θεάομαι
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Usually compared to Sanskrit धी (dhī́), ध्यान (dhyāna), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬨𐬀𐬥 (daēman), and other similar forms, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyh₂-. May have been first Proto-Hellenic *tʰāwéomai/*tʰāwáomai, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₂w-. Forte suggests that *dʰeyh₂- and *dʰeh₂w- are both variants of a more basic Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₂-, while Beekes takes the word and its relatives as Pre-Greek.[1] See θαῦμα (thaûma) for more.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰe.á.o.mai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰeˈa.o.mɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θeˈa.o.mɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θeˈa.o.me/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θeˈa.o.me/
Verb
θεάομαι • (theáomai) (Attic, Koine)
- to view, watch, observe, gaze
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 24.418–419:
- θηοῖό κεν αὐτὸς ἐπελθὼν / οἷον ἐερσήεις κεῖται
- thēoîó ken autòs epelthṑn / hoîon eersḗeis keîtai
- You would marvel, if you came over yourself, / at how fresh-looking he lies.
- θηοῖό κεν αὐτὸς ἐπελθὼν / οἷον ἐερσήεις κεῖται
- to contemplate
- to review
Conjugation
Present: θεᾰ́ομαι (Attic, uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | θεᾰ́ομαι | θεᾰ́ῃ / θεᾰ́ει | θεᾰ́εται | θεᾰ́εσθον | θεᾰ́εσθον | θεᾰόμεθᾰ | θεᾰ́εσθε | θεᾰ́ονται | ||||
| subjunctive | θεᾰ́ωμαι | θεᾰ́ῃ | θεᾰ́ηται | θεᾰ́ησθον | θεᾰ́ησθον | θεᾰώμεθᾰ | θεᾰ́ησθε | θεᾰ́ωνται | |||||
| optative | θεᾰοίμην | θεᾰ́οιο | θεᾰ́οιτο | θεᾰ́οισθον | θεᾰοίσθην | θεᾰοίμεθᾰ | θεᾰ́οισθε | θεᾰ́οιντο | |||||
| imperative | θεᾰ́ου | θεᾰέσθω | θεᾰ́εσθον | θεᾰέσθων | θεᾰ́εσθε | θεᾰέσθων | |||||||
| infinitive | θεᾰ́εσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | θεᾰόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | θεᾰομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | θεᾰόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Present: θεῶμαι (Attic, contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | θεῶμαι | θεᾷ | θεᾶται | θεᾶσθον | θεᾶσθον | θεώμεθᾰ | θεᾶσθε | θεῶνται | ||||
| subjunctive | θεῶμαι | θεᾷ | θεᾶται | θεᾶσθον | θεᾶσθον | θεώμεθᾰ | θεᾶσθε | θεῶνται | |||||
| optative | θεῴμην | θεῷο | θεῷτο | θεῷσθον | θεῴσθην | θεῴμεθᾰ | θεῷσθε | θεῷντο | |||||
| imperative | θεῶ | θεᾱ́σθω | θεᾶσθον | θεᾱ́σθων | θεᾶσθε | θεᾱ́σθων | |||||||
| infinitive | θεᾶσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | θεώμενος | |||||||||||
| f | θεωμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | θεώμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Present: θεῶ (Koine, contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | indicative | θεῶ | θεᾷς | θεᾷ | θεᾶτον | θεᾶτον | θεῶμεν | θεᾶτε | θεῶσῐ(ν) |
| subjunctive | θεῶ | θεᾷς | θεᾷ | θεᾶτον | θεᾶτον | θεῶμεν | θεᾶτε | θεῶσῐ(ν) | |
| optative | θεῴην / θεῷμῐ | θεῴης / θεῷς | θεῴη / θεῷ | θεῷτον / θεῴητον | θεῴτην / θεῳήτην | θεῷμεν / θεῴημεν | θεῷτε / θεῴητε | θεῷεν / θεῴησᾰν | |
| imperative | θέᾱ | θεᾱ́τω | θεᾶτον | θεᾱ́των | θεᾶτε | θεώντων | |||
| active | |||||||||
| infinitive | θεᾶν | ||||||||
| participle | m | θεῶν | |||||||
| f | θεῶσᾰ | ||||||||
| n | θεῶν | ||||||||
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | θᾱέομαι/θᾶμαι | θᾱ́μεθα | θᾶσθε | |||||||||
| subjunctive | θᾱ́μεθα | θᾶσθε | |||||||||||
| optative | |||||||||||||
| imperative | θᾱ́εο | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | |||||||||||||
| participle | m | θᾱ́μενος | |||||||||||
| f | θᾱμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | θᾱ́μενον | ||||||||||||
| 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.
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Imperfect: ἐθεᾰόμην (Attic, uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐθεᾰόμην | ἐθεᾰ́ου | ἐθεᾰ́ετο | ἐθεᾰ́εσθον | ἐθεᾰέσθην | ἐθεᾰόμεθᾰ | ἐθεᾰ́εσθε | ἐθεᾰ́οντο | ||||
| 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: ἐθεώμην (Attic, contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐθεώμην | ἐθεῶ | ἐθεᾶτο | ἐθεᾶσθον | ἐθεᾱ́σθην | ἐθεώμεθᾰ | ἐθεᾶσθε | ἐθεῶντο | ||||
| 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: ἐθεᾱσᾰ́μην (Attic)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐθεᾱσᾰ́μην | ἐθεᾱ́σω | ἐθεᾱ́σᾰτο | ἐθεᾱ́σᾰσθον | ἐθεᾱσᾰ́σθην | ἐθεᾱσᾰ́μεθᾰ | ἐθεᾱ́σᾰσθε | ἐθεᾱ́σᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | θεᾱ́σωμαι | θεᾱ́σῃ | θεᾱ́σηται | θεᾱ́σησθον | θεᾱ́σησθον | θεᾱσώμεθᾰ | θεᾱ́σησθε | θεᾱ́σωνται | |||||
| optative | θεᾱσαίμην | θεᾱ́σαιο | θεᾱ́σαιτο | θεᾱ́σαισθον | θεᾱσαίσθην | θεᾱσαίμεθᾰ | θεᾱ́σαισθε | θεᾱ́σαιντο | |||||
| imperative | θέᾱσαι | θεᾱσᾰ́σθω | θεᾱ́σᾰσθον | θεᾱσᾰ́σθων | θεᾱ́σᾰσθε | θεᾱσᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | θεᾱ́σᾰσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | θεᾱσᾰ́μενος | |||||||||||
| f | θεᾱσᾰμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | θεᾱσᾰ́μενον | ||||||||||||
| 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: ἐθᾱσᾰ́μᾱν (Doric)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐθᾱσᾰ́μᾱν | ἐθᾱ́σω | ἐθᾱ́σᾰτο | ἐθᾱ́σᾰσθον | ἐθᾱσᾰ́σθᾱν | ἐθᾱσᾰ́μεθᾰ | ἐθᾱ́σᾰσθε | ἐθᾱ́σᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | θᾱ́σωμαι | θᾱ́σηαι | θᾱ́σηται | θᾱ́σησθον | θᾱ́σησθον | θᾱσώμεθᾰ | θᾱ́σησθε | θᾱ́σωνται | |||||
| optative | θᾱσαίμᾱν | θᾱ́σαιο | θᾱ́σαιτο | θᾱ́σαισθον | θᾱσαίσθᾱν | θᾱσαίμεθᾰ | θᾱ́σαισθε | θᾱ́σαιντο | |||||
| imperative | θᾶσαι | θᾱσᾰ́σθω | θᾱ́σᾰσθον | θᾱσᾰ́σθων | θᾱ́σᾰσθε | θᾱσᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | θᾱ́σᾰσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | θᾱσᾰ́μενος | |||||||||||
| f | θᾱσᾰμένᾱ | ||||||||||||
| n | θᾱσᾰ́μενον | ||||||||||||
| 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.
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Future: θεᾱ́σομαι (Attic)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | θεᾱ́σομαι | θεᾱ́σῃ / θεᾱ́σει | θεᾱ́σεται | θεᾱ́σεσθον | θεᾱ́σεσθον | θεᾱσόμεθᾰ | θεᾱ́σεσθε | θεᾱ́σονται | ||||
| optative | θεᾱσοίμην | θεᾱ́σοιο | θεᾱ́σοιτο | θεᾱ́σοισθον | θεᾱσοίσθην | θεᾱσοίμεθᾰ | θεᾱ́σοισθε | θεᾱ́σοιντο | |||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | θεᾱ́σεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | θεᾱσόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | θεᾱσομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | θεᾱσόμενον | ||||||||||||
| 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: θᾱσέομαι (Doric, contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | θᾱσέομαι | θᾱσῇ | θᾱσεῖται | θᾱσεῖσθον | θᾱσεῖσθον | θᾱσεόμεθᾰ | θᾱσεῖσθε | θᾱσέονται | ||||
| optative | θᾱσεοίμᾱν | θᾱσέοιο | θᾱσέοιτο | θᾱσέοισθον | θᾱσεοίσθᾱν | θᾱσεοίμεθᾰ | θᾱσέοισθε | θᾱσέοιντο | |||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | θᾱσεῖσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | θᾱσόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | θᾱσομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | θᾱσόμενον | ||||||||||||
| 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.
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Perfect: τεθέαμαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | τεθέαμαι | τεθέασαι | τεθέαται | τεθέασθον | τεθέασθον | τεθεάμεθᾰ | τεθέασθε | τεθέανται | ||||
| subjunctive | τεθεαμένος ὦ | τεθεαμένος ᾖς | τεθεαμένος ᾖ | τεθεαμένω ἦτον | τεθεαμένω ἦτον | τεθεαμένοι ὦμεν | τεθεαμένοι ἦτε | τεθεαμένοι ὦσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | τεθεαμένος εἴην | τεθεαμένος εἴης | τεθεαμένος εἴη | τεθεαμένω εἴητον / εἶτον | τεθεαμένω εἰήτην / εἴτην | τεθεαμένοι εἴημεν / εἶμεν | τεθεαμένοι εἴητε / εἶτε | τεθεαμένοι εἴησᾰν / εἶεν | |||||
| imperative | τεθέασο | τεθεάσθω | τεθέασθον | τεθεάσθων | τεθέασθε | τεθεάσθων | |||||||
| middle/passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | τεθεᾶσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | τεθεαμένος | |||||||||||
| f | τεθεαμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | τεθεαμένον | ||||||||||||
| 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
Related terms
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θέα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 536
Further reading
- “θεάομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G2300 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible