τηρέω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τηρός (tērós, “a guard”) + -έω (-éō, denominative verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tɛː.ré.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /te̝ˈre.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tiˈre.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tiˈre.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tiˈre.o/
Verb
τηρέω • (tēréō)
- to watch over, take care of, guard
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 2.161
- 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 210
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cynegeticus 6.1
- 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 579
- 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 22.15.2
- 100 BCE – 1 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Library 17.15
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.13
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.30
- to take care that
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 5.9.5
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 5.8.2
- 421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 146
- 411 BCE, Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 580
- 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 169C
- 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 276
- 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 372
- 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 1386
- to have an eye upon, give heed to, watch, observe
- 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 1145
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.60
- 421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 146
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 442A
- to watch for
- 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 808
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.134
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.2
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Nicostratus 17
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 278
- 391 BCE, Aristophanes, Assemblywomen 946
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.65
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.22
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Neaera 103
- 350 BCE, Aristotle, On the Heavens 2.12.3
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric 2.5.8
- 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Collected Works 126.35
- (absolute) to watch, keep watch
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 9.6.4
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 9.39.4
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.26
- 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, Collected Works 117.14
- to observe or keep an engagement
- 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Collected Works 6D
- 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Collected Works 189.37
- 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 89
Inflection
Present: τηρέω, τηρέομαι (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | τηρέω | τηρέεις | τηρέει | τηρέετον | τηρέετον | τηρέομεν | τηρέετε | τηρέουσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | τηρέω | τηρέῃς | τηρέῃ | τηρέητον | τηρέητον | τηρέωμεν | τηρέητε | τηρέωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | τηρέοιμῐ | τηρέοις | τηρέοι | τηρέοιτον | τηρεοίτην | τηρέοιμεν | τηρέοιτε | τηρέοιεν | |||||
imperative | τήρεε | τηρεέτω | τηρέετον | τηρεέτων | τηρέετε | τηρεόντων | |||||||
middle/ passive | indicative | τηρέομαι | τηρέῃ, τηρέει | τηρέεται | τηρέεσθον | τηρέεσθον | τηρεόμεθᾰ | τηρέεσθε | τηρέονται | ||||
subjunctive | τηρέωμαι | τηρέῃ | τηρέηται | τηρέησθον | τηρέησθον | τηρεώμεθᾰ | τηρέησθε | τηρέωνται | |||||
optative | τηρεοίμην | τηρέοιο | τηρέοιτο | τηρέοισθον | τηρεοίσθην | τηρεοίμεθᾰ | τηρέοισθε | τηρέοιντο | |||||
imperative | τηρέου | τηρεέσθω | τηρέεσθον | τηρεέσθων | τηρέεσθε | τηρεέσθων | |||||||
active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
infinitive | τηρέειν | τηρέεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | τηρέων | τηρεόμενος | ||||||||||
f | τηρέουσᾰ | τηρεομένη | |||||||||||
n | τηρέον | τηρεόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Present: τηρῶ, τηροῦμαι (Contracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | τηρῶ | τηρεῖς | τηρεῖ | τηρεῖτον | τηρεῖτον | τηροῦμεν | τηρεῖτε | τηροῦσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | τηρῶ | τηρῇς | τηρῇ | τηρῆτον | τηρῆτον | τηρῶμεν | τηρῆτε | τηρῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | τηροίην, τηροῖμῐ | τηροίης, τηροῖς | τηροίη, τηροῖ | τηροῖτον, τηροίητον | τηροίτην, τηροιήτην | τηροῖμεν, τηροίημεν | τηροῖτε, τηροίητε | τηροῖεν, τηροίησᾰν | |||||
imperative | τήρει | τηρείτω | τηρεῖτον | τηρείτων | τηρεῖτε | τηρούντων | |||||||
middle/ passive | indicative | τηροῦμαι | τηρεῖ, τηρῇ | τηρεῖται | τηρεῖσθον | τηρεῖσθον | τηρούμεθᾰ | τηρεῖσθε | τηροῦνται | ||||
subjunctive | τηρῶμαι | τηρῇ | τηρῆται | τηρῆσθον | τηρῆσθον | τηρώμεθᾰ | τηρῆσθε | τηρῶνται | |||||
optative | τηροίμην | τηροῖο | τηροῖτο | τηροῖσθον | τηροίσθην | τηροίμεθᾰ | τηροῖσθε | τηροῖντο | |||||
imperative | τηροῦ | τηρείσθω | τηρεῖσθον | τηρείσθων | τηρεῖσθε | τηρείσθων | |||||||
active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
infinitive | τηρεῖν | τηρεῖσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | τηρῶν | τηρούμενος | ||||||||||
f | τηροῦσᾰ | τηρουμένη | |||||||||||
n | τηροῦν | τηρούμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
References
- “τηρέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τηρέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τηρέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “τηρέω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G5083 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible