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Ancient Greek
Verb
θέτω • (thétō)
- third-person plural aorist active imperative of τῐ́θημῐ (títhēmi)
Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek θέτω (thétō), from Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi) (aorist έθεσα (éthesa); cf. ἔθετον (étheton)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθe.to/
- Hyphenation: θέ‧τω
Verb
θέτω • (théto) (past έθεσα, passive τίθεμαι, p‑past τέθηκα)
- (figurative) to place, position
Θέτεις ένα πολύ σημαντικό θέμα στη συζήτησή μας.- Théteis éna polý simantikó théma sti syzítisí mas.
- You put/introduce a very important subject in our discussion.
- to set
- θέτω σε κίνηση ένα μηχάνημα ― théto se kínisi éna michánima ― I set in motion a device
- (formal) to put (only in set phrases)
- see: βάζω (vázo)
Conjugation
θέτω τίθεμαι
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Active voice ➤
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Passive voice ➤
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Indicative mood ➤
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Imperfective aspect ➤
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Perfective aspect ➤
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Imperfective aspect
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Perfective aspect
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Non-past tenses ➤
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Present ➤
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Dependent ➤
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Present
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Dependent
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1 sg
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θέτω
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θέσω
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τίθεμαι, θέτομαι
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τεθώ
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2 sg
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θέτεις
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θέσεις
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τίθεσαι
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τεθείς
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3 sg
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θέτει
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θέσει
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τίθεται
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τεθεί
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1 pl
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θέτουμε, [‑ομε]
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θέσουμε, [‑ομε]
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[τιθέμεθα]
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τεθούμε
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2 pl
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θέτετε
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θέσετε
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τίθεσθε
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τεθείτε
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3 pl
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θέτουν(ε)
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θέσουν(ε)
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τίθενται
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τεθούν(ε)
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Past tenses ➤
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Imperfect ➤
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Simple past ➤
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Imperfect
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Simple past
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1 sg
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έθετα
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έθεσα
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τιθόμουν(α)
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τέθηκα, [{ετέθην}]1
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2 sg
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έθετες
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έθεσες
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τιθόσουν(α)
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τέθηκες, [{ετέθης}]
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3 sg
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έθετε
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έθεσε
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τίθοταν, τιθόταν(ε), {ετίθετο}
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τέθηκε, {ετέθη}
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1 pl
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θέταμε
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θέσαμε
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τιθόμασταν (-μαστε, -{μασθε})
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τεθήκαμε, [{ετέθημεν}]
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2 pl
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θέτατε
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θέσατε
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τιθόσασταν (-σαστε, -{σασθε})
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τεθήκατε, [{ετέθητε}]
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3 pl
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έθεταν, θέταν(ε)
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έθεσαν, θέσαν(ε)
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τίθονταν, τιθόνταν(ε), {ετίθεντο}
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τέθηκαν, τεθήκαν(ε), {ετέθησαν}
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Future tenses ➤
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Continuous ➤
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Simple ➤
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Continuous
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Simple
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1 sg
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θα θέτω ➤
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θα θέσω ➤
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θα τίθεμαι ➤
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θα τεθώ ➤
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2,3 sg, 1,2,3 pl
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θα θέτεις, …
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θα θέσεις, …
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θα τίθεσαι, ...
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θα τεθείς, …
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Perfect aspect ➤
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Perfect aspect
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Present perfect ➤
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έχω, έχεις, … θέσει
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έχω, έχεις, … τεθεί
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Past perfect ➤
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είχα, είχες, … θέσει
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είχα, είχες, … τεθεί
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Future perfect ➤
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θα έχω, θα έχεις, … θέσει
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θα έχω, θα έχεις, … τεθεί
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Subjunctive mood ➤
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Formed using present, dependent (for simple past) or present perfect from above with a particle (να, ας).
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Imperative mood ➤
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Imperfective aspect
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Perfective aspect
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Imperfective aspect
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Perfective aspect
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2 sg
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θέτε
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θέσε
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—
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θέσου
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2 pl
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θέτετε
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θέστε
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τίθεσθε
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τεθείτε
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Other forms
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Active voice
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Passive voice
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Present participle➤
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θέτοντας ➤
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—
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Perfect participle➤
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έχοντας θέσει ➤
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—
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Nonfinite form➤
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θέσει
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τεθεί
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Notes Appendix:Greek verbs
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1. Passive forms with -θην- are very formal, as in the ancient aorist ἐτέθην from the conjugation of τίθημι. In Modern Greek, found in the 3rd persons (all persons included here, for reference). • Learned forms, especially if missing, used from the ancient conjugation of τίθημι. • (…) optional or informal. rare. {…} learned, archaic. • Multiple forms are shown in order of reducing frequency. • Periphrastic imperative forms may be produced using the subjunctive.
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Derived terms
- αδιαθετώ (adiathetó, “to be unwell”)
- αθετώ (athetó, “to break your word, to renege”)
- αθλοθετώ (athlothetó, “to sponsor a prize”)
- αναθέτω (anathéto, “to assign duties to someone”)
- ανασυνθετώ (anasynthetó, “to recompose”)
- ανατοποθετώ (anatopothetó, “to restore”)
- αντιθέτω (antithéto, “to oppose”)
- αντιμεταθέτω (antimetathéto, “to transpose”)
- αντιπαραθέτω (antiparathéto, “to confront, to compare”)
- αποθέτω (apothéto, “to put down”)
- αποσυνθέτω (aposynthéto, “to dissociate, to decompose”)
- αρχειοθετώ (archeiothetó, “to archive”)
- βαθμοθετώ (vathmothetó, “to mark (something) with degrees”)
- διαθέτω (diathéto, “to have, to bequeath”)
- διευθετώ (diefthetó, “to arrange, to adjust”)
- εκθέτω (ekthéto, “to display, to expose”)
- εναποθέτω (enapothéto, “to lay down, to put”)
- ενθέτω (enthéto, “to insert”)
- επανατοποθετώ (epanatopothetó, “to put down again”)
- επιθέτω (epithéto, “to put something on something else”)
- θεσμοθετώ (thesmothetó, “to legislate, to institutionalize”)
- καταθέτω (katathéto, “to hand in, to deposit”)
- μεταθέτω (metathéto, “to transfer”)
- ναρκοθετώ (narkothetó, “to mine”)
- νομοθετώ (nomothetó, “to legislate”)
- νουθετώ (nouthetó, “to advise”)
- ονοματοθετώ (onomatothetó, “to name”)
- οριοθετώ (oriothetó, “to delimit”)
- οροθετώ (orothetó, “to delimit”)
- παραθέτω (parathéto, “to juxtapose, to present, to offer”)
- παρακαταθέτω (parakatathéto, “to consign”)
- παρενθέτω (parenthéto, “to insert”)
- προδιαθέτω (prodiathéto, “to predispose”)
- προσθέτω (prosthéto, “to add”)
- προϋποθέτω (proÿpothéto, “to presuppose”)
- σκηνοθετώ (skinothetó, “to stage”)
- στοιχειοθετώ (stoicheiothetó, “to compose, to constitute”)
- συνθέτω (synthéto, “to compose, to summarize”)
- ταξιθετώ (taxithetó, “to classify, to file”)
- τοποθετώ (topothetó, “to position, to place”)
- υιοθετώ (yiothetó, “to adopt”)
- υποθέτω (ypothéto, “to presume, to suppose”)
- ψηφοθετώ (psifothetó, “to create a mosaic”)