ἄω
See also: ἀῶ and -άω
Ancient Greek
Etymology 1
Related to ἄημι (áēmi).
Verb
ἄω • (áō)
- to blow
- 300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 1.605
- 300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 2.1228
Usage notes
Only found in the imperfect ἄεν (áen).
References
- ἄω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2
Related to ἰαύω (iaúō).
Verb
ἄω • (áō)
- to sleep
Inflection
Only used in the aorist.
Aorist: ᾰ̓́εσᾰ
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ᾰ̓́εσᾰ | ᾰ̓́εσᾰς | ᾰ̓́εσε(ν) | ᾰ̓έσᾰτον | ᾰ̓εσᾰ́την | ᾰ̓έσᾰμεν | ᾰ̓έσᾰτε | ᾰ̓́εσᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | ᾰ̓έσω | ᾰ̓έσῃς | ᾰ̓έσῃ | ᾰ̓έσητον | ᾰ̓έσητον | ᾰ̓έσωμεν | ᾰ̓έσητε | ᾰ̓έσωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ᾰ̓έσαιμῐ | ᾰ̓έσειᾰς, ᾰ̓έσαις | ᾰ̓έσειε(ν), ᾰ̓έσαι | ᾰ̓έσαιτον | ᾰ̓εσαίτην | ᾰ̓έσαιμεν | ᾰ̓έσαιτε | ᾰ̓έσειᾰν, ᾰ̓έσαιεν | |||||
| imperative | ᾰ̓́εσον | ᾰ̓εσᾰ́τω | ᾰ̓έσᾰτον | ᾰ̓εσᾰ́των | ᾰ̓έσᾰτε | ᾰ̓εσᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ᾰ̓έσαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ᾰ̓έσᾱς | |||||||||||
| f | ᾰ̓έσᾱσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | ᾰ̓έσᾰν | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Aorist: ἆσᾰ
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἆσᾰ | ἆσᾰς | ἆσε(ν) | ᾱ̓́σᾰτον | ᾱ̓σᾰ́την | ᾱ̓́σᾰμεν | ᾱ̓́σᾰτε | ἆσᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | ᾱ̓́σω | ᾱ̓́σῃς | ᾱ̓́σῃ | ᾱ̓́σητον | ᾱ̓́σητον | ᾱ̓́σωμεν | ᾱ̓́σητε | ᾱ̓́σωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ᾱ̓́σαιμῐ | ᾱ̓́σειᾰς, ᾱ̓́σαις | ᾱ̓́σειε(ν), ᾱ̓́σαι | ᾱ̓́σαιτον | ᾱ̓σαίτην | ᾱ̓́σαιμεν | ᾱ̓́σαιτε | ᾱ̓́σειᾰν, ᾱ̓́σαιεν | |||||
| imperative | ἆσον | ᾱ̓σᾰ́τω | ᾱ̓́σᾰτον | ᾱ̓σᾰ́των | ᾱ̓́σᾰτε | ᾱ̓σᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἆσαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ᾱ̓́σᾱς | |||||||||||
| f | ᾱ̓́σᾱσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | ἆσᾰν | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
References
- ἄω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 3
Contraction of ἀάω (aáō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ǎː.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.o/
Verb
ἄω • (áō)
- Alternative form of ἀάω (aáō, “I hurt”)
References
- ἄω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 4
From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate, satisfy”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ǎː.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.o/
Verb
ἄω • (áō)
- to satiate
- (intransitive) to take one's fill
Inflection
Present: ᾱ̓́ω, ᾱ̓́ομαι (Epic)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ᾱ̓́ω | ᾱ̓́εις | ᾱ̓́ει | ᾱ̓́ετον | ᾱ̓́ετον | ᾱ̓́ομεν | ᾱ̓́ετε | ᾱ̓́ουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | ᾱ̓́ω, ᾱ̓́ωμῐ | ᾱ̓́ῃς, ᾱ̓́ῃσθᾰ | ᾱ̓́ῃ, ᾱ̓́ῃσῐ | ᾱ̓́ητον | ᾱ̓́ητον | ᾱ̓́ωμεν | ᾱ̓́ητε | ᾱ̓́ωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ᾱ̓́οιμῐ | ᾱ̓́οισ(θᾰ) | ᾱ̓́οι | ᾱ̓́οιτον | ᾱ̓οίτην | ᾱ̓́οιμεν | ᾱ̓́οιτε | ᾱ̓́οιεν | |||||
| imperative | ἆε | ᾱ̓έτω | ᾱ̓́ετον | ᾱ̓έτων | ᾱ̓́ετε | ᾱ̓όντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive | indicative | ᾱ̓́ομαι | ? | ἄᾰται, ἆται | ? | ? | ᾱ̓όμε(σ)θᾰ | ? | ᾱ̓́ονται | ||||
| subjunctive | ᾱ̓́ωμαι, ᾱ̓ώμαιμῐ | ᾱ̓́ηαι, ᾱ̓́ηαι | ᾱ̓́ηται, ᾱ̓ήταισῐ | ᾱ̓́ησθον | ᾱ̓́ησθον | ᾱ̓ώμε(σ)θᾰ | ᾱ̓́ησθε | ᾱ̓́ωνται | |||||
| optative | ᾱ̓οίμην | ᾱ̓́οιο | ᾱ̓́οιτο | ᾱ̓́οισθον | ᾱ̓οίσθην | ᾱ̓οίμε(σ)θᾰ | ᾱ̓́οισθε | ᾱ̓οίᾰτο | |||||
| imperative | ᾱ̓́εο | ᾱ̓έσθω | ᾱ̓́εσθον | ᾱ̓έσθων | ᾱ̓́εσθε | ᾱ̓έσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | ᾱ̓́ειν/ᾱ̓έμεν(αι)/ᾱ̓μέναι | ᾱ̓́εσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | ᾱ̓́ων | ᾱ̓όμενος | ||||||||||
| f | ᾱ̓́ουσᾰ | ᾱ̓ομένη | |||||||||||
| n | ἆον | ᾱ̓όμενον | |||||||||||
| 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: ᾱ̓́σω, ᾱ̓́σομαι (Epic)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ᾱ̓́σω | ᾱ̓́σεις | ᾱ̓́σει | ᾱ̓́σετον | ᾱ̓́σετον | ᾱ̓́σομεν | ᾱ̓́σετε | ᾱ̓́σουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| optative | ᾱ̓́σοιμῐ | ᾱ̓́σοισ(θᾰ) | ᾱ̓́σοι | ᾱ̓́σοιτον | ᾱ̓σοίτην | ᾱ̓́σοιμεν | ᾱ̓́σοιτε | ᾱ̓́σοιεν | |||||
| middle | indicative | ᾱ̓́σομαι | ᾱ̓́σεαι | ᾱ̓́σεται | ᾱ̓́σεσθον | ᾱ̓́σεσθον | ᾱ̓σόμε(σ)θᾰ | ᾱ̓́σεσθε | ᾱ̓́σονται | ||||
| optative | ᾱ̓σοίμην | ᾱ̓́σοιο | ᾱ̓́σοιτο | ᾱ̓́σοισθον | ᾱ̓σοίσθην | ᾱ̓σοίμε(σ)θᾰ | ᾱ̓́σοισθε | ᾱ̓σοίᾰτο | |||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | ᾱ̓́σειν/ᾱ̓σέμεν(αι)/ᾱ̓σμέναι | ᾱ̓́σεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | ᾱ̓́σων | ᾱ̓σόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | ᾱ̓́σουσᾰ | ᾱ̓σομένη | |||||||||||
| n | ἆσον | ᾱ̓σόμενον | |||||||||||
| 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: ἆσᾰ, ᾱ̓σᾰ́μην (Epic)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἆσᾰ | ἆσᾰς | ἆσε(ν) | ᾱ̓́σᾰτον | ᾱ̓σᾰ́την | ᾱ̓́σᾰμεν | ᾱ̓́σᾰτε | ἆσᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | ᾱ̓́σω, ᾱ̓́σωμῐ | ᾱ̓́σῃς, ᾱ̓́σῃσθᾰ | ᾱ̓́σῃ, ᾱ̓́σῃσῐ | ᾱ̓́σητον | ᾱ̓́σητον | ᾱ̓́σωμεν/ἕωμεν | ᾱ̓́σητε | ᾱ̓́σωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ᾱ̓́σαιμῐ | ᾱ̓́σαις, ᾱ̓́σαισθᾰ, ᾱ̓́σειᾰς | ᾱ̓́σειε(ν), ᾱ̓́σαι | ᾱ̓σεῖτον | ᾱ̓σείτην | ᾱ̓σεῖμεν | ᾱ̓σεῖτε | ᾱ̓σεῖεν | |||||
| imperative | ἆσον | ᾱ̓σᾰ́τω | ᾱ̓́σᾰτον | ᾱ̓σᾰ́των | ᾱ̓́σᾰτε | ᾱ̓σᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| middle | indicative | ᾱ̓σᾰ́μην | ᾱ̓́σω | ᾱ̓́σᾰτο | ᾱ̓́σᾰσθον | ᾱ̓σᾰ́σθην | ᾱ̓σᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ | ᾱ̓́σᾰσθε | ᾱ̓́σᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | ᾱ̓́σωμαι, ᾱ̓σώμαιμῐ | ᾱ̓́σηαι, ᾱ̓́σηαι | ᾱ̓́σηται, ᾱ̓σήταισῐ | ᾱ̓́σησθον | ᾱ̓́σησθον | ᾱ̓σώμε(σ)θᾰ | ᾱ̓́σησθε | ᾱ̓́σωνται | |||||
| optative | ᾱ̓σαίμην | ᾱ̓́σαιο | ᾱ̓́σαιτο | ᾱ̓́σαισθον | ᾱ̓σαίσθην | ᾱ̓σαίμε(σ)θᾰ | ᾱ̓́σαισθε | ᾱ̓σαίᾰτο | |||||
| imperative | ἆσαι | ᾱ̓σᾰ́σθω | ᾱ̓́σᾰσθον | ᾱ̓σᾰ́σθων | ᾱ̓́σᾰσθε | ᾱ̓σᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἆσαι/ᾱ̓σᾰ́μεν/ᾱ̓σᾰμέναι | ᾱ̓́σᾰσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | ᾱ̓́σᾱς | ᾱ̓σᾰ́μενος | ||||||||||
| f | ᾱ̓́σᾱσᾰ | ᾱ̓σᾰμένη | |||||||||||
| n | ἆσᾰν | ᾱ̓σᾰ́μενον | |||||||||||
| 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. The first-person plural subjunctive form ἕωμεν (héōmen) is from an otherwise unattested second aorist stem ἑ- (he-) | ||||||||||||
References
- ἄω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄω in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)