καρκαίρω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

A yod-present with intensive reduplication, of onomatopoeic origin. Sanskrit has an athematic reduplicated चर्कृति (carkṛti, “praise, glory”). Not related to κῆρυξ (kêrux, “herald”).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

καρκαίρω • (karkaírō)

  1. (of the earth) to quake

Inflection

   Present: κᾰρκαίρω, κᾰρκαίρομαι
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative κᾰρκαίρω κᾰρκαίρεις κᾰρκαίρει κᾰρκαίρετον κᾰρκαίρετον κᾰρκαίρομεν κᾰρκαίρετε κᾰρκαίρουσῐ(ν)
subjunctive κᾰρκαίρω κᾰρκαίρῃς κᾰρκαίρῃ κᾰρκαίρητον κᾰρκαίρητον κᾰρκαίρωμεν κᾰρκαίρητε κᾰρκαίρωσῐ(ν)
optative κᾰρκαίροιμῐ κᾰρκαίροις κᾰρκαίροι κᾰρκαίροιτον κᾰρκαιροίτην κᾰρκαίροιμεν κᾰρκαίροιτε κᾰρκαίροιεν
imperative   κᾰ́ρκαιρε κᾰρκαιρέτω κᾰρκαίρετον κᾰρκαιρέτων   κᾰρκαίρετε κᾰρκαιρόντων
middle/
passive 		indicative κᾰρκαίρομαι κᾰρκαίρῃ,
κᾰρκαίρει 		κᾰρκαίρεται κᾰρκαίρεσθον κᾰρκαίρεσθον κᾰρκαιρόμεθᾰ κᾰρκαίρεσθε κᾰρκαίρονται
subjunctive κᾰρκαίρωμαι κᾰρκαίρῃ κᾰρκαίρηται κᾰρκαίρησθον κᾰρκαίρησθον κᾰρκαιρώμεθᾰ κᾰρκαίρησθε κᾰρκαίρωνται
optative κᾰρκαιροίμην κᾰρκαίροιο κᾰρκαίροιτο κᾰρκαίροισθον κᾰρκαιροίσθην κᾰρκαιροίμεθᾰ κᾰρκαίροισθε κᾰρκαίροιντο
imperative   κᾰρκαίρου κᾰρκαιρέσθω κᾰρκαίρεσθον κᾰρκαιρέσθων   κᾰρκαίρεσθε κᾰρκαιρέσθων
active middle/passive
infinitive κᾰρκαίρειν κᾰρκαίρεσθαι
participle m κᾰρκαίρων κᾰρκαιρόμενος
f κᾰρκαίρουσᾰ κᾰρκαιρομένη
n κᾰρκαῖρον κᾰρκαιρόμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: ἐκᾰ́ρκαιρον, ἐκᾰρκαιρόμην
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἐκᾰ́ρκαιρον ἐκᾰ́ρκαιρες ἐκᾰ́ρκαιρε(ν) ἐκᾰρκαίρετον ἐκᾰρκαιρέτην ἐκᾰρκαίρομεν ἐκᾰρκαίρετε ἐκᾰ́ρκαιρον
middle/
passive 		indicative ἐκᾰρκαιρόμην ἐκᾰρκαίρου ἐκᾰρκαίρετο ἐκᾰρκαίρεσθον ἐκᾰρκαιρέσθην ἐκᾰρκαιρόμεθᾰ ἐκᾰρκαίρεσθε ἐκᾰρκαίροντο
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

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