ϝέχω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *wékʰō, from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti (“to be transporting”), from the root *weǵʰ-. Cognate with Latin vehō, Sanskrit वहति (váhati), Old English wegan (whence English weigh). The Koine form would have been *ἔχω (*ékhō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /wé.kʰɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe.kʰo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.xo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.xo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.xo/
Verb
ϝέχω • (wékhō) (Arcadocypriot)
Conjugation
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ϝέχω | ϝέχεις | ϝέχει | ϝέχετον | ϝέχετον | ϝέχομεν | ϝέχετε | ϝέχουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | ϝέχω | ϝέχῃς | ϝέχῃ | ϝέχητον | ϝέχητον | ϝέχωμεν | ϝέχητε | ϝέχωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ϝέχοιμῐ | ϝέχοις | ϝέχοι | ϝέχοιτον | ϝεχοίτην | ϝέχοιμεν | ϝέχοιτε | ϝέχοιεν | |||||
| imperative | ϝέχε | ϝεχέτω | ϝέχετον | ϝεχέτων | ϝέχετε | ϝεχόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ϝέχομαι | ϝέχεαι | ϝέχεται | ϝέχεσθον | ϝέχεσθον | ϝεχόμεθᾰ | ϝέχεσθε | ϝέχονται | ||||
| subjunctive | ϝέχωμαι | ϝέχηαι | ϝέχηται | ϝέχησθον | ϝέχησθον | ϝεχώμεθᾰ | ϝέχησθε | ϝέχωνται | |||||
| optative | ϝεχοίμην | ϝέχοιο | ϝέχοιτο | ϝέχοισθον | ϝεχοίσθην | ϝεχοίμεθᾰ | ϝέχοισθε | ϝέχοιντο | |||||
| imperative | ϝέχεο | ϝεχέσθω | ϝέχεσθον | ϝεχέσθων | ϝέχεσθε | ϝεχέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | ϝέχειν | ϝέχεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | ϝέχων | ϝεχόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | ϝέχουσᾰ | ϝεχομένη | |||||||||||
| n | ϝέχον | ϝεχόμενον | |||||||||||
| 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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| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔϝεξᾰ | ἔϝεξᾰς | ἔϝεξε(ν) | ἐϝέξᾰτον | ἐϝεξᾰ́την | ἐϝέξᾰμεν | ἐϝέξᾰτε | ἔϝεξᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | ϝέξω | ϝέξῃς | ϝέξῃ | ϝέξητον | ϝέξητον | ϝέξωμεν | ϝέξητε | ϝέξωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ϝέξαιμῐ | ϝέξειᾰς / ϝέξαις | ϝέξειε(ν) / ϝέξαι | ϝεξεῖτον | ϝεξείτην | ϝεξεῖμεν | ϝεξεῖτε | ϝεξεῖεν | |||||
| imperative | ϝέξον | ϝεξᾰ́τω | ϝέξᾰτον | ϝεξᾰ́των | ϝέξᾰτε | ϝεξᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐϝεξᾰ́μην | ἐϝέξω | ἐϝέξᾰτο | ἐϝέξᾰσθον | ἐϝεξᾰ́σθην | ἐϝεξᾰ́μεθᾰ | ἐϝέξᾰσθε | ἐϝέξᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | ϝέξωμαι | ϝέξηαι | ϝέξηται | ϝέξησθον | ϝέξησθον | ϝεξώμεθᾰ | ϝέξησθε | ϝέξωνται | |||||
| optative | ϝεξαίμην | ϝέξαιο | ϝέξαιτο | ϝέξαισθον | ϝεξαίσθην | ϝεξαίμεθᾰ | ϝέξαισθε | ϝέξαιντο | |||||
| imperative | ϝέξαι | ϝεξᾰ́σθω | ϝέξᾰσθον | ϝεξᾰ́σθων | ϝέξᾰσθε | ϝεξᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | ϝέξαι | ϝέξᾰσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | ϝέξᾱς | ϝεξᾰ́μενος | ||||||||||
| f | ϝέξᾱσᾰ | ϝεξᾰμένη | |||||||||||
| n | ϝέξᾰν | ϝεξᾰ́μενον | |||||||||||
| 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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Related terms
- ὄχος (ókhos)
References
- “ϝέχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press