ἀφύσσω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ohler explained the form as ἀπο- (apo-) + Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“to draw liquids, scoop”), the same root of Latin hauriō (“to draw, drain”), which is quite possible.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.pʰýs.sɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈpʰys.so/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈɸys.so/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈfys.so/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈfi.so/
Verb
[edit]ἀφῠ́σσω • (aphŭ́ssō)
- to draw liquids, decant, especially from a larger vessel with a smaller
- to sound, probe
- to tap, draw for oneself, help oneself to
- οὐδέ σ᾽ ὀΐω ἐνθάδ᾽ ἄτιμος ἐὼν ἄφενος καὶ πλοῦτον ἀφύξειν
- But neither do I think that for your sake I will be dishonored so that you can tap riches and wealth (Iliad 1.170)
- οὐδέ σ᾽ ὀΐω ἐνθάδ᾽ ἄτιμος ἐὼν ἄφενος καὶ πλοῦτον ἀφύξειν
Inflection
[edit] Present: ἀφῠ́σσω, ἀφῠ́σσομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | φῠ́ξω | φῠ́ξεις | φῠ́ξει | φῠ́ξετον | φῠ́ξετον | φῠ́ξομεν | φῠ́ξετε | φῠ́ξουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | φῠ́ξοιμῐ | φῠ́ξοις | φῠ́ξοι | φῠ́ξοιτον | φῠξοίτην | φῠ́ξοιμεν | φῠ́ξοιτε | φῠ́ξοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | φῠ́ξομαι | φῠ́ξῃ, φῠ́ξει |
φῠ́ξεται | φῠ́ξεσθον | φῠ́ξεσθον | φῠξόμεθᾰ | φῠ́ξεσθε | φῠ́ξονται | ||||
optative | φῠξοίμην | φῠ́ξοιο | φῠ́ξοιτο | φῠ́ξοισθον | φῠξοίσθην | φῠξοίμεθᾰ | φῠ́ξοισθε | φῠ́ξοιντο | |||||
passive | indicative | φῠχθήσομαι | φῠχθήσῃ | φῠχθήσεται | φῠχθήσεσθον | φῠχθήσεσθον | φῠχθησόμεθᾰ | φῠχθήσεσθε | φῠχθήσονται | ||||
optative | φῠχθησοίμην | φῠχθήσοιο | φῠχθήσοιτο | φῠχθήσοισθον | φῠχθησοίσθην | φῠχθησοίμεθᾰ | φῠχθήσοισθε | φῠχθήσοιντο | |||||
active | middle | passive | |||||||||||
infinitive | φῠ́ξειν | φῠ́ξεσθαι | φῠχθήσεσθαι | ||||||||||
participle | m | φῠ́ξων | φῠξόμενος | φῠχθησόμενος | |||||||||
f | φῠ́ξουσᾰ | φῠξομένη | φῠχθησομένη | ||||||||||
n | φῠ́ξον | φῠξόμενον | φῠχθησόμενον | ||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ἀφύσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀφύσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀφύσσω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀφύσσω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀφύσσω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀφύσσω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀφύσσω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 180