σαόω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σάος (sáos) + -όω (-óō)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sa.ó.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /saˈo.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /saˈo.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /saˈo.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /saˈo.o/
Verb
σᾰόω • (saóō)
- (Epic) Synonym of σῴζω (sṓizō, “to save”)
Conjugation
Present: σᾰῶ (Contracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | σᾰῶ | σᾰοῖς | σᾰοῖ | σᾰοῦτον | σᾰοῦτον | σᾰοῦμεν | σᾰοῦτε | σᾰοῦσι / σᾰ́ωσι | ||||
subjunctive | σᾰῶ | σᾰοῖς | σᾰοῖ | σᾰῶτον | σᾰῶτον | σᾰῶμεν | σᾰῶτε | σᾰῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | σᾰοίην, σᾰοῖμῐ | σᾰῷς | σᾰῷ | σᾰοῖτον, σᾰοίητον | σᾰοίτην, σᾰοιήτην | σᾰοῖμεν, σᾰοίημεν | σᾰοῖτε, σᾰοίητε | σᾰοῖεν, σᾰοίησᾰν | |||||
imperative | σᾰ́ου / σᾰ́ω | σᾰούτω | σᾰοῦτον | σᾰούτων | σᾰοῦτε | σᾰούντων | |||||||
active | |||||||||||||
infinitive | σᾰοῦν | ||||||||||||
participle | m | σᾰῶν | |||||||||||
f | σᾰοῦσᾰ | ||||||||||||
n | σᾰοῦν | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Imperfect: σᾰ́ουν (Epic, contracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | σᾰ́ουν | σᾰ́ους | σᾰ́ου / σᾰ́ω | σᾰοῦτον | σᾰούτην | σᾰοῦμεν | σᾰοῦτε | σᾰ́ουν | ||||
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. |
Future: σᾰώσω, σᾰώσομαι (Epic)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | σᾰώσω | σᾰώσεις | σᾰώσει | σᾰώσετον | σᾰώσετον | σᾰώσομεν | σᾰώσετε | σᾰώσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | σᾰώσοιμῐ | σᾰώσοισ(θᾰ) | σᾰώσοι | σᾰώσοιτον | σᾰωσοίτην | σᾰώσοιμεν | σᾰώσοιτε | σᾰώσοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | σᾰώσομαι | σᾰώσεαι | σᾰώσεται | σᾰώσεσθον | σᾰώσεσθον | σᾰωσόμε(σ)θᾰ | σᾰώσεσθε | σᾰώσονται | ||||
optative | σᾰωσοίμην | σᾰώσοιο | σᾰώσοιτο | σᾰώσοισθον | σᾰωσοίσθην | σᾰωσοίμε(σ)θᾰ | σᾰώσοισθε | σᾰωσοίᾰτο | |||||
active | middle | ||||||||||||
infinitive | σᾰώσειν/σᾰωσέμεν(αι)/σᾰωσμέναι | σᾰώσεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | σᾰώσων | σᾰωσόμενος | ||||||||||
f | σᾰώσουσᾰ | σᾰωσομένη | |||||||||||
n | σᾰῶσον | σᾰωσόμενον | |||||||||||
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. |
Aorist: ἐσᾰ́ωσᾰ, ἐσᾰωσᾰ́μην, ἐσᾰώθην (Epic)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐσᾰ́ωσᾰ | ἐσᾰ́ωσᾰς | ἐσᾰ́ωσε(ν) | ἐσᾰώσᾰτον | ἐσᾰωσᾰ́την | ἐσᾰώσᾰμεν | ἐσᾰώσᾰτε | ἐσᾰ́ωσᾰν | ||||
subjunctive | σᾰώσω, σᾰώσωμῐ | σᾰώσῃς, σᾰώσῃσθᾰ | σᾰώσῃ, σᾰώσῃσῐ | σᾰώσητον | σᾰώσητον | σᾰώσωμεν | σᾰώσητε | σᾰώσωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | σᾰώσαιμῐ | σᾰώσαις, σᾰώσαισθᾰ, σᾰώσειᾰς | σᾰώσειε(ν), σᾰώσαι | σᾰωσεῖτον | σᾰωσείτην | σᾰωσεῖμεν | σᾰωσεῖτε | σᾰωσεῖεν | |||||
imperative | σᾰ́ωσον | σᾰωσᾰ́τω | σᾰώσᾰτον | σᾰωσᾰ́των | σᾰώσᾰτε | σᾰωσᾰ́ντων | |||||||
middle | indicative | ἐσᾰωσᾰ́μην | ἐσᾰώσω | ἐσᾰώσᾰτο | ἐσᾰώσᾰσθον | ἐσᾰωσᾰ́σθην | ἐσᾰωσᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ | ἐσᾰώσᾰσθε | ἐσᾰώσᾰντο | ||||
subjunctive | σᾰώσωμαι, σᾰωσώμαιμῐ | σᾰώσηαι, σᾰώσηαι | σᾰώσηται, σᾰωσήταισῐ | σᾰώσησθον | σᾰώσησθον | σᾰωσώμε(σ)θᾰ | σᾰώσησθε | σᾰώσωνται | |||||
optative | σᾰωσαίμην | σᾰώσαιο | σᾰώσαιτο | σᾰώσαισθον | σᾰωσαίσθην | σᾰωσαίμε(σ)θᾰ | σᾰώσαισθε | σᾰωσαίᾰτο | |||||
imperative | σᾰ́ωσαι | σᾰωσᾰ́σθω | σᾰώσᾰσθον | σᾰωσᾰ́σθων | σᾰώσᾰσθε | σᾰωσᾰ́σθων | |||||||
passive | indicative | ἐσᾰώθην | ἐσᾰώθης | ἐσᾰώθη | ἐσᾰώθητον | ἐσᾰωθήτην | ἐσᾰώθημεν | ἐσᾰώθητε | ἐσᾰώθησᾰν, ἐσᾰ́ωθεν | ||||
subjunctive | σᾰωθῶ, σᾰωθῶμῐ | σᾰωθῇς, σᾰωθῇσθᾰ | σᾰωθῇ, σᾰωθῇσῐ | σᾰωθῆτον | σᾰωθῆτον | σᾰωθῶμεν | σᾰωθῆτε | σᾰωθῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | σᾰωθείην | σᾰωθείης | σᾰωθείη | σᾰωθεῖτον, σᾰωθείητον | σᾰωθείτην, σᾰωθειήτην | σᾰωθεῖμεν, σᾰωθείημεν | σᾰωθεῖτε, σᾰωθείητε | σᾰώθειεν, σᾰωθείησᾰν | |||||
imperative | σᾰώθητῐ | σᾰωθήτω | σᾰώθητον | σᾰωθήτων | σᾰώθητε | σᾰωθέντων | |||||||
active | middle | passive | |||||||||||
infinitive | σᾰῶσαι/σᾰωσᾰ́μεν/σᾰωσᾰμέναι | σᾰώσᾰσθαι | σᾰωθῆναι/σᾰωθήμεναι | ||||||||||
participle | m | σᾰώσᾱς | σᾰωσᾰ́μενος | σᾰωθείς | |||||||||
f | σᾰώσᾱσᾰ | σᾰωσᾰμένη | σᾰωθεῖσᾰ | ||||||||||
n | σᾰῶσᾰν | σᾰωσᾰ́μενον | σᾰωθέν | ||||||||||
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. |
Aorist: σᾰ́ωσᾰ, σᾰωσᾰ́μην, σᾰώθην (Epic)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | σᾰ́ωσᾰ | σᾰ́ωσᾰς | σᾰ́ωσε(ν) | σᾰώσᾰτον | σᾰωσᾰ́την | σᾰώσᾰμεν | σᾰώσᾰτε | σᾰ́ωσᾰν | ||||
middle | indicative | σᾰωσᾰ́μην | σᾰώσω | σᾰώσᾰτο | σᾰώσᾰσθον | σᾰωσᾰ́σθην | σᾰωσᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ | σᾰώσᾰσθε | σᾰώσᾰντο | ||||
passive | indicative | σᾰώθην | σᾰώθης | σᾰώθη | σᾰώθητον | σᾰωθήτην | σᾰώθημεν | σᾰώθητε | σᾰώθησᾰν, σᾰ́ωθεν | ||||
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. |
Derived terms
- ἐκσαόω (eksaóō)
- ὑπεκσαόω (hupeksaóō)
Further reading
- σαόω in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- σαόω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- σαόω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- σαόω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press