τάκω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tǎː.kɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ko/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ko/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ko/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ko/

Verb

τᾱ́κω • (tā́kō)

Doric form of τήκω (tḗkō)
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Idylls 1.66-69:
  πᾷ ποκʼ ἄρʼ ἦσθʼ, ὅκα Δάφνις ἐτάκετο, πᾷ ποκα Νύμφαι; ἢ κατὰ Πηνειῶ καλὰ τέμπεα; ἢ κατὰ Πίνδω; οὐ γὰρ δὴ ποταμοῖο μέγαν ῥόον εἴχετʼ Ἀνάπω, οὐδʼ Αἴτνας σκοπιάν, οὐδʼ Ἄκιδος ἱερὸν ὕδωρ.
  pāî pok ár êsth, hóka Dáphnis etáketo, pāî poka Númphai? ḕ katà Pēneiô kalà témpea? ḕ katà Píndō? ou gàr dḕ potamoîo mégan rhóon eíkhet Anápō, oud Aítnas skopián, oud Ákidos hieròn húdōr.
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- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Idylls 2.25-29:
  κἠξαπίνας ἅφθη, κοὐδὲ σποδὸν εἴδομες αὐτᾶς, οὕτω τοι καὶ Δέλφις ἐνὶ φλογὶ σάρκʼ ἀμαθύνοι. ἶυγξ, ἕλκε τὺ τῆνον ἐμὸν ποτὶ δῶμα τὸν ἄνδρα. ὡς τοῦτον τὸν κηρὸν ἐγὼ σὺν δαίμονι τάκω, ὣς τάκοιθʼ ὑπʼ ἔρωτος ὁ Μύνδιος αὐτίκα Δέλφις.
  kēxapínas háphthē, koudè spodòn eídomes autâs, hoútō toi kaì Délphis enì phlogì sárk amathúnoi. îunx, hélke tù tênon emòn potì dôma tòn ándra. hōs toûton tòn kēròn egṑ sùn daímoni tákō, hṑs tákoith hup érōtos ho Múndios autíka Délphis.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

The Imperfect form ἐτάκευ (etákeu) and the future form ταξεῖς (taxeîs) are attested.

Conjugation

Present: τᾱ́κω, τᾱ́κομαι (Doric)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	τᾱ́κω	τᾱ́κεις	τᾱ́κει	τᾱ́κετον	τᾱ́κετον	τᾱ́κομεν	τᾱ́κετε	τᾱ́κουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	τᾱ́κω	τᾱ́κῃς	τᾱ́κῃ	τᾱ́κητον	τᾱ́κητον	τᾱ́κωμεν	τᾱ́κητε	τᾱ́κωσῐ(ν)
	optative	τᾱ́κοιμῐ	τᾱ́κοις	τᾱ́κοι	τᾱ́κοιτον	τᾱκοίτην	τᾱ́κοιμεν	τᾱ́κοιτε	τᾱ́κοιεν
	imperative		τᾶκε	τᾱκέτω	τᾱ́κετον	τᾱκέτων		τᾱ́κετε	τᾱκόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	τᾱ́κομαι	τᾱ́κεαι	τᾱ́κεται	τᾱ́κεσθον	τᾱ́κεσθον	τᾱκόμεθᾰ	τᾱ́κεσθε	τᾱ́κονται
	subjunctive	τᾱ́κωμαι	τᾱ́κηαι	τᾱ́κηται	τᾱ́κησθον	τᾱ́κησθον	τᾱκώμεθᾰ	τᾱ́κησθε	τᾱ́κωνται
	optative	τᾱκοίμην	τᾱ́κοιο	τᾱ́κοιτο	τᾱ́κοισθον	τᾱκοίσθην	τᾱκοίμεθᾰ	τᾱ́κοισθε	τᾱ́κοιντο
	imperative		τᾱ́κεο	τᾱκέσθω	τᾱ́κεσθον	τᾱκέσθων		τᾱ́κεσθε	τᾱκέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		τᾱ́κειν				τᾱ́κεσθαι
participle	m	τᾱ́κων				τᾱκόμενος
	f	τᾱ́κουσᾰ				τᾱκομένη
	n	τᾶκον				τᾱκόμενον
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.

Perfect: τέτᾱκᾰ (Doric)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	τέτᾱκᾰ	τέτᾱκᾰς	τέτᾱκε(ν)	τετᾱ́κᾰτον	τετᾱ́κᾰτον	τετᾱ́κᾰμεν	τετᾱ́κᾰτε	τετᾱ́κᾱσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	τετᾱ́κω	τετᾱ́κῃς	τετᾱ́κῃ	τετᾱ́κητον	τετᾱ́κητον	τετᾱ́κωμεν	τετᾱ́κητε	τετᾱ́κωσῐ(ν)
	optative	τετᾱ́κοιμῐ / τετᾱκοίην	τετᾱ́κοις / τετᾱκοίης	τετᾱ́κοι / τετᾱκοίη	τετᾱ́κοιτον	τετᾱκοίτην	τετᾱ́κοιμεν	τετᾱ́κοιτε	τετᾱ́κοιεν
	imperative		τέτᾱκε	τετᾱκέτω	τετᾱ́κετον	τετᾱκέτων		τετᾱ́κετε	τετᾱκόντων
		active
infinitive		τετᾱκέναι
participle	m	τετᾱκώς
	f	τετᾱκυῖᾰ
	n	τετᾱκός
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.

References

“τάκω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
τάκω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“τάκω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
τάκω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011