ἀλύω

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ἄλυς (álus, “agitation”). May be related to Latin alucinor (“to wander in mind, talk idly, prate, dream”).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἀλύω • (alúō)

  1. to be stirred or excited
  2. to be distraught
  3. to be perplexed
  4. to be weary, bored
  5. (Koine) to wander

Inflection

   Present: ᾰ̓λῠ́ω
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ᾰ̓λῠ́ω ᾰ̓λῠ́εις ᾰ̓λῠ́ει ᾰ̓λῠ́ετον ᾰ̓λῠ́ετον ᾰ̓λῠ́ομεν ᾰ̓λῠ́ετε ᾰ̓λῠ́ουσῐ(ν)
subjunctive ᾰ̓λῠ́ω ᾰ̓λῠ́ῃς ᾰ̓λῠ́ῃ ᾰ̓λῠ́ητον ᾰ̓λῠ́ητον ᾰ̓λῠ́ωμεν ᾰ̓λῠ́ητε ᾰ̓λῠ́ωσῐ(ν)
optative ᾰ̓λῠ́οιμῐ ᾰ̓λῠ́οις ᾰ̓λῠ́οι ᾰ̓λῠ́οιτον ᾰ̓λῠοίτην ᾰ̓λῠ́οιμεν ᾰ̓λῠ́οιτε ᾰ̓λῠ́οιεν
imperative   ᾰ̓́λῠε ᾰ̓λῠέτω ᾰ̓λῠ́ετον ᾰ̓λῠέτων   ᾰ̓λῠ́ετε ᾰ̓λῠόντων
active
infinitive ᾰ̓λῠ́ειν
participle m ᾰ̓λῠ́ων
f ᾰ̓λῠ́ουσᾰ
n ᾰ̓λῠ́ον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

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