ἀχεύω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἀκᾰχίζω (akăkhízō) — Epic, reduplicated
ἀχέω (akhéō) — Epic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ-. By surface analysis, ἄχος (ákhos) +‎ -εύω (-eúō).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kʰěu̯.ɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈkʰe.wo/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈçe.βo/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈçe.vo/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈçe.vo/

Verb

ἀχεύω • (akheúō) (Epic)

to grieve, mourn
(later) to lament
to annoy, vex

Usage notes

The first sense is often conveyed through a present participle with the causal genitive.
The Imperfect forms ἄχνυτο (ákhnuto) and ἀχνύμεθα (akhnúmetha) are attested

Conjugation

Present: ἀχεύω, ἀχεύομαι (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἀχεύω	ἀχεύεις	ἀχεύει	ἀχεύετον	ἀχεύετον	ἀχεύομεν	ἀχεύετε	ἀχεύουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἀχεύω	ἀχεύῃς	ἀχεύῃ	ἀχεύητον	ἀχεύητον	ἀχεύωμεν	ἀχεύητε	ἀχεύωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἀχεύοιμῐ	ἀχεύοις	ἀχεύοι	ἀχεύοιτον	ἀχευοίτην	ἀχεύοιμεν	ἀχεύοιτε	ἀχεύοιεν
	imperative		ἄχευε	ἀχευέτω	ἀχεύετον	ἀχευέτων		ἀχεύετε	ἀχευόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἀχεύομαι	ἀχεύεαι	ἀχεύεται	ἀχεύεσθον	ἀχεύεσθον	ἀχευόμεθᾰ	ἀχεύεσθε	ἀχεύονται
	subjunctive	ἀχεύωμαι	ἀχεύηαι	ἀχεύηται	ἀχεύησθον	ἀχεύησθον	ἀχευώμεθᾰ	ἀχεύησθε	ἀχεύωνται
	optative	ἀχευοίμην	ἀχεύοιο	ἀχεύοιτο	ἀχεύοισθον	ἀχευοίσθην	ἀχευοίμεθᾰ	ἀχεύοισθε	ἀχεύοιντο
	imperative		ἀχεύεο	ἀχευέσθω	ἀχεύεσθον	ἀχευέσθων		ἀχεύεσθε	ἀχευέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἀχεύειν				ἀχεύεσθαι
participle	m	ἀχεύων				ἀχευόμενος
	f	ἀχεύουσᾰ				ἀχευομένη
	n	ἀχεῦον				ἀχευόμενον
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.

References

“ἀχεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀχεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“ἀχεύω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἀχεύω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
ἀχεύω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀχεύω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 184
ἀχεύω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011