ἀείδω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hellenic *awéidō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ěː.dɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈi.do/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈi.ðo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈi.ðo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈi.ðo/
Verb
[edit]ἀείδω • (aeídō) (Epic, Tragic, Ionic, Doric)
- (transitive, intransitive) to sing, chant, praise
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.1–2:
- Μῆνιν ἄειδε, θεᾱ́, Πηληϊάδε͜ω Ἀχιλῆος / οὐλομένην, ἣ μῡρί’ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε’ ἔθηκε ...
- Mênin áeide, theā́, Pēlēïáde͜ō Akhilêos / ouloménēn, hḕ mūrí’ Akhaioîs álge’ éthēke ...
- 1898 translation by Samuel Butler
- Sing, O goddess, the rage of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.
- Μῆνιν ἄειδε, θεᾱ́, Πηληϊάδε͜ω Ἀχιλῆος / οὐλομένην, ἣ μῡρί’ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε’ ἔθηκε ...
- (transitive, intransitive) to make various noises: hoot, howl, croak
- (transitive) to celebrate, praise
Inflection
[edit] Present: ἀείδω, ἀείδομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ᾄδω | ᾄδεις | ᾄδει | ᾄδετον | ᾄδετον | ᾄδομεν | ᾄδετε | ᾄδουσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | ᾄδω | ᾄδῃς | ᾄδῃ | ᾄδητον | ᾄδητον | ᾄδωμεν | ᾄδητε | ᾄδωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | ᾄδοιμῐ | ᾄδοις | ᾄδοι | ᾄδοιτον | ᾀδοίτην | ᾄδοιμεν | ᾄδοιτε | ᾄδοιεν | |||||
imperative | ᾆδε | ᾀδέτω | ᾄδετον | ᾀδέτων | ᾄδετε | ᾀδόντων | |||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ᾄδομαι | ᾄδῃ, ᾄδει |
ᾄδεται | ᾄδεσθον | ᾄδεσθον | ᾀδόμεθᾰ | ᾄδεσθε | ᾄδονται | ||||
subjunctive | ᾄδωμαι | ᾄδῃ | ᾄδηται | ᾄδησθον | ᾄδησθον | ᾀδώμεθᾰ | ᾄδησθε | ᾄδωνται | |||||
optative | ᾀδοίμην | ᾄδοιο | ᾄδοιτο | ᾄδοισθον | ᾀδοίσθην | ᾀδοίμεθᾰ | ᾄδοισθε | ᾄδοιντο | |||||
imperative | ᾄδου | ᾀδέσθω | ᾄδεσθον | ᾀδέσθων | ᾄδεσθε | ᾀδέσθων | |||||||
active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
infinitive | ᾄδειν | ᾄδεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | ᾄδων | ᾀδόμενος | ||||||||||
f | ᾄδουσᾰ | ᾀδομένη | |||||||||||
n | ᾆδον | ᾀδόμενον | |||||||||||
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 | ἤειδον | ἤειδες | ἤειδε(ν) | ἠείδετον | ἠειδέτην | ἠείδομεν | ἠείδετε | ἤειδον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠειδόμην | ἠείδου | ἠείδετο | ἠείδεσθον | ἠειδέσθην | ἠειδόμεθᾰ | ἠείδεσθε | ἠείδοντο | ||||
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 | ᾖδον | ᾖδες | ᾖδε(ν) | ᾔδετον | ᾐδέτην | ᾔδομεν | ᾔδετε | ᾖδον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ᾐδόμην | ᾔδου | ᾔδετο | ᾔδεσθον | ᾐδέσθην | ᾐδόμεθᾰ | ᾔδεσθε | ᾔδοντο | ||||
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 | ἀείσω | ἀείσεις | ἀείσει | ἀείσετον | ἀείσετον | ἀείσομεν | ἀείσετε | ἀείσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | ἀείσοιμῐ | ἀείσοις | ἀείσοι | ἀείσοιτον | ἀεισοίτην | ἀείσοιμεν | ἀείσοιτε | ἀείσοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | ἀείσομαι | ἀείσῃ, ἀείσει |
ἀείσεται | ἀείσεσθον | ἀείσεσθον | ἀεισόμεθᾰ | ἀείσεσθε | ἀείσονται | ||||
optative | ἀεισοίμην | ἀείσοιο | ἀείσοιτο | ἀείσοισθον | ἀεισοίσθην | ἀεισοίμεθᾰ | ἀείσοισθε | ἀείσοιντο | |||||
passive | indicative | ἀεισθήσομαι | ἀεισθήσῃ | ἀεισθήσεται | ἀεισθήσεσθον | ἀεισθήσεσθον | ἀεισθησόμεθᾰ | ἀεισθήσεσθε | ἀεισθήσονται | ||||
optative | ἀεισθησοίμην | ἀεισθήσοιο | ἀεισθήσοιτο | ἀεισθήσοισθον | ἀεισθησοίσθην | ἀεισθησοίμεθᾰ | ἀεισθήσοισθε | ἀεισθήσοιντο | |||||
active | middle | passive | |||||||||||
infinitive | ἀείσειν | ἀείσεσθαι | ἀεισθήσεσθαι | ||||||||||
participle | m | ἀείσων | ἀεισόμενος | ἀεισθησόμενος | |||||||||
f | ἀείσουσᾰ | ἀεισομένη | ἀεισθησομένη | ||||||||||
n | ἀεῖσον | ἀεισόμενον | ἀεισθησόμενον | ||||||||||
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 | ᾄσω | ᾄσεις | ᾄσει | ᾄσετον | ᾄσετον | ᾄσομεν | ᾄσετε | ᾄσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | ᾄσοιμῐ | ᾄσοις | ᾄσοι | ᾄσοιτον | ᾀσοίτην | ᾄσοιμεν | ᾄσοιτε | ᾄσοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | ᾄσομαι | ᾄσῃ, ᾄσει |
ᾄσεται | ᾄσεσθον | ᾄσεσθον | ᾀσόμεθᾰ | ᾄσεσθε | ᾄσονται | ||||
optative | ᾀσοίμην | ᾄσοιο | ᾄσοιτο | ᾄσοισθον | ᾀσοίσθην | ᾀσοίμεθᾰ | ᾄσοισθε | ᾄσοιντο | |||||
passive | indicative | ᾀσθήσομαι | ᾀσθήσῃ | ᾀσθήσεται | ᾀσθήσεσθον | ᾀσθήσεσθον | ᾀσθησόμεθᾰ | ᾀσθήσεσθε | ᾀσθήσονται | ||||
optative | ᾀσθησοίμην | ᾀσθήσοιο | ᾀσθήσοιτο | ᾀσθήσοισθον | ᾀσθησοίσθην | ᾀσθησοίμεθᾰ | ᾀσθήσοισθε | ᾀσθήσοιντο | |||||
active | middle | passive | |||||||||||
infinitive | ᾄσειν | ᾄσεσθαι | ᾀσθήσεσθαι | ||||||||||
participle | m | ᾄσων | ᾀσόμενος | ᾀσθησόμενος | |||||||||
f | ᾄσουσᾰ | ᾀσομένη | ᾀσθησομένη | ||||||||||
n | ᾆσον | ᾀσόμενον | ᾀσθησόμενον | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||
middle | indicative | ᾅσομαι | ᾅσεαι | ᾅσεται | ᾅσεσθον | ᾅσεσθον | ᾁσόμε(σ)θᾰ | ᾅσεσθε | ᾅσονται | ||||
optative | ᾁσοίμην | ᾅσοιο | ᾅσοιτο | ᾅσοισθον | ᾁσοίσθην | ᾁσοίμε(σ)θᾰ | ᾅσοισθε | ᾁσοίᾰτο | |||||
middle | |||||||||||||
infinitive | ᾅσεσθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | ᾁσόμενος | |||||||||||
f | ᾁσομένη | ||||||||||||
n | ᾁσόμενον | ||||||||||||
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: ᾖσμαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ᾖσμαι | ᾖσαι | ᾖσται | ᾖσθον | ᾖσθον | ᾔσμεθᾰ | ᾖσθε | ᾔσᾰται | ||||
subjunctive | ᾐσμένος ὦ | ᾐσμένος ᾖς | ᾐσμένος ᾖ | ᾐσμένω ἦτον | ᾐσμένω ἦτον | ᾐσμένοι ὦμεν | ᾐσμένοι ἦτε | ᾐσμένοι ὦσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | ᾐσμένος εἴην | ᾐσμένος εἴης | ᾐσμένος εἴη | ᾐσμένω εἴητον/εἶτον | ᾐσμένω εἰήτην/εἴτην | ᾐσμένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν | ᾐσμένοι εἴητε/εἶτε | ᾐσμένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν | |||||
imperative | ᾖσο | ᾔσθω | ᾖσθον | ᾔσθων | ᾖσθε | ᾔσθων | |||||||
middle/passive | |||||||||||||
infinitive | ᾖσθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | ᾐσμένος | |||||||||||
f | ᾐσμένη | ||||||||||||
n | ᾐσμένον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Pluperfect: ᾔσμην
Derived terms
[edit]- ἀοιδή (aoidḗ), ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”)
- ἀοιδός (aoidós), ᾠδός (ōidós, “singer”)
- ἀοίδιμος (aoídimos, “famous in song”)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Esperanto: aedo
References
[edit]- “ἀείδω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀείδω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀείδω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀείδω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀείδω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀείδω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἀείδω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- carol idem, page 114.
- celebrate idem, page 120.
- chant idem, page 124.
- chirp idem, page 130.
- commemorate idem, page 147.
- crow idem, page 186.
- extol idem, page 297.
- glorify idem, page 363.
- hymn idem, page 412.
- immortalise idem, page 418.
- intone idem, page 454.
- laud idem, page 478.
- magnify idem, page 507.
- pipe idem, page 614.
- praise idem, page 631.
- sing idem, page 777.
- warble idem, page 964.
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