ἀκμάζω

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 5 March 2020

Etymology

From ἀκμή (akmḗ, “high point”) +‎ -άζω (-ázō, verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἀκμάζω • (akmázō) (Attic, Ionic, Koine)

  1. (intransitive) to be at or to reach the highest point (often figuratively)
    • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, Aphorisms 2.29
    • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.49:
      καὶ τὸ σῶμα, ὅσονπερ χρόνον καὶ ἡ νόσος ἀκμάζοι, οὐκ ἐμαραίνετο, ἀλλ’ ἀντεῖχε παρὰ δόξαν τῇ ταλαιπωρίᾳ
      kaì tò sôma, hósonper khrónon kaì hē nósos akmázoi, ouk emaraíneto, all’ anteîkhe parà dóxan tēî talaipōríāi
      and the body, for as much time as the disease was at its highest point, did not waste away, but unexpectedly held up against the suffering
    • 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 70d
  2. (intransitive) to be in one's prime, be ripe
  3. to have plenty of [with dative]

Conjugation

   Present: ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζω
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζω ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζεις ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζει ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζετον ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζετον ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζομεν ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζετε ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζουσῐ(ν)
subjunctive ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζω ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζῃς ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζῃ ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζητον ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζητον ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζωμεν ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζητε ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζωσῐ(ν)
optative ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζοιμῐ ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζοις ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζοι ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζοιτον ᾰ̓κμᾰζοίτην ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζοιμεν ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζοιτε ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζοιεν
imperative   ᾰ̓́κμᾰζε ᾰ̓κμᾰζέτω ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζετον ᾰ̓κμᾰζέτων   ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζετε ᾰ̓κμᾰζόντων
active
infinitive ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζειν
participle m ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζων
f ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζουσᾰ
n ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: ἤκμᾰζον
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἤκμᾰζον ἤκμᾰζες ἤκμᾰζε(ν) ἠκμᾰ́ζετον ἠκμᾰζέτην ἠκμᾰ́ζομεν ἠκμᾰ́ζετε ἤκμᾰζον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Aorist: ἤκμᾰσᾰ
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἤκμᾰσᾰ ἤκμᾰσᾰς ἤκμᾰσε(ν) ἠκμᾰ́σᾰτον ἠκμᾰσᾰ́την ἠκμᾰ́σᾰμεν ἠκμᾰ́σᾰτε ἤκμᾰσᾰν
subjunctive ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σω ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σῃς ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σῃ ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σητον ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σητον ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σωμεν ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σητε ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σωσῐ(ν)
optative ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαιμῐ ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σειᾰς / ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαις ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σειε(ν) / ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαι ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαιτον ᾰ̓κμᾰσαίτην ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαιμεν ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαιτε ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σειᾰν / ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαιεν
imperative   ᾰ̓́κμᾰσον ᾰ̓κμᾰσᾰ́τω ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σᾰτον ᾰ̓κμᾰσᾰ́των   ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σᾰτε ᾰ̓κμᾰσᾰ́ντων
active
infinitive ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαι
participle m ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σᾱς
f ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σᾱσᾰ
n ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σᾰν
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.