ἀλεείνω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same root as the synonymous ἀλέομαι (aléomai) and as ἀλέᾱ (aléā, “avoiding, escape”).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἀλεείνω • (aleeínō)

  1. (Epic) to shun, avoid, flee (from)

Conjugation

   Present: ἀλεείνω, ἀλεείνομαι (Epic)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἀλεείνω ἀλεείνεις ἀλεείνει ἀλεείνετον ἀλεείνετον ἀλεείνομεν ἀλεείνετε ἀλεείνουσῐ(ν)
subjunctive ἀλεείνω,
ἀλεείνωμῐ 		ἀλεείνῃς,
ἀλεείνῃσθᾰ 		ἀλεείνῃ,
ἀλεείνῃσῐ 		ἀλεείνητον ἀλεείνητον ἀλεείνωμεν ἀλεείνητε ἀλεείνωσῐ(ν)
optative ἀλεείνοιμῐ ἀλεείνοισ(θᾰ) ἀλεείνοι ἀλεείνοιτον ἀλεεινοίτην ἀλεείνοιμεν ἀλεείνοιτε ἀλεείνοιεν
imperative   ἀλέεινε ἀλεεινέτω ἀλεείνετον ἀλεεινέτων   ἀλεείνετε ἀλεεινόντων
middle/
passive 		indicative ἀλεείνομαι ἀλεείνεαι ἀλεείνεται ἀλεείνεσθον ἀλεείνεσθον ἀλεεινόμε(σ)θᾰ ἀλεείνεσθε ἀλεείνονται
subjunctive ἀλεείνωμαι ἀλεείνηαι ἀλεείνηται ἀλεείνησθον ἀλεείνησθον ἀλεεινώμε(σ)θᾰ ἀλεείνησθε ἀλεείνωνται
optative ἀλεεινοίμην ἀλεείνοιο ἀλεείνοιτο ἀλεείνοισθον ἀλεεινοίσθην ἀλεεινοίμε(σ)θᾰ ἀλεείνοισθε ἀλεεινοίᾰτο
imperative   ἀλεείνεο ἀλεεινέσθω ἀλεείνεσθον ἀλεεινέσθων   ἀλεείνεσθε ἀλεεινέσθων
active middle/passive
infinitive ἀλεείνειν / ἀλεεινέμεν(αι) / ἀλεεινμέναι ἀλεείνεσθαι
participle m ἀλεείνων ἀλεεινόμενος
f ἀλεείνουσᾰ ἀλεεινομένη
n ἀλεεῖνον ἀλεεινόμενον
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.
   Imperfect: ἀλέεινον, ἀλεεινόμην (Epic)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἀλέεινον ἀλέεινες ἀλέεινε(ν) ἀλεείνετον ἀλεεινέτην ἀλεείνομεν ἀλεείνετε ἀλέεινον
middle/
passive 		indicative ἀλεεινόμην ἀλεείνου ἀλεείνετο ἀλεείνεσθον ἀλεεινέσθην ἀλεεινόμε(σ)θᾰ ἀλεείνεσθε ἀλεείνοντο
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.

The first aorist active infinitive ἀλεεῖναι (aleeînai) is attested once.

Further reading

  • “ἀλεείνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἀλεείνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “ἀλεείνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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