δίω

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See also: διώ, δίῳ, and Δίῳ

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *deyh₁- (“to chase”).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

δῐ́ω • (díō)

  1. to run away, take to flight, flee, speed
  2. to be afraid, fear
  3. (in middle) to drive away, chase, put to flight
  4. (in middle) to pursue, give chase
Usage notes

Found primarily in the mediopassive voice, so that many dictionaries give δίεμαι (díemai) as the lemma form or treat δίω (díō) and δίεμαι (díemai) as two separate lemmas.

Conjugation
   Present: δῐ́ω, δίομαι
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative δῐ́ω δῐ́εις δῐ́ει δῐ́ετον δῐ́ετον δῐ́ομεν δῐ́ετε δῐ́ουσῐ(ν)
subjunctive δῐ́ω δῐ́ῃς δῐ́ῃ δῐ́ητον δῐ́ητον δῐ́ωμεν δῐ́ητε δῐ́ωσῐ(ν)
optative δῐ́οιμῐ δῐ́οις δῐ́οι δῐ́οιτον δῐοίτην δῐ́οιμεν δῐ́οιτε δῐ́οιεν
imperative   δῐ́ε δῐέτω δῐ́ετον δῐέτων   δῐ́ετε δῐόντων
middle/
passive 		indicative δίομαι,
δίεμαι 		δῐ́ῃ,
δῐ́ει 		δῐ́εται δῐ́εσθον δῐ́εσθον δῐόμεθᾰ δῐ́εσθε δίονται,
δίενται
subjunctive δῐ́ωμαι δῐ́ῃ δῐ́ηται δῐ́ησθον δῐ́ησθον δῐώμεθᾰ δῐ́ησθε δῐ́ωνται
optative δῐοίμην δῐ́οιο δῐ́οιτο δῐ́οισθον δῐοίσθην δῐοίμεθᾰ δῐ́οισθε δῐ́οιντο
imperative   δῐ́ου δῐέσθω δῐ́εσθον δῐέσθων   δῐ́εσθε δῐέσθων
active middle/passive
infinitive δῐ́ειν δῐ́εσθαι
participle m δῐ́ων δῐόμενος
f δῐ́ουσᾰ δῐομένη
n δῐ́ον δῐόμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

δῑ́ω • (dī́ō)

  1. masculine/neuter nominative/accusative/vocative dual of δῖος (dîos)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

 

Verb

δῐ́ω • (díō)

  1. first-person singular aorist active subjunctive of δείδω (deídō)
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