ἑρμηνεύω
See also: ερμηνεύω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἑρμηνεύς (hermēneús, “interpreter”) + -εύω (-eúō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /her.mɛː.něu̯.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)er.me̝ˈne.wo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /er.miˈne.βo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /er.miˈne.vo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /er.miˈne.vo/
Verb
ἑρμηνεύω • (hermēneúō)
Inflection
Present: ἑρμηνεύω, ἑρμηνεύομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἑρμηνεύω | ἑρμηνεύεις | ἑρμηνεύει | ἑρμηνεύετον | ἑρμηνεύετον | ἑρμηνεύομεν | ἑρμηνεύετε | ἑρμηνεύουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | ἑρμηνεύω | ἑρμηνεύῃς | ἑρμηνεύῃ | ἑρμηνεύητον | ἑρμηνεύητον | ἑρμηνεύωμεν | ἑρμηνεύητε | ἑρμηνεύωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ἑρμηνεύοιμῐ | ἑρμηνεύοις | ἑρμηνεύοι | ἑρμηνεύοιτον | ἑρμηνευοίτην | ἑρμηνεύοιμεν | ἑρμηνεύοιτε | ἑρμηνεύοιεν | |||||
| imperative | ἑρμήνευε | ἑρμηνευέτω | ἑρμηνεύετον | ἑρμηνευέτων | ἑρμηνεύετε | ἑρμηνευόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἑρμηνεύομαι | ἑρμηνεύῃ / ἑρμηνεύει | ἑρμηνεύεται | ἑρμηνεύεσθον | ἑρμηνεύεσθον | ἑρμηνευόμεθᾰ | ἑρμηνεύεσθε | ἑρμηνεύονται | ||||
| subjunctive | ἑρμηνεύωμαι | ἑρμηνεύῃ | ἑρμηνεύηται | ἑρμηνεύησθον | ἑρμηνεύησθον | ἑρμηνευώμεθᾰ | ἑρμηνεύησθε | ἑρμηνεύωνται | |||||
| optative | ἑρμηνευοίμην | ἑρμηνεύοιο | ἑρμηνεύοιτο | ἑρμηνεύοισθον | ἑρμηνευοίσθην | ἑρμηνευοίμεθᾰ | ἑρμηνεύοισθε | ἑρμηνεύοιντο | |||||
| imperative | ἑρμηνεύου | ἑρμηνευέσθω | ἑρμηνεύεσθον | ἑρμηνευέσθων | ἑρμηνεύεσθε | ἑρμηνευέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἑρμηνεύειν | ἑρμηνεύεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | ἑρμηνεύων | ἑρμηνευόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | ἑρμηνεύουσᾰ | ἑρμηνευομένη | |||||||||||
| n | ἑρμηνεῦον | ἑρμηνευόμενον | |||||||||||
| 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
- ἑρμηνείᾱ (hermēneíā)
- ἑρμηνευτής (hermēneutḗs)
- ἑρμηνευτικός (hermēneutikós)
Descendants
- Greek: ερμηνεύω (erminévo)
References
- “ἑρμηνεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἑρμηνεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- G2059 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible