ἀκμάζω
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ἀκμή (akmḗ, “high point”) + -άζω (-ázō, verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ak.máz.dɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /akˈma.zo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /akˈma.zo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /akˈma.zo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /akˈma.zo/
Verb
[edit]ἀκμάζω • (akmázō) (Attic, Ionic, Koine)
- (intransitive) to be at or to reach the highest point (often figuratively)
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.49:
- καὶ τὸ σῶμα, ὅσονπερ χρόνον καὶ ἡ νόσος ἀκμάζοι, οὐκ ἐμαραίνετο, ἀλλ’ ἀντεῖχε παρὰ δόξαν τῇ ταλαιπωρίᾳ
- kaì tò sôma, hósonper khrónon kaì hē nósos akmázoi, ouk emaraíneto, all’ anteîkhe parà dóxan têi talaipōríāi
- and the body, for as much time as the disease was at its highest point, did not waste away, but unexpectedly held up against the suffering
- καὶ τὸ σῶμα, ὅσονπερ χρόνον καὶ ἡ νόσος ἀκμάζοι, οὐκ ἐμαραίνετο, ἀλλ’ ἀντεῖχε παρὰ δόξαν τῇ ταλαιπωρίᾳ
- (intransitive) to be in one's prime, be ripe
- to have plenty of [with dative]
Conjugation
[edit] Present: ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζω
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζω | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζεις | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζει | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζετον | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζετον | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζομεν | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζετε | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζουσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζω | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζῃς | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζῃ | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζητον | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζητον | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζωμεν | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζητε | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζοιμῐ | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζοις | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζοι | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζοιτον | ᾰ̓κμᾰζοίτην | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζοιμεν | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζοιτε | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζοιεν | |||||
imperative | ᾰ̓́κμᾰζε | ᾰ̓κμᾰζέτω | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζετον | ᾰ̓κμᾰζέτων | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζετε | ᾰ̓κμᾰζόντων | |||||||
active | |||||||||||||
infinitive | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζειν | ||||||||||||
participle | m | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζων | |||||||||||
f | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζουσᾰ | ||||||||||||
n | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: ἤκμᾰζον
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἤκμᾰζον | ἤκμᾰζες | ἤκμᾰζε(ν) | ἠκμᾰ́ζετον | ἠκμᾰζέτην | ἠκμᾰ́ζομεν | ἠκμᾰ́ζετε | ἤκμᾰζον | ||||
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: ἤκμᾰσᾰ
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἤκμᾰσᾰ | ἤκμᾰσᾰς | ἤκμᾰσε(ν) | ἠκμᾰ́σᾰτον | ἠκμᾰσᾰ́την | ἠκμᾰ́σᾰμεν | ἠκμᾰ́σᾰτε | ἤκμᾰσᾰν | ||||
subjunctive | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σω | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σῃς | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σῃ | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σητον | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σητον | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σωμεν | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σητε | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαιμῐ | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σειᾰς, ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαις |
ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σειε(ν), ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαι |
ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαιτον | ᾰ̓κμᾰσαίτην | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαιμεν | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαιτε | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σειᾰν, ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαιεν | |||||
imperative | ᾰ̓́κμᾰσον | ᾰ̓κμᾰσᾰ́τω | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σᾰτον | ᾰ̓κμᾰσᾰ́των | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σᾰτε | ᾰ̓κμᾰσᾰ́ντων | |||||||
active | |||||||||||||
infinitive | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σᾱς | |||||||||||
f | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σᾱσᾰ | ||||||||||||
n | ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σᾰν | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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References
[edit]- “ἀκμάζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press