θωρώ

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek θωρῶ (thōrô), from earlier θιωρῶ (thiōrô), from Ancient Greek θεωρῶ (theōrô), common variant of θεωρέω (theōréō) / .[1] [2] Doublet of θεωρώ (theoró).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θoˈro/
Hyphenation: θω‧ρώ

Verb

θωρώ • (thoró) (imperfect θωρούσα, passive —) found only in the imperfective tenses

(vernacular, poetic) to gaze, examine, look over
- Poem by Aristotelis Valaoritis (1824-1879)
  Πῶς μᾶς θωρεῖς ἀκίνητος;... Ποῦ τρέχει ὁ λογισμός σου
  Pos mas thoreís akínitos?... Pou tréchei o logismós sou
  How do you gaze upon us, still?... And where your thoughts are drifting
  (literally, “How do you gaze upon us, immobile?... Where is your thinking running to?”)

Conjugation

θωρώ (active forms, imperfective)

	Active voice ➤ — Imperfective aspect ➤
Indicative mood ➤	Present ➤	Imperfect ➤	Future ➤
1 sg	θωρώ	θωρούσα	θα θωρώ
2 sg	θωρείς	θωρούσες	θα θωρείς
3 sg	θωρεί	θωρούσε	θα θωρεί

1 pl	θωρούμε	θωρούσαμε	θα θωρούμε
2 pl	θωρείτε	θωρούσατε	θα θωρείτε
3 pl	θωρούν(ε)	θωρούσαν(ε)	θα θωρούν(ε)


Subjunctive mood ➤	Formed using present tense from above with a particle (να, ας).

Imperative mood ➤	2 sg	2 pl
Imperfective aspect	—	θωρείτε

Other forms	Present participle ➤
	θωρώντας ➤


Notes Appendix:Greek verbs	• (…) optional or informal. […] rare. {…} learned, archaic. • Multiple forms are shown in order of reducing frequency. • Periphrastic imperative forms may be produced using the subjunctive.

Related terms

θωριά f (thoriá) (vernacular, poetic)

References

θωρώ - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
θεωρώ - Kriaras, Emmanuel (vol.1 1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας [Concise Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. I–XIV] (in Greek) Online edition (22 vols. printed edition)

[1] θωρώ - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.

[2] θεωρώ - Kriaras, Emmanuel (vol.1 1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας [Concise Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. I–XIV] (in Greek) Online edition (22 vols. printed edition)