πίθημι
Ancient Greek
Etymology
A suffixed zero-grade derivative of Proto-Hellenic *pʰéitʰō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pí.tʰɛː.mi/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpi.tʰe̝.mi/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpi.θi.mi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpi.θi.mi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpi.θi.mi/
Verb
πίθημῐ • (píthēmĭ)
Conjugation
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | πῐ́θημῐ | πῐ́θης | πῐ́θησῐ(ν) | πῐ́θετον | πῐ́θετον | πῐ́θεμεν | πῐ́θετε | πῐθέᾱσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | πῐθῶ | πῐθῇς | πῐθῇ | πῐθῆτον | πῐθῆτον | πῐθῶμεν | πῐθῆτε | πῐθῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | πῐθείην | πῐθείης | πῐθείη | πῐθεῖτον | πῐθείτην | πῐθεῖμεν | πῐθεῖτε | πῐθεῖεν | |||||
| imperative | πῐ́θει | πῐθέτω | πῐ́θετον | πῐθέτων | πῐ́θετε | πῐθέντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | πῐ́θεμαι | πῐ́θεσαι | πῐ́θεται | πῐ́θεσθον | πῐ́θεσθον | πῐθέμεθᾰ | πῐ́θεσθε | πῐ́θενται | ||||
| subjunctive | πῐθῶμαι | πῐθῇ | πῐθῆται | πῐθῆσθον | πῐθῆσθον | πῐθώμεθᾰ | πῐθῆσθε | πῐθῶνται | |||||
| optative | πῐθείμην | πῐθεῖο | πῐθεῖτο / πῐθοῖτο | πῐθεῖσθον / πῐθοῖσθον | πῐθείσθην / πῐθοίσθην | πῐθείμεθᾰ / πῐθοίμεθᾰ | πῐθεῖσθε / πῐθοῖσθε | πῐθεῖντο / πῐθοῖντο | |||||
| imperative | πῐ́θεσο | πῐθέσθω | πῐ́θεσθον | πῐθέσθων | πῐ́θεσθε | πῐθέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | πῐθέναι | πῐ́θεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | πῐθείς | πῐθέμενος | ||||||||||
| f | πῐθεῖσᾰ | πῐθεμένη | |||||||||||
| n | πῐθέν | πῐθέμενον | |||||||||||
| 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
- “πείθω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press