ὁρμαίνω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὁρμή (hormḗ, “eagerness, struggle, effort”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hor.mǎi̯.nɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)orˈmɛ.no/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /orˈmɛ.no/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /orˈme.no/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /orˈme.no/
Verb
ὁρμαίνω • (hormaínō)
Conjugation
Present: ὁρμαίνω
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ὁρμαίνω | ὁρμαίνεις | ὁρμαίνει | ὁρμαίνετον | ὁρμαίνετον | ὁρμαίνομεν | ὁρμαίνετε | ὁρμαίνουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | ὁρμαίνω | ὁρμαίνῃς | ὁρμαίνῃ | ὁρμαίνητον | ὁρμαίνητον | ὁρμαίνωμεν | ὁρμαίνητε | ὁρμαίνωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ὁρμαίνοιμῐ | ὁρμαίνοις | ὁρμαίνοι | ὁρμαίνοιτον | ὁρμαινοίτην | ὁρμαίνοιμεν | ὁρμαίνοιτε | ὁρμαίνοιεν | |||||
| imperative | ὅρμαινε | ὁρμαινέτω | ὁρμαίνετον | ὁρμαινέτων | ὁρμαίνετε | ὁρμαινόντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ὁρμαίνειν | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ὁρμαίνων | |||||||||||
| f | ὁρμαίνουσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | ὁρμαῖνον | ||||||||||||
| 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: ὥρμαινον
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ὥρμαινον | ὥρμαινες | ὥρμαινε(ν) | ὡρμαίνετον | ὡρμαινέτην | ὡρμαίνομεν | ὡρμαίνετε | ὥρμαινον | ||||
| 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: ὅρμαινον (Epic)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ὅρμαινον | ὅρμαινες | ὅρμαινε(ν) | ὁρμαίνετον | ὁρμαινέτην | ὁρμαίνομεν | ὁρμαίνετε | ὅρμαινον | ||||
| 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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Aorist: ὥρμηνᾰ
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ὥρμηνᾰ | ὥρμηνᾰς | ὥρμηνε(ν) | ὡρμήνᾰτον | ὡρμηνᾰ́την | ὡρμήνᾰμεν | ὡρμήνᾰτε | ὥρμηνᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | ὁρμήνω | ὁρμήνῃς | ὁρμήνῃ | ὁρμήνητον | ὁρμήνητον | ὁρμήνωμεν | ὁρμήνητε | ὁρμήνωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ὁρμήναιμῐ | ὁρμήνειᾰς, ὁρμήναις |
ὁρμήνειε(ν), ὁρμήναι |
ὁρμήναιτον | ὁρμηναίτην | ὁρμήναιμεν | ὁρμήναιτε | ὁρμήνειᾰν, ὁρμήναιεν | |||||
| imperative | ὅρμηνον | ὁρμηνᾰ́τω | ὁρμήνᾰτον | ὁρμηνᾰ́των | ὁρμήνᾰτε | ὁρμηνᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ὁρμῆναι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ὁρμήνᾱς | |||||||||||
| f | ὁρμήνᾱσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | ὁρμῆνᾰν | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Further reading
- “ὁρμαίνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ὁρμαίνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ὁρμαίνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ὁρμαίνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὁρμαίνω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- chafe idem, page 122.