αἴνυμαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *ainúmai, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- (“to give, be given”) +‎ *-néw-. Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐁁𐀝𐀕𐀜 (a3-nu-me-no /⁠Ainumenos⁠/), Umbrian 𐌀𐌉𐌕𐌖 (aitu), further with Tocharian B ai-, Tocharian A e- (“to give, take”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

αἴνῠμαι • (aínŭmai)

  1. (poetic, chiefly Epic) to take, take off, take hold of

Conjugation

   Present: αἴνῠμαι (Epic)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle indicative αἴνῠμαι αἴνῠσαι αἴνῠται αἴνῠσθον αἴνῠσθον αἰνῠ́μεθα αἴνῠσθε αἴνῠνται
subjunctive αἰνῠ́ωμαι αἰνῠ́ῃ αἰνῠ́ηται αἰνῠ́ησθον αἰνῠ́ησθον αἰνῠώμε(σ)θᾰ αἰνῠ́ησθε αἰνῠ́ωνται
optative αἰνῠοίμην αἰνῠ́οιο αἰνῠ́οιτο αἰνῠ́οισθον αἰνῠοίσθην αἰνῠοίμε(σ)θᾰ αἰνῠ́οισθε αἰνῠοίᾰτο
imperative   αἴνῠσο αἰνῠ́σθω αἴνῠσθον αἰνῠ́σθων   αἴνῠσθε αἰνῠ́σθων
infinitive αἴνῠσθαι
participle m αἰνῠ́μενος
f αἰνῠμένη
n αἰνῠ́μενον
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.
   Imperfect: αἰνῠ́μην (Epic)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle indicative αἰνῠ́μην αἴνῠσο αἴνῠτο αἴνῠσθον αἰνῠ́σθην αἰνῠ́με(σ)θᾰ αἴνῠσθε αἴνῠντο
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

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “αἴνυμαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 40

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