εἴκω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ϝείκω (weíkō), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to curve, bend; exchange”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ěː.kɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈi.ko/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.ko/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.ko/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.ko/
Verb
εἴκω • (eíkō)
Conjugation
Present: εἴκω
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | εἴκω | εἴκεις | εἴκει | εἴκετον | εἴκετον | εἴκομεν | εἴκετε | εἴκουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | εἴκω | εἴκῃς | εἴκῃ | εἴκητον | εἴκητον | εἴκωμεν | εἴκητε | εἴκωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | εἴκοιμῐ | εἴκοις | εἴκοι | εἴκοιτον | εἰκοίτην | εἴκοιμεν | εἴκοιτε | εἴκοιεν | |||||
| imperative | εἶκε | εἰκέτω | εἴκετον | εἰκέτων | εἴκετε | εἰκόντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | εἴκειν | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | εἴκων | |||||||||||
| f | εἴκουσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | εἶκον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: εἶκον
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | εἶκον | εἶκες | εἶκε(ν) | εἴκετον | εἰκέτην | εἴκομεν | εἴκετε | εἶκον | ||||
| 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: εἴξω
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | εἴξω | εἴξεις | εἴξει | εἴξετον | εἴξετον | εἴξομεν | εἴξετε | εἴξουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| optative | εἴξοιμῐ | εἴξοις | εἴξοι | εἴξοιτον | εἰξοίτην | εἴξοιμεν | εἴξοιτε | εἴξοιεν | |||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | εἴξειν | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | εἴξων | |||||||||||
| f | εἴξουσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | εἶξον | ||||||||||||
| 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: εἶξᾰ
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | εἶξᾰ | εἶξᾰς | εἶξε(ν) | εἴξᾰτον | εἰξᾰ́την | εἴξᾰμεν | εἴξᾰτε | εἶξᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | εἴξω | εἴξῃς | εἴξῃ | εἴξητον | εἴξητον | εἴξωμεν | εἴξητε | εἴξωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | εἴξαιμῐ | εἴξειᾰς / εἴξαις | εἴξειε(ν) / εἴξαι | εἴξαιτον | εἰξαίτην | εἴξαιμεν | εἴξαιτε | εἴξειᾰν / εἴξαιεν | |||||
| imperative | εἶξον | εἰξᾰ́τω | εἴξᾰτον | εἰξᾰ́των | εἴξᾰτε | εἰξᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | εἶξαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | εἴξᾱς | |||||||||||
| f | εἴξᾱσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | εἶξᾰν | ||||||||||||
| 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: ἔειξᾰ (poetic)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔειξᾰ | ἔειξᾰς | ἔειξε(ν) | ἐείξᾰτον | ἐειξᾰ́την | ἐείξᾰμεν | ἐείξᾰτε | ἔειξᾰν | ||||
| 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: εἴξασκᾰ (iterative)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | εἴξασκᾰ | εἴξασκᾰς | εἴξασκε(ν) | εἰξάσκᾰτον | εἰξασκᾰ́την | εἰξάσκᾰμεν | εἰξάσκᾰτε | εἴξασκᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | εἰξάσκω | εἰξάσκῃς | εἰξάσκῃ | εἰξάσκητον | εἰξάσκητον | εἰξάσκωμεν | εἰξάσκητε | εἰξάσκωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | εἰξάσκαιμῐ | εἰξάσκειᾰς / εἰξάσκαις | εἰξάσκειε(ν) / εἰξάσκαι | εἰξάσκαιτον | εἰξασκαίτην | εἰξάσκαιμεν | εἰξάσκαιτε | εἰξάσκειᾰν / εἰξάσκαιεν | |||||
| imperative | εἴξασκον | εἰξασκᾰ́τω | εἰξάσκᾰτον | εἰξασκᾰ́των | εἰξάσκᾰτε | εἰξασκᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | εἰξᾶσκαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | εἰξάσκᾱς | |||||||||||
| f | εἰξάσκᾱσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | εἰξᾶσκᾰν | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: ἔεικᾰ
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔεικᾰ | ἔεικᾰς | ἔεικε(ν) | ἐείκᾰτον | ἐείκᾰτον | ἐείκᾰμεν | ἐείκᾰτε | ἐείκᾱσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | ἐείκω | ἐείκῃς | ἐείκῃ | ἐείκητον | ἐείκητον | ἐείκωμεν | ἐείκητε | ἐείκωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ἐείκοιμῐ / ἐεικοίην | ἐείκοις / ἐεικοίης | ἐείκοι / ἐεικοίη | ἐείκοιτον | ἐεικοίτην | ἐείκοιμεν | ἐείκοιτε | ἐείκοιεν | |||||
| imperative | ἔεικε | ἐεικέτω | ἐείκετον | ἐεικέτων | ἐείκετε | ἐεικόντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἐεικέναι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἐεικώς | |||||||||||
| f | ἐεικυῖᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | ἐεικός | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Further reading
- “εἴκω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- εἴκω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- εἴκω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “εἴκω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “εἴκω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- εἴκω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)