ϝέχω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *wékʰō, from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti (“to be transporting”), from the root *weǵʰ-. Cognate with Latin vehō, Sanskrit वहति (váhati), Old English wegan (whence English weigh). The Koine form would have been *ἔχω (*ékhō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /wé.kʰɔː/ → /ˈe.xo/ → /ˈe.xo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /wé.kʰɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kʰo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.xo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.xo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.xo/

Verb

ϝέχω • (wékhō) (Arcadocypriot)

1. to bear, carry, bring

Conjugation

   Present: ϝέχω, ϝέχομαι (Arcadocypriot)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ϝέχω	ϝέχεις	ϝέχει	ϝέχετον	ϝέχετον	ϝέχομεν	ϝέχετε	ϝέχουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ϝέχω	ϝέχῃς	ϝέχῃ	ϝέχητον	ϝέχητον	ϝέχωμεν	ϝέχητε	ϝέχωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ϝέχοιμῐ	ϝέχοις	ϝέχοι	ϝέχοιτον	ϝεχοίτην	ϝέχοιμεν	ϝέχοιτε	ϝέχοιεν
	imperative		ϝέχε	ϝεχέτω	ϝέχετον	ϝεχέτων		ϝέχετε	ϝεχόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ϝέχομαι	ϝέχεαι	ϝέχεται	ϝέχεσθον	ϝέχεσθον	ϝεχόμεθᾰ	ϝέχεσθε	ϝέχονται
	subjunctive	ϝέχωμαι	ϝέχηαι	ϝέχηται	ϝέχησθον	ϝέχησθον	ϝεχώμεθᾰ	ϝέχησθε	ϝέχωνται
	optative	ϝεχοίμην	ϝέχοιο	ϝέχοιτο	ϝέχοισθον	ϝεχοίσθην	ϝεχοίμεθᾰ	ϝέχοισθε	ϝέχοιντο
	imperative		ϝέχεο	ϝεχέσθω	ϝέχεσθον	ϝεχέσθων		ϝέχεσθε	ϝεχέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ϝέχειν				ϝέχεσθαι
participle	m	ϝέχων				ϝεχόμενος
	f	ϝέχουσᾰ				ϝεχομένη
	n	ϝέχον				ϝεχόμενον
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.

   Aorist: ἔϝεξᾰ, ἐϝεξᾰ́μην (Arcadocypriot)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔϝεξᾰ	ἔϝεξᾰς	ἔϝεξε(ν)	ἐϝέξᾰτον	ἐϝεξᾰ́την	ἐϝέξᾰμεν	ἐϝέξᾰτε	ἔϝεξᾰν
	subjunctive	ϝέξω	ϝέξῃς	ϝέξῃ	ϝέξητον	ϝέξητον	ϝέξωμεν	ϝέξητε	ϝέξωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ϝέξαιμῐ	ϝέξειᾰς, ϝέξαις	ϝέξειε(ν), ϝέξαι	ϝεξεῖτον	ϝεξείτην	ϝεξεῖμεν	ϝεξεῖτε	ϝεξεῖεν
	imperative		ϝέξον	ϝεξᾰ́τω	ϝέξᾰτον	ϝεξᾰ́των		ϝέξᾰτε	ϝεξᾰ́ντων
middle	indicative	ἐϝεξᾰ́μην	ἐϝέξω	ἐϝέξᾰτο	ἐϝέξᾰσθον	ἐϝεξᾰ́σθην	ἐϝεξᾰ́μεθᾰ	ἐϝέξᾰσθε	ἐϝέξᾰντο
	subjunctive	ϝέξωμαι	ϝέξηαι	ϝέξηται	ϝέξησθον	ϝέξησθον	ϝεξώμεθᾰ	ϝέξησθε	ϝέξωνται
	optative	ϝεξαίμην	ϝέξαιο	ϝέξαιτο	ϝέξαισθον	ϝεξαίσθην	ϝεξαίμεθᾰ	ϝέξαισθε	ϝέξαιντο
	imperative		ϝέξαι	ϝεξᾰ́σθω	ϝέξᾰσθον	ϝεξᾰ́σθων		ϝέξᾰσθε	ϝεξᾰ́σθων
		active			middle
infinitive		ϝέξαι			ϝέξᾰσθαι
participle	m	ϝέξᾱς			ϝεξᾰ́μενος
	f	ϝέξᾱσᾰ			ϝεξᾰμένη
	n	ϝέξᾰν			ϝεξᾰ́μενον
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.

Related terms

• ὄχος (ókhos)

References

• “ϝέχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press