ἐτάζω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Denominative of ἐτός (etós, “true”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.táz.dɔː/ → /eˈta.zo/ → /eˈta.zo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.táz.dɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈta.zo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈta.zo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈta.zo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈta.zo/

Verb

ἐτάζω • (etázō)

1. to examine, test
   • 484 BCE – 425 BCE, Herodotus, 3 62.v.l.
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Democritus, 266
   • 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Cratylus 41Od
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint

Conjugation

   Present: ἐτάζω, ἐτάζομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐτάζω	ἐτάζεις	ἐτάζει	ἐτάζετον	ἐτάζετον	ἐτάζομεν	ἐτάζετε	ἐτάζουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐτάζω	ἐτάζῃς	ἐτάζῃ	ἐτάζητον	ἐτάζητον	ἐτάζωμεν	ἐτάζητε	ἐτάζωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐτάζοιμῐ	ἐτάζοις	ἐτάζοι	ἐτάζοιτον	ἐταζοίτην	ἐτάζοιμεν	ἐτάζοιτε	ἐτάζοιεν
	imperative		ἔταζε	ἐταζέτω	ἐτάζετον	ἐταζέτων		ἐτάζετε	ἐταζόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐτάζομαι	ἐτάζῃ, ἐτάζει	ἐτάζεται	ἐτάζεσθον	ἐτάζεσθον	ἐταζόμεθᾰ	ἐτάζεσθε	ἐτάζονται
	subjunctive	ἐτάζωμαι	ἐτάζῃ	ἐτάζηται	ἐτάζησθον	ἐτάζησθον	ἐταζώμεθᾰ	ἐτάζησθε	ἐτάζωνται
	optative	ἐταζοίμην	ἐτάζοιο	ἐτάζοιτο	ἐτάζοισθον	ἐταζοίσθην	ἐταζοίμεθᾰ	ἐτάζοισθε	ἐτάζοιντο
	imperative		ἐτάζου	ἐταζέσθω	ἐτάζεσθον	ἐταζέσθων		ἐτάζεσθε	ἐταζέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἐτάζειν				ἐτάζεσθαι
participle	m	ἐτάζων				ἐταζόμενος
	f	ἐτάζουσᾰ				ἐταζομένη
	n	ἐτᾶζον				ἐταζόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• ἐξετασία (exetasía)
• ἐξέτασις (exétasis)
• ἐξετασμός (exetasmós)
• ἐξεταστήριον (exetastḗrion)
• ἐξεταστής (exetastḗs)
• ἐξεταστικός (exetastikós)
• ἔτασις (étasis)
• ἐτασμός (etasmós)
• ἐταστής (etastḗs)

 

References

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐτάζω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 473