αἴνυμαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *ainúmai, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- (“to give, be given”) +‎ *-néw-. Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐁁𐀝𐀕𐀜 (ai-nu-me-no /⁠Ainumenos⁠/), further with Tocharian B ai-, Tocharian A e- (“to give, take”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.ny.mai̯/ → /ˈɛ.ny.mɛ/ → /ˈe.ni.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.ny.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ny.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ny.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ny.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ni.me/

Verb

αἴνῠμαι • (aínumai)

1. (poetic, chiefly Epic) to take, take off, take hold of

Conjugation

   Present: αἴνῠμαι (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	αἴνῠμαι	αἴνῠσαι	αἴνῠται	αἴνῠσθον	αἴνῠσθον	αἰνῠ́μεθα	αἴνῠσθε	αἴνῠνται
	subjunctive	αἰνῠ́ωμαι	αἰνῠ́ῃ	αἰνῠ́ηται	αἰνῠ́ησθον	αἰνῠ́ησθον	αἰνῠώμε(σ)θᾰ	αἰνῠ́ησθε	αἰνῠ́ωνται
	optative	αἰνῠοίμην	αἰνῠ́οιο	αἰνῠ́οιτο	αἰνῠ́οισθον	αἰνῠοίσθην	αἰνῠοίμε(σ)θᾰ	αἰνῠ́οισθε	αἰνῠοίᾰτο
	imperative		αἴνῠσο	αἰνῠ́σθω	αἴνῠσθον	αἰνῠ́σθων		αἴνῠσθε	αἰνῠ́σθων
infinitive						αἴνῠσθαι
participle	m					αἰνῠ́μενος
	f					αἰνῠμένη
	n					αἰνῠ́μενον
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: αἰνῠ́μην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	αἰνῠ́μην	αἴνῠσο	αἴνῠτο	αἴνῠσθον	αἰνῠ́σθην	αἰνῠ́με(σ)θᾰ	αἴνῠσθε	αἴνῠντο
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.

Derived terms

• ἀποαίνυμαι (apoaínumai)

Related terms

• αἶσα (aîsa)
• αἰτέω (aitéō)
• αἴτιος (aítios)
• *αἶτος (*aîtos), e.g. ἔξαιτος (éxaitos)
• διαιτάω (diaitáō)

Further reading

• “αἴνυμαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• αἴνυμαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἴνυμαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• αἴνυμαι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “αἴνυμαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press