κομάω
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
κόμη (kómē, “hair of the head”) + -άω (-áō).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ko.má.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /koˈma.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /koˈma.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /koˈma.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /koˈma.o/
Verb
κομάω • (komáō)
Conjugation
Present: κομᾰ́ω (Uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | κομᾰ́ω | κομᾰ́εις | κομᾰ́ει | κομᾰ́ετον | κομᾰ́ετον | κομᾰ́ομεν | κομᾰ́ετε | κομᾰ́ουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | κομᾰ́ω | κομᾰ́ῃς | κομᾰ́ῃ | κομᾰ́ητον | κομᾰ́ητον | κομᾰ́ωμεν | κομᾰ́ητε | κομᾰ́ωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | κομᾰ́οιμῐ | κομᾰ́οις | κομᾰ́οι | κομᾰ́οιτον | κομᾰοίτην | κομᾰ́οιμεν | κομᾰ́οιτε | κομᾰ́οιεν | |||||
| imperative | κόμᾰε | κομᾰέτω | κομᾰ́ετον | κομᾰέτων | κομᾰ́ετε | κομᾰόντων | |||||||
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| infinitive | κομᾰ́ειν | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | κομόων, κομῶν |
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| f | κομόωσᾰ, κομῶσᾰ |
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| n | κομόον, κομοῦν |
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| 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: κομῶ (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | κομῶ | κομᾷς | κομᾷ | κομᾶτον | κομᾶτον | κομῶμεν | κομᾶτε | κομῶσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | κομῶ | κομᾷς | κομᾷ | κομᾶτον | κομᾶτον | κομῶμεν | κομᾶτε | κομῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | κομῴην / κομῷμῐ | κομῴης / κομῷς | κομῴη / κομῷ | κομῷτον / κομῴητον | κομῴτην / κομῳήτην | κομῷμεν / κομῴημεν | κομῷτε / κομῴητε | κομῷεν / κομῴησᾰν | |||||
| imperative | κόμᾱ | κομᾱ́τω | κομᾶτον | κομᾱ́των | κομᾶτε | κομώντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | κομᾶν | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | κομόων, κομῶν |
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| f | κομόωσᾰ, κομῶσᾰ |
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| n | κομόον, κομοῦν |
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| 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: ἐκόμᾰον (Uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐκόμᾰον | ἐκόμᾰες | ἐκόμᾰε(ν) | ἐκομᾰ́ετον | ἐκομᾰέτην | ἐκομᾰ́ομεν | ἐκομᾰ́ετε | ἐκόμᾰον | ||||
| 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: ἐκόμων (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐκόμων | ἐκόμᾱς | ἐκόμᾱ | ἐκομᾶτον | ἐκομᾱ́την | ἐκομῶμεν | ἐκομᾶτε | ἐκόμων | ||||
| 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: κομήσω
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | κομήσω | κομήσεις | κομήσει | κομήσετον | κομήσετον | κομήσομεν | κομήσετε | κομήσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| optative | κομήσοιμῐ | κομήσοις | κομήσοι | κομήσοιτον | κομησοίτην | κομήσοιμεν | κομήσοιτε | κομήσοιεν | |||||
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| infinitive | κομήσειν | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | κομήσων | |||||||||||
| f | κομήσουσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | κομῆσον | ||||||||||||
| 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: ἐκόμησᾰ
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐκόμησᾰ | ἐκόμησᾰς | ἐκόμησε(ν) | ἐκομήσᾰτον | ἐκομησᾰ́την | ἐκομήσᾰμεν | ἐκομήσᾰτε | ἐκόμησᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | κομήσω | κομήσῃς | κομήσῃ | κομήσητον | κομήσητον | κομήσωμεν | κομήσητε | κομήσωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | κομήσαιμῐ | κομήσειᾰς / κομήσαις | κομήσειε(ν) / κομήσαι | κομήσαιτον | κομησαίτην | κομήσαιμεν | κομήσαιτε | κομήσειᾰν / κομήσαιεν | |||||
| imperative | κόμησον | κομησᾰ́τω | κομήσᾰτον | κομησᾰ́των | κομήσᾰτε | κομησᾰ́ντων | |||||||
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| infinitive | κομῆσαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | κομήσᾱς | |||||||||||
| f | κομήσᾱσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | κομῆσᾰν | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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A perfect mediopassive participle κεκομημένος (kekomēménos) is attested once.
Derived terms
- κομήτης (komḗtēs)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόμη (> DER > Denominative κομάω)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 743-4
Further reading
- “κομάω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κομάω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “κομάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κομάω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011