ἰάχω
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἰαχέω (iakhéō)
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *swiswákʰō, reduplicated form from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /wi.wá.kʰɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /iˈa.kʰo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈa.xo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈa.xo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈa.xo/
Verb
ἰάχω • (iákhō)
Conjugation
Note: in the imperfect, the ἰ may be long or short (corresponding to augmented and unaugmented respectively); elsewhere it is short.
Present: ἰᾰ́χω
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἰᾰ́χω | ἰᾰ́χεις | ἰᾰ́χει | ἰᾰ́χετον | ἰᾰ́χετον | ἰᾰ́χομεν | ἰᾰ́χετε | ἰᾰ́χουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | ἰᾰ́χω | ἰᾰ́χῃς | ἰᾰ́χῃ | ἰᾰ́χητον | ἰᾰ́χητον | ἰᾰ́χωμεν | ἰᾰ́χητε | ἰᾰ́χωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ἰᾰ́χοιμῐ | ἰᾰ́χοις | ἰᾰ́χοι | ἰᾰ́χοιτον | ἰᾰχοίτην | ἰᾰ́χοιμεν | ἰᾰ́χοιτε | ἰᾰ́χοιεν | |||||
| imperative | ἴᾰχε | ἰᾰχέτω | ἰᾰ́χετον | ἰᾰχέτων | ἰᾰ́χετε | ἰᾰχόντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἰᾰ́χειν | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἰᾰ́χων | |||||||||||
| f | ἰᾰ́χουσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | ἰᾰ́χον | ||||||||||||
| 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: ἴᾰχον
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἴᾰχον | ἴᾰχες | ἴᾰχε(ν) | ἰᾰ́χετον | ἰᾰχέτην | ἰᾰ́χομεν | ἰᾰ́χετε | ἴᾰχον | ||||
| 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: ἰᾰ́χεσκον (Ionic)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἰᾰ́χεσκον | ἰᾰ́χεσκες | ἰᾰ́χεσκε(ν) | ἰᾰχέσκετον | ἰᾰχεσκέτην | ἰᾰχέσκομεν | ἰᾰχέσκετε | ἰᾰ́χεσκον | ||||
| 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.
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “ἰάχω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἰάχω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἰάχω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἰάχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press