ἐλευθερόω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros) + -όω (-óō).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.leu̯.tʰe.ró.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.lew.tʰeˈro.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.leɸ.θeˈro.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.lef.θeˈro.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.lef.θeˈro.o/
Verb
[edit]ἐλευθερόω • (eleutheróō)
- (transitive) to free, set free, loose, release [with genitive ‘from’]
- (transitive) to free from blame, acquit
Conjugation
[edit]number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἠλευθέρουν | ἠλευθέρους | ἠλευθέρου | ἠλευθεροῦτον | ἠλευθερούτην | ἠλευθεροῦμεν | ἠλευθεροῦτε | ἠλευθέρουν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠλευθερούμην | ἠλευθεροῦ | ἠλευθεροῦτο | ἠλευθεροῦσθον | ἠλευθερούσθην | ἠλευθερούμεθᾰ | ἠλευθεροῦσθε | ἠλευθεροῦντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: ἠλευθέρωκᾰ, ἠλευθέρωμαι
Pluperfect: ἠλευθερώκειν, ἠλευθερώμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἠλευθερώκειν, ἠλευθερώκη |
ἠλευθερώκεις, ἠλευθερώκης |
ἠλευθερώκει(ν) | ἠλευθερώκετον | ἠλευθερωκέτην | ἠλευθερώκεμεν | ἠλευθερώκετε | ἠλευθερώκεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠλευθερώμην | ἠλευθέρωσο | ἠλευθέρωτο | ἠλευθέρωσθον | ἠλευθερώσθην | ἠλευθερώμεθᾰ | ἠλευθέρωσθε | ἠλευθέρωντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Quotations
[edit]- 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of John 8:32:
- καὶ γνώσεσθε τὴν ἀλήθειαν, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια ἐλευθερώσει ὑμᾶς.
- kaì gnṓsesthe tḕn alḗtheian, kaì hē alḗtheia eleutherṓsei humâs.
- Translation by KJV
- And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
- καὶ γνώσεσθε τὴν ἀλήθειαν, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια ἐλευθερώσει ὑμᾶς.
Descendants
[edit]- Greek: ελευθερώνω (eleftheróno), λευτερώνω (lefteróno)
Further reading
[edit]- ἐλευθερόω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐλευθερόω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἐλευθερόω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἐλευθερόω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G1659 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible