ἀλγέω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ᾰ̓́λγος (ắlgos, “pain of the body or mind”) + -έω (-éō, verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /al.ɡé.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /alˈɡe.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /alˈʝe.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /alˈʝe.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /alˈʝe.o/
Verb
ᾰ̓λγέω • (ălgéō)
Inflection
Present: ᾰ̓λγέω (Uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ᾰ̓λγέω | ᾰ̓λγέεις | ᾰ̓λγέει | ᾰ̓λγέετον | ᾰ̓λγέετον | ᾰ̓λγέομεν | ᾰ̓λγέετε | ᾰ̓λγέουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | ᾰ̓λγέω | ᾰ̓λγέῃς | ᾰ̓λγέῃ | ᾰ̓λγέητον | ᾰ̓λγέητον | ᾰ̓λγέωμεν | ᾰ̓λγέητε | ᾰ̓λγέωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ᾰ̓λγέοιμῐ | ᾰ̓λγέοις | ᾰ̓λγέοι | ᾰ̓λγέοιτον | ᾰ̓λγεοίτην | ᾰ̓λγέοιμεν | ᾰ̓λγέοιτε | ᾰ̓λγέοιεν | |||||
| imperative | ᾰ̓́λγεε | ᾰ̓λγεέτω | ᾰ̓λγέετον | ᾰ̓λγεέτων | ᾰ̓λγέετε | ᾰ̓λγεόντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ᾰ̓λγέειν | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ᾰ̓λγέων | |||||||||||
| f | ᾰ̓λγέουσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | ᾰ̓λγέον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
The mediopassive participle ἀλγούμενος (algoúmenos) is also attested.
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Present: ᾰ̓λγῶ (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ᾰ̓λγῶ | ᾰ̓λγεῖς | ᾰ̓λγεῖ | ᾰ̓λγεῖτον | ᾰ̓λγεῖτον | ᾰ̓λγοῦμεν | ᾰ̓λγεῖτε | ᾰ̓λγοῦσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | ᾰ̓λγῶ | ᾰ̓λγῇς | ᾰ̓λγῇ | ᾰ̓λγῆτον | ᾰ̓λγῆτον | ᾰ̓λγῶμεν | ᾰ̓λγῆτε | ᾰ̓λγῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ᾰ̓λγοίην, ᾰ̓λγοῖμῐ |
ᾰ̓λγοίης, ᾰ̓λγοῖς |
ᾰ̓λγοίη, ᾰ̓λγοῖ |
ᾰ̓λγοῖτον, ᾰ̓λγοίητον |
ᾰ̓λγοίτην, ᾰ̓λγοιήτην |
ᾰ̓λγοῖμεν, ᾰ̓λγοίημεν |
ᾰ̓λγοῖτε, ᾰ̓λγοίητε |
ᾰ̓λγοῖεν, ᾰ̓λγοίησᾰν | |||||
| imperative | ᾰ̓́λγει | ᾰ̓λγείτω | ᾰ̓λγεῖτον | ᾰ̓λγείτων | ᾰ̓λγεῖτε | ᾰ̓λγούντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ᾰ̓λγεῖν | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ᾰ̓λγῶν | |||||||||||
| f | ᾰ̓λγοῦσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | ᾰ̓λγοῦν | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
The mediopassive participle ἀλγούμενος (algoúmenos) is also attested.
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Imperfect: ἤλγεον (Uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἤλγεον | ἤλγεες | ἤλγεε(ν) | ἠλγέετον | ἠλγεέτην | ἠλγέομεν | ἠλγέετε | ἤλγεον | ||||
| 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: ἤλγουν (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἤλγουν | ἤλγεις | ἤλγει | ἠλγεῖτον | ἠλγείτην | ἠλγοῦμεν | ἠλγεῖτε | ἤλγουν | ||||
| 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: ἀλγήσω
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἀλγήσω | ἀλγήσεις | ἀλγήσει | ἀλγήσετον | ἀλγήσετον | ἀλγήσομεν | ἀλγήσετε | ἀλγήσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| optative | ἀλγήσοιμῐ | ἀλγήσοις | ἀλγήσοι | ἀλγήσοιτον | ἀλγησοίτην | ἀλγήσοιμεν | ἀλγήσοιτε | ἀλγήσοιεν | |||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἀλγήσειν | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἀλγήσων | |||||||||||
| f | ἀλγήσουσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | ἀλγῆσον | ||||||||||||
| 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: ἤλγησᾰ
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἤλγησᾰ | ἤλγησᾰς | ἤλγησε(ν) | ἠλγήσᾰτον | ἠλγησᾰ́την | ἠλγήσᾰμεν | ἠλγήσᾰτε | ἤλγησᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | ἀλγήσω | ἀλγήσῃς | ἀλγήσῃ | ἀλγήσητον | ἀλγήσητον | ἀλγήσωμεν | ἀλγήσητε | ἀλγήσωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ἀλγήσαιμῐ | ἀλγήσειᾰς, ἀλγήσαις |
ἀλγήσειε(ν), ἀλγήσαι |
ἀλγήσαιτον | ἀλγησαίτην | ἀλγήσαιμεν | ἀλγήσαιτε | ἀλγήσειᾰν, ἀλγήσαιεν | |||||
| imperative | ἄλγησον | ἀλγησᾰ́τω | ἀλγήσᾰτον | ἀλγησᾰ́των | ἀλγήσᾰτε | ἀλγησᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἀλγῆσαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἀλγήσᾱς | |||||||||||
| f | ἀλγήσᾱσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | ἀλγῆσᾰν | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “ἀλγέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀλγέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀλγέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀλγέω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “ἀλγέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.