ἀλεείνω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same root as the synonymous ἀλέομαι (aléomai) and as ἀλέᾱ (aléā, “avoiding, escape”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.le.ěː.nɔː/ → /a.leˈi.no/ → /a.leˈi.no/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.le.ěː.nɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.leˈi.no/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.leˈi.no/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.leˈi.no/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.leˈi.no/

Verb

ἀλεείνω • (aleeínō)

1. (Epic) to shun, avoid, flee (from)

Conjugation

   Present: ἀλεείνω, ἀλεείνομαι (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἀλεείνω	ἀλεείνεις	ἀλεείνει	ἀλεείνετον	ἀλεείνετον	ἀλεείνομεν	ἀλεείνετε	ἀλεείνουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἀλεείνω, ἀλεείνωμῐ	ἀλεείνῃς, ἀλεείνῃσθᾰ	ἀλεείνῃ, ἀλεείνῃσῐ	ἀλεείνητον	ἀλεείνητον	ἀλεείνωμεν	ἀλεείνητε	ἀλεείνωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἀλεείνοιμῐ	ἀλεείνοισ(θᾰ)	ἀλεείνοι	ἀλεείνοιτον	ἀλεεινοίτην	ἀλεείνοιμεν	ἀλεείνοιτε	ἀλεείνοιεν
	imperative		ἀλέεινε	ἀλεεινέτω	ἀλεείνετον	ἀλεεινέτων		ἀλεείνετε	ἀλεεινόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἀλεείνομαι	ἀλεείνεαι	ἀλεείνεται	ἀλεείνεσθον	ἀλεείνεσθον	ἀλεεινόμε(σ)θᾰ	ἀλεείνεσθε	ἀλεείνονται
	subjunctive	ἀλεείνωμαι	ἀλεείνηαι	ἀλεείνηται	ἀλεείνησθον	ἀλεείνησθον	ἀλεεινώμε(σ)θᾰ	ἀλεείνησθε	ἀλεείνωνται
	optative	ἀλεεινοίμην	ἀλεείνοιο	ἀλεείνοιτο	ἀλεείνοισθον	ἀλεεινοίσθην	ἀλεεινοίμε(σ)θᾰ	ἀλεείνοισθε	ἀλεεινοίᾰτο
	imperative		ἀλεείνεο	ἀλεεινέσθω	ἀλεείνεσθον	ἀλεεινέσθων		ἀλεείνεσθε	ἀλεεινέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἀλεείνειν/ἀλεεινέμεν(αι)/ἀλεεινμέναι				ἀλεείνεσθαι
participle	m	ἀλεείνων				ἀλεεινόμενος
	f	ἀλεείνουσᾰ				ἀλεεινομένη
	n	ἀλεεῖνον				ἀλεεινόμενον
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.

   Imperfect: ἀλέεινον, ἀλεεινόμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἀλέεινον	ἀλέεινες	ἀλέεινε(ν)	ἀλεείνετον	ἀλεεινέτην	ἀλεείνομεν	ἀλεείνετε	ἀλέεινον
middle/ passive	indicative	ἀλεεινόμην	ἀλεείνου	ἀλεείνετο	ἀλεείνεσθον	ἀλεεινέσθην	ἀλεεινόμε(σ)θᾰ	ἀλεείνεσθε	ἀλεείνοντο
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.

The first aorist active infinitive ἀλεεῖναι (aleeînai) is attested once.

Further reading

• “ἀλεείνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀλεείνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἀλεείνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press