δάπτω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *dapťō. If this verb is formed from a root δαπ-, this may be compared with Latin daps (“banquet, feast”) and perhaps with Tocharian A [Term?] (tāp-, “to consume, eat”), although the Tocharian initial t- is problematic. Further connections have been proposed with Latin damnum (“loss, damage”) and Old Norse tafn (“sacrifice”), as well as Old Armenian տօն (tōn, “festival, celebration”). All these connections point to Proto-Indo-European *deh₂p- (“to sacrifice, lose”). However, in spite of the proposed cognates, which do not convince Beekes on the semantic side, it can also be considered a Pre-Greek origin, especially if it should be related to δεῖπνον (deîpnon, “meal”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dáp.tɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdap.to/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðap.to/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðap.to/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðap.to/
Verb
δᾰ́πτω • (dắptō)
Inflection
Present: δᾰ́πτω, δᾰ́πτομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | δᾰ́πτω | δᾰ́πτεις | δᾰ́πτει | δᾰ́πτετον | δᾰ́πτετον | δᾰ́πτομεν | δᾰ́πτετε | δᾰ́πτουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | δᾰ́πτω | δᾰ́πτῃς | δᾰ́πτῃ | δᾰ́πτητον | δᾰ́πτητον | δᾰ́πτωμεν | δᾰ́πτητε | δᾰ́πτωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | δᾰ́πτοιμῐ | δᾰ́πτοις | δᾰ́πτοι | δᾰ́πτοιτον | δᾰπτοίτην | δᾰ́πτοιμεν | δᾰ́πτοιτε | δᾰ́πτοιεν | |||||
| imperative | δᾰ́πτε | δᾰπτέτω | δᾰ́πτετον | δᾰπτέτων | δᾰ́πτετε | δᾰπτόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | δᾰ́πτομαι | δᾰ́πτῃ / δᾰ́πτει | δᾰ́πτεται | δᾰ́πτεσθον | δᾰ́πτεσθον | δᾰπτόμεθᾰ | δᾰ́πτεσθε | δᾰ́πτονται | ||||
| subjunctive | δᾰ́πτωμαι | δᾰ́πτῃ | δᾰ́πτηται | δᾰ́πτησθον | δᾰ́πτησθον | δᾰπτώμεθᾰ | δᾰ́πτησθε | δᾰ́πτωνται | |||||
| optative | δᾰπτοίμην | δᾰ́πτοιο | δᾰ́πτοιτο | δᾰ́πτοισθον | δᾰπτοίσθην | δᾰπτοίμεθᾰ | δᾰ́πτοισθε | δᾰ́πτοιντο | |||||
| imperative | δᾰ́πτου | δᾰπτέσθω | δᾰ́πτεσθον | δᾰπτέσθων | δᾰ́πτεσθε | δᾰπτέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | δᾰ́πτειν | δᾰ́πτεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | δᾰ́πτων | δᾰπτόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | δᾰ́πτουσᾰ | δᾰπτομένη | |||||||||||
| n | δᾰ́πτον | δᾰπτόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Future: δᾰ́ψω, δᾰ́ψομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | δᾰ́ψω | δᾰ́ψεις | δᾰ́ψει | δᾰ́ψετον | δᾰ́ψετον | δᾰ́ψομεν | δᾰ́ψετε | δᾰ́ψουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| optative | δᾰ́ψοιμῐ | δᾰ́ψοις | δᾰ́ψοι | δᾰ́ψοιτον | δᾰψοίτην | δᾰ́ψοιμεν | δᾰ́ψοιτε | δᾰ́ψοιεν | |||||
| middle | indicative | δᾰ́ψομαι | δᾰ́ψῃ / δᾰ́ψει | δᾰ́ψεται | δᾰ́ψεσθον | δᾰ́ψεσθον | δᾰψόμεθᾰ | δᾰ́ψεσθε | δᾰ́ψονται | ||||
| optative | δᾰψοίμην | δᾰ́ψοιο | δᾰ́ψοιτο | δᾰ́ψοισθον | δᾰψοίσθην | δᾰψοίμεθᾰ | δᾰ́ψοισθε | δᾰ́ψοιντο | |||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | δᾰ́ψειν | δᾰ́ψεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | δᾰ́ψων | δᾰψόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | δᾰ́ψουσᾰ | δᾰψομένη | |||||||||||
| n | δᾰ́ψον | δᾰψόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: ἔδᾰψᾰ, ἐδᾰψᾰ́μην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔδᾰψᾰ | ἔδᾰψᾰς | ἔδᾰψε(ν) | ἐδᾰ́ψᾰτον | ἐδᾰψᾰ́την | ἐδᾰ́ψᾰμεν | ἐδᾰ́ψᾰτε | ἔδᾰψᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | δᾰ́ψω | δᾰ́ψῃς | δᾰ́ψῃ | δᾰ́ψητον | δᾰ́ψητον | δᾰ́ψωμεν | δᾰ́ψητε | δᾰ́ψωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | δᾰ́ψαιμῐ | δᾰ́ψειᾰς / δᾰ́ψαις | δᾰ́ψειε(ν) / δᾰ́ψαι | δᾰ́ψαιτον | δᾰψαίτην | δᾰ́ψαιμεν | δᾰ́ψαιτε | δᾰ́ψειᾰν / δᾰ́ψαιεν | |||||
| imperative | δᾰ́ψον | δᾰψᾰ́τω | δᾰ́ψᾰτον | δᾰψᾰ́των | δᾰ́ψᾰτε | δᾰψᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐδᾰψᾰ́μην | ἐδᾰ́ψω | ἐδᾰ́ψᾰτο | ἐδᾰ́ψᾰσθον | ἐδᾰψᾰ́σθην | ἐδᾰψᾰ́μεθᾰ | ἐδᾰ́ψᾰσθε | ἐδᾰ́ψᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | δᾰ́ψωμαι | δᾰ́ψῃ | δᾰ́ψηται | δᾰ́ψησθον | δᾰ́ψησθον | δᾰψώμεθᾰ | δᾰ́ψησθε | δᾰ́ψωνται | |||||
| optative | δᾰψαίμην | δᾰ́ψαιο | δᾰ́ψαιτο | δᾰ́ψαισθον | δᾰψαίσθην | δᾰψαίμεθᾰ | δᾰ́ψαισθε | δᾰ́ψαιντο | |||||
| imperative | δᾰ́ψαι | δᾰψᾰ́σθω | δᾰ́ψᾰσθον | δᾰψᾰ́σθων | δᾰ́ψᾰσθε | δᾰψᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | δᾰ́ψαι | δᾰ́ψᾰσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | δᾰ́ψᾱς | δᾰψᾰ́μενος | ||||||||||
| f | δᾰ́ψᾱσᾰ | δᾰψᾰμένη | |||||||||||
| n | δᾰ́ψᾰν | δᾰψᾰ́μενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “δάπτω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δάπτω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “δάπτω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δάπτω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δάπτω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δάπτω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN