ἀλάομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἄλη (álē) +‎ -άομαι (-áomai)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.lá.o.mai̯/ → /aˈla.o.mɛ/ → /aˈla.o.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.lá.o.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈla.o.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈla.o.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈla.o.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈla.o.me/

Verb

ἀλάομαι • (aláomai)

1. to wander, rove, roam

Conjugation

   Present: ἀλᾰ́ομαι (Epic, uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἀλᾰ́ομαι	ἀλᾰ́εαι	ἀλᾰ́εται	ἀλᾰ́εσθον	ἀλᾰ́εσθον	ἀλᾰόμε(σ)θᾰ	ἀλᾰ́εσθε	ἀλόωνται
	subjunctive	ἀλᾰ́ωμαι	ἀλᾰ́ηαι	ἀλᾰ́ηται	ἀλᾰ́ησθον	ἀλᾰ́ησθον	ἀλᾰώμε(σ)θᾰ	ἀλᾰ́ησθε	ἀλᾰ́ωνται
	optative	ἀλᾰοίμην	ἀλᾰ́οιο	ἀλᾰ́οιτο	ἀλᾰ́οισθον	ἀλᾰοίσθην	ἀλᾰοίμε(σ)θᾰ	ἀλᾰ́οισθε	ἀλᾰοίᾰτο
	imperative		ἀλόω	ἀλᾰέσθω	ἀλᾰ́εσθον	ἀλᾰέσθων		ἀλᾰ́εσθε	ἀλᾰέσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						ἀλᾰ́εσθαι
participle	m					ἀλᾰόμενος
	f					ἀλᾰομένη
	n					ἀλᾰόμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Present: ἀλῶμαι (Epic, contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἀλῶμαι	ἀλᾷ	ἀλᾶται	ἀλᾶσθον	ἀλᾶσθον	ἀλώμε(σ)θᾰ	ἀλᾶσθε	ἀλόωνται
	subjunctive	ἀλῶμαι	ἀλᾷ	ἀλᾶται	ἀλᾶσθον	ἀλᾶσθον	ἀλώμε(σ)θᾰ	ἀλᾶσθε	ἀλῶνται
	optative	ἀλῴμην	ἀλῷο	ἀλῷτο	ἀλῷσθον	ἀλῴσθην	ἀλῴμε(σ)θᾰ	ἀλῷσθε	ἀλῴᾰτο
	imperative		ἀλόω	ἀλᾱ́σθω	ἀλᾶσθον	ἀλᾱ́σθων		ἀλᾶσθε	ἀλᾱ́σθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						ἀλᾶσθαι
participle	m					ἀλώμενος
	f					ἀλωμένη
	n					ἀλώμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἠλᾰόμην (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἠλᾰόμην	ἠλᾰ́ου	ἠλᾰ́ετο	ἠλᾰ́εσθον	ἠλᾰέσθην	ἠλᾰόμεθᾰ	ἠλᾰ́εσθε	ἠλᾰ́οντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἠλώμην (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἠλώμην	ἠλῶ	ἠλᾶτο	ἠλᾶσθον	ἠλᾱ́σθην	ἠλώμεθᾰ	ἠλᾶσθε	ἠλῶντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἀλᾰόμην (Epic, uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἀλᾰόμην	ἀλᾰ́ου	ἀλᾰ́ετο	ἀλᾰ́εσθον	ἀλᾰέσθην	ἀλᾰόμε(σ)θᾰ	ἀλᾰ́εσθε	ἀλᾰ́οντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἀλώμην (Epic, contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἀλώμην	ἀλῶ	ἀλᾶτο	ἀλᾶσθον	ἀλᾱ́σθην	ἀλώμε(σ)θᾰ	ἀλᾶσθε	ἀλῶντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: ἀλήσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἀλήσομαι	ἀλήσῃ, ἀλήσει	ἀλήσεται	ἀλήσεσθον	ἀλήσεσθον	ἀλησόμεθᾰ	ἀλήσεσθε	ἀλήσονται
	optative	ἀλησοίμην	ἀλήσοιο	ἀλήσοιτο	ἀλήσοισθον	ἀλησοίσθην	ἀλησοίμεθᾰ	ἀλήσοισθε	ἀλήσοιντο
					middle
infinitive					ἀλήσεσθαι
participle	m				ἀλησόμενος
	f				ἀλησομένη
	n				ἀλησόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἀλήθην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
passive	indicative	ἀλήθην	ἀλήθης	ἀλήθη	ἀλήθητον	ἀληθήτην	ἀλήθημεν	ἀλήθητε	ἀλήθησᾰν, ἄληθεν
	subjunctive	ἀληθῶ	ἀληθῇς	ἀληθῇ	ἀληθῆτον	ἀληθῆτον	ἀληθῶμεν	ἀληθῆτε	ἀληθῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἀληθείην	ἀληθείης	ἀληθείη	ἀληθεῖτον, ἀληθείητον	ἀληθείτην, ἀληθειήτην	ἀληθεῖμεν, ἀληθείημεν	ἀληθεῖτε, ἀληθείητε	ἀλήθειεν, ἀληθείησᾰν
	imperative		ἀλήθητῐ	ἀληθήτω	ἀλήθητον	ἀληθήτων		ἀλήθητε	ἀληθέντων
							passive
infinitive							ἀληθῆναι/ἀληθήμεναι
participle	m						ἀληθείς
	f						ἀληθεῖσᾰ
	n						ἀληθέν
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Perfect: ἀλάλημαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἀλάλημαι	ἀλάλησαι	ἀλάληται	ἀλάλησθον	ἀλάλησθον	ἀλαλήμεθᾰ	ἀλάλησθε	ἀλάληνται
	subjunctive	ἀλαλήμενος ὦ	ἀλαλήμενος ᾖς	ἀλαλήμενος ᾖ	ἀλαλήμενω ἦτον	ἀλαλήμενω ἦτον	ἀλαλήμενοι ὦμεν	ἀλαλήμενοι ἦτε	ἀλαλήμενοι ὦσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἀλαλήμενος εἴην	ἀλαλήμενος εἴης	ἀλαλήμενος εἴη	ἀλαλήμενω εἴητον/εἶτον	ἀλαλήμενω εἰήτην/εἴτην	ἀλαλήμενοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν	ἀλαλήμενοι εἴητε/εἶτε	ἀλαλήμενοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν
	imperative		ἀλάλησο	ἀλαλήσθω	ἀλάλησθον	ἀλαλήσθων		ἀλάλησθε	ἀλαλήσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						ἀλάλησθαι
participle	m					ἀλαλήμενος
	f					ἀλαλήμενη
	n					ἀλαλήμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Pluperfect: ἀλαλήμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἀλαλήμην	ἀλάλησο	ἀλάλητο	ἀλάλησθον	ἀλαλήσθην	ἀλαλήμεθᾰ	ἀλάλησθε	ἀλάληντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• ἀλήτης (alḗtēs)
• ἀπαλάομαι (apaláomai)
• ἐπαλάομαι (epaláomai)

Further reading

• “ἀλάομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀλάομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀλάομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἀλάομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀλάομαι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • loss idem, page 500.
  • perplex idem, page 607.
  • range idem, page 670.
  • reckoning idem, page 679.
  • roam idem, page 718.
  • rove idem, page 723.
  • tramp idem, page 887.
  • traverse idem, page 890.
  • wander idem, page 961.