ἄλθομαι

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ál.tʰo.mai̯/ → /ˈal.θo.mɛ/ → /ˈal.θo.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ál.tʰo.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈal.tʰo.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.θo.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.θo.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈal.θo.me/

Verb

ἄλθομαι • (álthomai)

1. (Epic) Synonym of ἀλθαίνω (althaínō, “to heal; become well”)
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.417:

     Ἦ ῥα, καὶ ἀμφοτέρῃσιν ἀπ᾿ ἰχῶ χειρὸς ὀμόργνυ· ἄλθετο χείρ, ὀδύναι δὲ κατηπιόωντο βαρεῖαι.

     Ê rha, kaì amphotérēisin ap’ ikhô kheiròs omórgnu; áltheto kheír, odúnai dè katēpióōnto bareîai.

Conjugation

The form ἄλθετο (áltheto) may also be a second aorist form of ἀλθαίνω (althaínō).

   Present: ἄλθομαι (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἄλθομαι	ἄλθεαι	ἄλθεται	ἄλθεσθον	ἄλθεσθον	ἀλθόμεθᾰ	ἄλθεσθε	ἄλθονται
	subjunctive	ἄλθωμαι	ἄλθηαι	ἄλθηται	ἄλθησθον	ἄλθησθον	ἀλθώμεθᾰ	ἄλθησθε	ἄλθωνται
	optative	ἀλθοίμην	ἄλθοιο	ἄλθοιτο	ἄλθοισθον	ἀλθοίσθην	ἀλθοίμεθᾰ	ἄλθοισθε	ἄλθοιντο
	imperative		ἄλθεο	ἀλθέσθω	ἄλθεσθον	ἀλθέσθων		ἄλθεσθε	ἀλθέσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						ἄλθεσθαι
participle	m					ἀλθόμενος
	f					ἀλθομένη
	n					ἀλθόμενον
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: ἀλθόμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἀλθόμην	ἄλθου	ἄλθετο	ἄλθεσθον	ἀλθέσθην	ἀλθόμεθᾰ	ἄλθεσθε	ἄλθοντο
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.

Further reading

• “ἄλθομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄλθομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄλθομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἄλθομαι”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011