θηέομαι
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰɛː.é.o.mai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰe̝ˈe.o.mɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θiˈe.o.mɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θiˈe.o.me/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θiˈe.o.me/
Verb
θηέομαι • (thēéomai)
- Epic form of θεάομαι (theáomai); to gaze, marvel
- 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
Usage notes
- In Homer, we find an irregular form θηοῖο for the present optative second person singular.[1]
Declension
Present: θηεῦμαι (Epic, contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | θηεῦμαι | θηεῖαι / θηέαι | θηεῖται | θηεῖσθον | θηεῖσθον | θηεύμε(σ)θᾰ | θηεῖσθε | θηεῦνται | ||||
| subjunctive | θηέωμαι | θηῇ | θηῆται | θηῆσθον | θηῆσθον | θηεώμε(σ)θᾰ | θηῆσθε | θηέωνται | |||||
| optative | θηεοίμην | θηοῖο | θηέοιτο | θηέοισθον | θηεοίσθην | θηεοίμε(σ)θᾰ | θηέοισθε | θηεοίᾰτο | |||||
| imperative | θηεῦ | θηείσθω | θηεῖσθον | θηείσθων | θηεῖσθε | θηείσθων | |||||||
| middle/passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | θηεῖσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | θηεύμενος | |||||||||||
| f | θηευμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | θηεύμενον | ||||||||||||
| 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: ἐθηεύμην (Epic, contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐθηεύμην | ἐθηεῖο / ἐθηέο | ἐθηεῖτο | ἐθηεῖσθον | ἐθηείσθην | ἐθηεύμε(σ)θᾰ | ἐθηεῖσθε | ἐθηεῦντο | ||||
| 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: θηεύμην (Epic, contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | θηεύμην | θηεῖο / θηέο | θηεῖτο | θηεῖσθον | θηείσθην | θηεύμε(σ)θᾰ | θηεῖσθε | θηεῦντο | ||||
| 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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Aorist: ἐθηησᾰ́μην (Epic)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐθηησᾰ́μην | ἐθηήσᾰο | ἐθηήσᾰτο | ἐθηήσᾰσθον | ἐθηησᾰ́σθην | ἐθηησᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ | ἐθηήσᾰσθε | ἐθηήσᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | θηήσωμαι | θηήσηαι | θηήσηται | θηήσησθον | θηήσησθον | θηησώμε(σ)θᾰ | θηήσησθε | θηήσωνται | |||||
| optative | θηησαίμην | θηήσαιο | θηήσαιτο | θηήσαισθον | θηησαίσθην | θηησαίμε(σ)θᾰ | θηήσαισθε | θηησαίᾰτο | |||||
| imperative | θήησαι | θηησᾰ́σθω | θηήσᾰσθον | θηησᾰ́σθων | θηήσᾰσθε | θηησᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | θηήσᾰσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | θηησᾰ́μενος | |||||||||||
| f | θηησᾰμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | θηησᾰ́μενον | ||||||||||||
| 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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Aorist: θηησᾰ́μην (Epic)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | θηησᾰ́μην | θηήσᾰο | θηήσᾰτο | θηήσᾰσθον | θηησᾰ́σθην | θηησᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ | θηήσᾰσθε | θηήσᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | θηήσωμαι | θηήσηαι | θηήσηται | θηήσησθον | θηήσησθον | θηησώμε(σ)θᾰ | θηήσησθε | θηήσωνται | |||||
| optative | θηησαίμην | θηήσαιο | θηήσαιτο | θηήσαισθον | θηησαίσθην | θηησαίμε(σ)θᾰ | θηήσαισθε | θηησαίᾰτο | |||||
| imperative | θήησαι | θηησᾰ́σθω | θηήσᾰσθον | θηησᾰ́σθων | θηήσᾰσθε | θηησᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | θηήσᾰσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | θηησᾰ́μενος | |||||||||||
| f | θηησᾰμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | θηησᾰ́μενον | ||||||||||||
| 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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References
- ^ “θηοῖο”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Further reading
- “θηέομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- θηέομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- θηέομαι, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011