τρέχω
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- τράχω (trákhō) — Doric
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to run, drag”), suppleted in the future and aorist tenses with *drem- (“to run”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tré.kʰɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtre.kʰo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtre.xo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtre.xo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈtre.xo/
Verb
τρέχω • (trékhō)
Inflection
The verb is suppleted with forms from δρᾰμέομαι (drăméomai), for the future and aorist (from *δρέμω (*drémō)). The synonym θέω (théō) also is suppleted by the same forms.
Present: τρέχω
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | τρέχω | τρέχεις | τρέχει | τρέχετον | τρέχετον | τρέχομεν | τρέχετε | τρέχουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | τρέχω | τρέχῃς | τρέχῃ | τρέχητον | τρέχητον | τρέχωμεν | τρέχητε | τρέχωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | τρέχοιμῐ | τρέχοις | τρέχοι | τρέχοιτον | τρεχοίτην | τρέχοιμεν | τρέχοιτε | τρέχοιεν | |||||
| imperative | τρέχε | τρεχέτω | τρέχετον | τρεχέτων | τρέχετε | τρεχόντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | τρέχειν | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | τρέχων | |||||||||||
| f | τρέχουσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | τρέχον | ||||||||||||
| 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: ἔτρεχον
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔτρεχον | ἔτρεχες | ἔτρεχε(ν) | ἐτρέχετον | ἐτρεχέτην | ἐτρέχομεν | ἐτρέχετε | ἔτρεχον | ||||
| 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: θρέξομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | θρέξομαι | θρέξῃ, θρέξει |
θρέξεται | θρέξεσθον | θρέξεσθον | θρεξόμεθᾰ | θρέξεσθε | θρέξονται | ||||
| optative | θρεξοίμην | θρέξοιο | θρέξοιτο | θρέξοισθον | θρεξοίσθην | θρεξοίμεθᾰ | θρέξοισθε | θρέξοιντο | |||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | θρέξεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | θρεξόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | θρεξομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | θρεξόμενον | ||||||||||||
| 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: δρᾰμέομαι (Uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | δρᾰμέομαι | δρᾰμέῃ, δρᾰμέει |
δρᾰμέεται | δρᾰμέεσθον | δρᾰμέεσθον | δρᾰμεόμεθᾰ | δρᾰμέεσθε | δρᾰμέονται | ||||
| optative | δρᾰμεοίμην | δρᾰμέοιο | δρᾰμέοιτο | δρᾰμέοισθον | δρᾰμεοίσθην | δρᾰμεοίμεθᾰ | δρᾰμέοισθε | δρᾰμέοιντο | |||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | δρᾰμέεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | δρᾰμεόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | δρᾰμεομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | δρᾰμεόμενον | ||||||||||||
| 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: δρᾰμοῦμαι (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | δρᾰμοῦμαι | δρᾰμῇ | δρᾰμεῖται | δρᾰμεῖσθον | δρᾰμεῖσθον | δρᾰμούμεθᾰ | δρᾰμεῖσθε | δρᾰμοῦνται | ||||
| optative | δρᾰμοίμην | δρᾰμοῖο | δρᾰμοῖτο | δρᾰμοῖσθον | δρᾰμοίσθην | δρᾰμοίμεθᾰ | δρᾰμοῖσθε | δρᾰμοῖντο | |||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | δρᾰμεῖσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | δρᾰμούμενος | |||||||||||
| f | δρᾰμουμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | δρᾰμούμενον | ||||||||||||
| 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: ἔθρεξᾰ
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔθρεξᾰ | ἔθρεξᾰς | ἔθρεξε(ν) | ἐθρέξᾰτον | ἐθρεξᾰ́την | ἐθρέξᾰμεν | ἐθρέξᾰτε | ἔθρεξᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | θρέξω | θρέξῃς | θρέξῃ | θρέξητον | θρέξητον | θρέξωμεν | θρέξητε | θρέξωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | θρέξαιμῐ | θρέξειᾰς, θρέξαις |
θρέξειε(ν), θρέξαι |
θρέξαιτον | θρεξαίτην | θρέξαιμεν | θρέξαιτε | θρέξειᾰν, θρέξαιεν | |||||
| imperative | θρέξον | θρεξᾰ́τω | θρέξᾰτον | θρεξᾰ́των | θρέξᾰτε | θρεξᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | θρέξαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | θρέξᾱς | |||||||||||
| f | θρέξᾱσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | θρέξᾰν | ||||||||||||
| 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: ἔδρᾰμον
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔδρᾰμον | ἔδρᾰμες | ἔδρᾰμε(ν) | ἐδρᾰ́μετον | ἐδρᾰμέτην | ἐδρᾰ́μομεν | ἐδρᾰ́μετε | ἔδρᾰμον | ||||
| subjunctive | δρᾰ́μω | δρᾰ́μῃς | δρᾰ́μῃ | δρᾰ́μητον | δρᾰ́μητον | δρᾰ́μωμεν | δρᾰ́μητε | δρᾰ́μωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | δρᾰ́μοιμῐ | δρᾰ́μοις | δρᾰ́μοι | δρᾰ́μοιτον | δρᾰμοίτην | δρᾰ́μοιμεν | δρᾰ́μοιτε | δρᾰ́μοιεν | |||||
| imperative | δρᾰ́με | δρᾰμέτω | δρᾰ́μετον | δρᾰμέτων | δρᾰ́μετε | δρᾰμόντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | δρᾰμεῖν | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | δρᾰμών | |||||||||||
| f | δρᾰμοῦσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | δρᾰμόν | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: δεδρᾰ́μηκᾰ
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | δεδρᾰ́μηκᾰ | δεδρᾰ́μηκᾰς | δεδρᾰ́μηκε(ν) | δεδρᾰμήκᾰτον | δεδρᾰμήκᾰτον | δεδρᾰμήκᾰμεν | δεδρᾰμήκᾰτε | δεδρᾰμήκᾱσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | δεδρᾰμήκω | δεδρᾰμήκῃς | δεδρᾰμήκῃ | δεδρᾰμήκητον | δεδρᾰμήκητον | δεδρᾰμήκωμεν | δεδρᾰμήκητε | δεδρᾰμήκωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | δεδρᾰμήκοιμῐ, δεδρᾰμηκοίην |
δεδρᾰμήκοις, δεδρᾰμηκοίης |
δεδρᾰμήκοι, δεδρᾰμηκοίη |
δεδρᾰμήκοιτον | δεδρᾰμηκοίτην | δεδρᾰμήκοιμεν | δεδρᾰμήκοιτε | δεδρᾰμήκοιεν | |||||
| imperative | δεδρᾰ́μηκε | δεδρᾰμηκέτω | δεδρᾰμήκετον | δεδρᾰμηκέτων | δεδρᾰμήκετε | δεδρᾰμηκόντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | δεδρᾰμηκέναι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | δεδρᾰμηκώς | |||||||||||
| f | δεδρᾰμηκυῖᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | δεδρᾰμηκός | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Related terms
- δρόμος (drómos) (related to the suppletive aorist root)
- τροχάζω (trokházō, “run quickly”)
- τροχή (trokhḗ)
- τρόχις (trókhis)
- τροχίλος (trokhílos)
Descendants
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τρέχω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1506-7
Further reading
- “τρέχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τρέχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “τρέχω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τρέχω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- τρέχω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “τρέχω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G5143 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek τρέχω (trékhō), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to run”).
Verb
τρέχω • (trécho) (past έτρεξα, passive —)
- to run, move quickly, sprint
- Έτρεξα για να προλάβω το τρένο.
- Étrexa gia na prolávo to tréno.
- I ran to catch the train.
- to flee, run away
- to flow, flow from, run
- Τρέχει η μύτη μου.
- Tréchei i mýti mou.
- My nose is running.
- Το ποτάμι τρέχει
- To potámi tréchei
- The river flows.
- to run, execute (a computer or computer program)
- Θα μπορούμε να τρέχουμε προγράμματα Windows.
- Tha boroúme na tréchoume prográmmata Windows.
- We shall be able to run Windows programs.
Conjugation
τρέχω (active forms only)
| Active voice ➤ | ||||
| Indicative mood ➤ | Imperfective aspect ➤ | Perfective aspect ➤ | ||
| Non-past tenses ➤ | Present ➤ | Dependent ➤ | ||
| 1 sg | τρέξω | |||
| 2 sg | τρέχεις | τρέξεις | ||
| 3 sg | τρέχει | τρέξει | ||
| 1 pl | τρέχουμε, [‑ομε] | τρέξουμε, [‑ομε] | ||
| 2 pl | τρέχετε | τρέξετε | ||
| 3 pl | τρέχουν(ε) | τρέξουν(ε) | ||
| Past tenses ➤ | Imperfect ➤ | Simple past ➤ | ||
| 1 sg | έτρεχα | έτρεξα | ||
| 2 sg | έτρεχες | έτρεξες | ||
| 3 sg | έτρεχε | έτρεξε | ||
| 1 pl | τρέχαμε | τρέξαμε | ||
| 2 pl | τρέχατε | τρέξατε | ||
| 3 pl | έτρεχαν, τρέχαν(ε) | έτρεξαν, τρέξαν(ε) | ||
| Future tenses ➤ | Continuous ➤ | Simple ➤ | ||
| 1 sg | θα ➤ | θα τρέξω ➤ | ||
| 2,3 sg, 1,2,3 pl | θα τρέχεις, … | θα τρέξεις, … | ||
| Perfect aspect ➤ | ||||
| Present perfect ➤ | έχω, έχεις, … τρέξει | |||
| Past perfect ➤ | είχα, είχες, … τρέξει | |||
| Future perfect ➤ | θα έχω, θα έχεις, … τρέξει | |||
| Subjunctive mood ➤ | Formed using present, dependent (for simple past) or present perfect from above with a particle (να, ας). | |||
| Imperative mood ➤ | Imperfective aspect | Perfective aspect | ||
| 2 sg | τρέχε | τρέξε, τρέχα | ||
| 2 pl | τρέχετε | τρέξτε, τρεχάτε | ||
| Other forms | ||||
| Active present participle ➤ | τρέχοντας1 ➤ | |||
| Active perfect participle ➤ | έχοντας τρέξει ➤ | |||
| Passive perfect participle ➤ | — | |||
| Nonfinite form ➤ | τρέξει | |||
| Notes Appendix:Greek verbs |
1. Also formal present participle ο τρέχων, η τρέχουσα, το τρέχον (“currently in effect”). • Plus forms τρεχούμενος, -η, -ο, τρεχάμενος, -η, -ο with endings of passive perfect participles • (…) optional or informal. […] rare. {…} learned, archaic. • Multiple forms are shown in order of reducing frequency. • Periphrastic imperative forms may be produced using the subjunctive. | |||