ἅζομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *haďďomai, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yáǵyeti. (compare ἅγιος (hágios)); cognate with Sanskrit यजति (yájati, “to revere”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ház.do.mai̯/ → /ˈa.zo.mɛ/ → /ˈa.zo.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ház.do.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)a.zo.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.zo.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.zo.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.zo.me/

Verb

ἅζομαι • (házomai) (Epic)

1. to dread, stand in awe of, reverence
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Illiad 6.266-267.Moreover with hands unwashed I dread to pour libation of flaming wine to Zeus.:

     Χερσὶ δ’ ἀνίπτοισιν Διὶ λείβειν αἴθοπα οἶνον ἅζομαι

     Khersì d’ aníptoisin Diì leíbein aíthopa oînon házomai

   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Illiad 14.260:

     τὴν ἱκόμην φεύγων, ὃ δʼ ἐπαύσατο χωόμενός περ.
     ἅζετο γὰρ μὴ Νυκτὶ θοῇ ἀποθύμια ἕρδοι.
     νῦν αὖ τοῦτό

     tḕn hikómēn pheúgōn, hò d epaúsato khōómenós per.
     házeto gàr mḕ Nuktì thoêi apothúmia hérdoi.
     nûn aû toûtó

   • 430 BCE, Euripides, Herakles' Children 1035:

     ὅταν μόλωσι δεῦρο σὺν πολλῇ χερὶ
     χάριν προδόντες τήνδε. τοιούτων ξένων
     προύστητε. πῶς οὖν ταῦτʼ ἐγὼ πεπυσμένος
     δεῦρʼ ἦλθον, ἀλλʼ οὐ χρησμὸν ἡζόμην θεοῦ;
     Ἥραν νομίζων θεσφάτων κρείσσω πολὺ

     hótan mólōsi deûro sùn pollêi kherì
     khárin prodóntes tḗnde. toioútōn xénōn
     proústēte. pôs oûn taût egṑ pepusménos
     deûr êlthon, all ou khrēsmòn hēzómēn theoû?
     Hḗran nomízōn thesphátōn kreíssō polù

   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 9.475:

     σχέτλιʼ, ἐπεὶ ξείνους οὐχ ἅζεο σῷ ἐνὶ οἴκῳ
     ἐσθέμεναι· τῷ σε Ζεὺς τίσατο καὶ

     skhétli, epeì xeínous oukh házeo sôi enì oíkōi
     esthémenai; tôi se Zeùs tísato kaì

Inflection

   Present: ἅζομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἅζομαι	ἅζῃ, ἅζει	ἅζεται	ἅζεσθον	ἅζεσθον	ἁζόμεθᾰ	ἅζεσθε	ἅζονται
	subjunctive	ἅζωμαι	ἅζῃ	ἅζηται	ἅζησθον	ἅζησθον	ἁζώμεθᾰ	ἅζησθε	ἅζωνται
	optative	ἁζοίμην	ἅζοιο	ἅζοιτο	ἅζοισθον	ἁζοίσθην	ἁζοίμεθᾰ	ἅζοισθε	ἅζοιντο
	imperative		ἅζου	ἁζέσθω	ἅζεσθον	ἁζέσθων		ἅζεσθε	ἁζέσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						ἅζεσθαι
participle	m					ἁζόμενος
	f					ἁζομένη
	n					ἁζόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἠζόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἠζόμην	ἤζου	ἤζετο	ἤζεσθον	ἠζέσθην	ἠζόμεθᾰ	ἤζεσθε	ἤζοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

• “ἅζομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἅζομαι, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011