τρέω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *tréhō, from Proto-Indo-European *tres-. Cognates include Latin terreō, Old Irish tarrach, and Sanskrit त्रसति (trasati). Compare τρέμω (trémō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tré.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtre.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtre.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtre.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈtre.o/
Verb
τρέω • (tréō)
Inflection
This verb is not contracted, except when the contraction is into ει.
Present: τρέω, τρέομαι (Contracted only in -ει-)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | τρέω | τρεῖς | τρεῖ | τρεῖτον | τρεῖτον | τρέομεν | τρεῖτε | τρέουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | τρέω | τρέῃς | τρέῃ | τρέητον | τρέητον | τρέωμεν | τρέητε | τρέωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | τρέοιμῐ | τρέοις | τρέοι | τρέοιτον | τρεοίτην | τρέοιμεν | τρέοιτε | τρέοιεν | |||||
| imperative | τρεῖ | τρείτω | τρεῖτον | τρείτων | τρεῖτε | τρεόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | τρέομαι | τρέῃ, τρεῖ |
τρεῖται | τρεῖσθον | τρεῖσθον | τρεόμεθᾰ | τρεῖσθε | τρέονται | ||||
| subjunctive | τρέωμαι | τρέῃ | τρέηται | τρέησθον | τρέησθον | τρεώμεθᾰ | τρέησθε | τρέωνται | |||||
| optative | τρεοίμην | τρέοιο | τρέοιτο | τρέοισθον | τρεοίσθην | τρεοίμεθᾰ | τρέοισθε | τρέοιντο | |||||
| imperative | τρέου | τρείσθω | τρεῖσθον | τρείσθων | τρεῖσθε | τρεέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | τρεῖν | τρεῖσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | τρέων | τρεόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | τρέουσᾰ | τρεομένη | |||||||||||
| n | τρέον | τρεόμενον | |||||||||||
| 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: τρέω, τρέομαι (Uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | τρέω | τρέεις | τρέει | τρέετον | τρέετον | τρέομεν | τρέετε | τρέουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | τρέω | τρέῃς | τρέῃ | τρέητον | τρέητον | τρέωμεν | τρέητε | τρέωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | τρέοιμῐ | τρέοις | τρέοι | τρέοιτον | τρεοίτην | τρέοιμεν | τρέοιτε | τρέοιεν | |||||
| imperative | τρέε | τρεέτω | τρέετον | τρεέτων | τρέετε | τρεόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | τρέομαι | τρέῃ, τρέει |
τρέεται | τρέεσθον | τρέεσθον | τρεόμεθᾰ | τρέεσθε | τρέονται | ||||
| subjunctive | τρέωμαι | τρέῃ | τρέηται | τρέησθον | τρέησθον | τρεώμεθᾰ | τρέησθε | τρέωνται | |||||
| optative | τρεοίμην | τρέοιο | τρέοιτο | τρέοισθον | τρεοίσθην | τρεοίμεθᾰ | τρέοισθε | τρέοιντο | |||||
| imperative | τρέου | τρεέσθω | τρέεσθον | τρεέσθων | τρέεσθε | τρεέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | τρέειν | τρέεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | τρέων | τρεόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | τρέουσᾰ | τρεομένη | |||||||||||
| n | τρέον | τρεόμενον | |||||||||||
| 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: ἔτρεον, ἐτρεόμην (Contracted only in -ει-)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔτρεον | ἔτρεις | ἔτρει(ν) | ἐτρεῖτον | ἐτρείτην | ἐτρέομεν | ἐτρεῖτε | ἔτρεον | ||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐτρεόμην | ἐτρέου | ἐτρεῖτο | ἐτρεῖσθον | ἐτρείσθην | ἐτρεόμεθᾰ | ἐτρεῖσθε | ἐτρέοντο | ||||
| 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: τρέον, τρεόμην (Uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | τρέον | τρέες | τρέε(ν) | τρέετον | τρεέτην | τρέομεν | τρέετε | τρέον | ||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | τρεόμην | τρέου | τρέετο | τρέεσθον | τρεέσθην | τρεόμεθᾰ | τρέεσθε | τρέοντο | ||||
| 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: τρέσω, τρέσομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | τρέσω | τρέσεις | τρέσει | τρέσετον | τρέσετον | τρέσομεν | τρέσετε | τρέσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| optative | τρέσοιμῐ | τρέσοις | τρέσοι | τρέσοιτον | τρεσοίτην | τρέσοιμεν | τρέσοιτε | τρέσοιεν | |||||
| middle | indicative | τρέσομαι | τρέσῃ, τρέσει |
τρέσεται | τρέσεσθον | τρέσεσθον | τρεσόμεθᾰ | τρέσεσθε | τρέσονται | ||||
| optative | τρεσοίμην | τρέσοιο | τρέσοιτο | τρέσοισθον | τρεσοίσθην | τρεσοίμεθᾰ | τρέσοισθε | τρέσοιντο | |||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | τρέσειν | τρέσεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | τρέσων | τρεσόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | τρέσουσᾰ | τρεσομένη | |||||||||||
| n | τρέσον | τρεσόμενον | |||||||||||
| 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: ἔτρεσᾰ
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔτρεσᾰ | ἔτρεσᾰς | ἔτρεσε(ν) | ἐτρέσᾰτον | ἐτρεσᾰ́την | ἐτρέσᾰμεν | ἐτρέσᾰτε | ἔτρεσᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | τρέσω | τρέσῃς | τρέσῃ | τρέσητον | τρέσητον | τρέσωμεν | τρέσητε | τρέσωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | τρέσαιμῐ | τρέσειᾰς, τρέσαις |
τρέσειε(ν), τρέσαι |
τρέσαιτον | τρεσαίτην | τρέσαιμεν | τρέσαιτε | τρέσειᾰν, τρέσαιεν | |||||
| imperative | τρέσον | τρεσᾰ́τω | τρέσᾰτον | τρεσᾰ́των | τρέσᾰτε | τρεσᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | τρέσαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | τρέσᾱς | |||||||||||
| f | τρέσᾱσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | τρέσᾰν | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Further reading
- “τρέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τρέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “τρέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τρέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- τρέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “τρέω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter