	τᾱτᾶτον	τᾱτῶμεν	τᾱτᾶτε	τᾱτῶσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	τᾱτῶ	τᾱτᾷς	τᾱτᾷ	τᾱτᾶτον	τᾱτᾶτον	τᾱτῶμεν	τᾱτᾶτε	τᾱτῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	τᾱτῷμι	τᾱτῷς	τᾱτῷ	τᾱτῷτον	τᾱτῴτην	τᾱτῷμεν	τᾱτῷτε	τᾱτῷεν
	imperative		τᾱ́τᾱ	τᾱτᾱ́τω	τᾱτᾶτον	τᾱτᾱ́των		τᾱτᾶτε	τᾱτώντων
middle/ passive	indicative	τᾱτῶμαι	τᾱτᾷ	τᾱτᾶται	τᾱτᾶσθον	τᾱτᾶσθον	τᾱτώμεθᾰ	τᾱτᾶσθε	τᾱτῶνται
	subjunctive	τᾱτῶμαι	τᾱτᾷ	τᾱτᾶται	τᾱτᾶσθον	τᾱτᾶσθον	τᾱτώμεθᾰ	τᾱτᾶσθε	τᾱτῶνται
	optative	τᾱτῴμην	τᾱτῷο	τᾱτῷτο	τᾱτῷσθον	τᾱτῴσθην	τᾱτῴμεθᾰ	τᾱτῷσθε	τᾱτῷντο
	imperative		τᾱτῶ	τᾱτᾱ́σθω	τᾱτᾶσθον	τᾱτᾱ́σθων		τᾱτᾶσθε	τᾱτᾱ́σθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		τᾱτᾶν				τᾱτᾶσθαι
participle	m	τᾱτῶν				τᾱτώμενος
	f	τᾱτῶσᾰ				τᾱτωμένη
	n	τᾱτῶν				τᾱτώμενον
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.

References

• τατάω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• τατάω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• 1889, Henry George Liddell, A Greek-English Lexicon‎^[1] (quotation in English; overall work in English), Harper & Brothers, page 1529: