ἅζομαι

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *haďďomai, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yáǵyeti. (compare ἅγιος (hágios)); cognate with Sanskrit यजति (yájati, “to revere”).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἅζομαι • (házomai) (Epic)

  1. to dread, stand in awe of, reverence
    • Homer, Iliad, 6:266–67:
      Χερσὶ δ’ ἀνίπτοισιν Διὶ λείβειν αἴθοπα οἶνον ἅζομαι
      Khersì d’ aníptoisin Diì leíbein aíthopa oînon házomai
      Moreover with hands unwashed I dread to pour libation of flaming wine to Zeus.

Inflection

   Present: ἅζομαι
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle/
passive 		indicative ἅζομαι ἅζῃ,
ἅζει 		ἅζεται ἅζεσθον ἅζεσθον ἁζόμεθᾰ ἅζεσθε ἅζονται
subjunctive ἅζωμαι ἅζῃ ἅζηται ἅζησθον ἅζησθον ἁζώμεθᾰ ἅζησθε ἅζωνται
optative ἁζοίμην ἅζοιο ἅζοιτο ἅζοισθον ἁζοίσθην ἁζοίμεθᾰ ἅζοισθε ἅζοιντο
imperative   ἅζου ἁζέσθω ἅζεσθον ἁζέσθων   ἅζεσθε ἁζέσθων
middle/passive
infinitive ἅζεσθαι
participle m ἁζόμενος
f ἁζομένη
n ἁζόμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

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