κορινθιάζομαι

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Κόρινθος (Kórinthos, “Corinth”) + -άζω (-ázō) + -ομαι (-omai).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κορινθιάζομαι • (korinthiázomai)

  1. (literal) to act like a person from the city-state of Corinth
  2. (vulgar) to consort with prostitutes, since Corinth was famous in antiquity for its prostitutes

Inflection

   Present: κορινθῐάζομαι
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle/
passive 		indicative κορινθῐάζομαι κορινθῐάζῃ,
κορινθῐάζει 		κορινθῐάζεται κορινθῐάζεσθον κορινθῐάζεσθον κορινθῐαζόμεθᾰ κορινθῐάζεσθε κορινθῐάζονται
subjunctive κορινθῐάζωμαι κορινθῐάζῃ κορινθῐάζηται κορινθῐάζησθον κορινθῐάζησθον κορινθῐαζώμεθᾰ κορινθῐάζησθε κορινθῐάζωνται
optative κορινθῐαζοίμην κορινθῐάζοιο κορινθῐάζοιτο κορινθῐάζοισθον κορινθῐαζοίσθην κορινθῐαζοίμεθᾰ κορινθῐάζοισθε κορινθῐάζοιντο
imperative   κορινθῐάζου κορινθῐαζέσθω κορινθῐάζεσθον κορινθῐαζέσθων   κορινθῐάζεσθε κορινθῐαζέσθων
middle/passive
infinitive κορινθῐάζεσθαι
participle m κορινθῐαζόμενος
f κορινθῐαζομένη
n κορινθῐαζόμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

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