τάττω

See also: tatto

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *taťťō, from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to touch, grasp”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tát.tɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtat.to/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtat.to/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtat.to/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈta.to/

Verb

τᾰ́ττω • (tắttō)

Attic form of τᾰ́σσω (tắssō)
- 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Against Timarchus 142:
  λέξω δὲ πρῶτον μὲν περὶ Ὁμήρου, ὃν ἐν τοῖς πρεσβυτάτοις καὶ σοφωτάτοις τῶν ποιητῶν εἶναι τάττομεν
  léxō dè prôton mèn perì Homḗrou, hòn en toîs presbutátois kaì sophōtátois tôn poiētôn eînai táttomen
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Present: τᾰ́ττω, τᾰ́ττομαι (Attic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	τᾰ́ττω	τᾰ́ττεις	τᾰ́ττει	τᾰ́ττετον	τᾰ́ττετον	τᾰ́ττομεν	τᾰ́ττετε	τᾰ́ττουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	τᾰ́ττω	τᾰ́ττῃς	τᾰ́ττῃ	τᾰ́ττητον	τᾰ́ττητον	τᾰ́ττωμεν	τᾰ́ττητε	τᾰ́ττωσῐ(ν)
	optative	τᾰ́ττοιμῐ	τᾰ́ττοις	τᾰ́ττοι	τᾰ́ττοιτον	τᾰττοίτην	τᾰ́ττοιμεν	τᾰ́ττοιτε	τᾰ́ττοιεν
	imperative		τᾰ́ττε	τᾰττέτω	τᾰ́ττετον	τᾰττέτων		τᾰ́ττετε	τᾰττόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	τᾰ́ττομαι	τᾰ́ττεαι	τᾰ́ττεται	τᾰ́ττεσθον	τᾰ́ττεσθον	τᾰττόμεθᾰ	τᾰ́ττεσθε	τᾰ́ττονται
	subjunctive	τᾰ́ττωμαι	τᾰ́ττηαι	τᾰ́ττηται	τᾰ́ττησθον	τᾰ́ττησθον	τᾰττώμεθᾰ	τᾰ́ττησθε	τᾰ́ττωνται
	optative	τᾰττοίμην	τᾰ́ττοιο	τᾰ́ττοιτο	τᾰ́ττοισθον	τᾰττοίσθην	τᾰττοίμεθᾰ	τᾰ́ττοισθε	τᾰ́ττοιντο
	imperative		τᾰ́ττεο	τᾰττέσθω	τᾰ́ττεσθον	τᾰττέσθων		τᾰ́ττεσθε	τᾰττέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		τᾰ́ττειν				τᾰ́ττεσθαι
participle	m	τᾰ́ττων				τᾰττόμενος
	f	τᾰ́ττουσᾰ				τᾰττομένη
	n	τᾰ́ττον				τᾰττόμενον
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.

Imperfect: ἔτᾰττον, ἐτᾰττόμην (Attic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔτᾰττον	ἔτᾰττες	ἔτᾰττε(ν)	ἐτᾰ́ττετον	ἐτᾰττέτην	ἐτᾰ́ττομεν	ἐτᾰ́ττετε	ἔτᾰττον
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐτᾰττόμην	ἐτᾰ́ττου	ἐτᾰ́ττετο	ἐτᾰ́ττεσθον	ἐτᾰττέσθην	ἐτᾰττόμεθᾰ	ἐτᾰ́ττεσθε	ἐτᾰ́ττοντο
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

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τάσσω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1454-5

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τάσσω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1454-5

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