ῥέζω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ῥέδδω (rhéddō) — Doric, Boeotian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wréǵ-ye-, a *ye-present from *wreǵ-, a metathesis of *werǵ-, the root of ἔργον (érgon) and ἔρδω (érdō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥éz.dɔː/ → /ˈre.zo/ → /ˈre.zo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥éz.dɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈre.zo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈre.zo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈre.zo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈre.zo/

Verb

ῥέζω • (rhézō) (poetic)

1. (transitive) to do, make
   1. to perform sacrifices
   2. to do something to someone (with two accusatives)
2. (intransitive) to act (as opposed to speaking or being acted on)

Inflection

   Present: ῥέζω

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ῥέζω	ῥέζεις	ῥέζει	ῥέζετον	ῥέζετον	ῥέζομεν	ῥέζετε	ῥέζουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ῥέζω	ῥέζῃς	ῥέζῃ	ῥέζητον	ῥέζητον	ῥέζωμεν	ῥέζητε	ῥέζωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ῥέζοιμῐ	ῥέζοις	ῥέζοι	ῥέζοιτον	ῥεζοίτην	ῥέζοιμεν	ῥέζοιτε	ῥέζοιεν
	imperative		ῥέζε	ῥεζέτω	ῥέζετον	ῥεζέτων		ῥέζετε	ῥεζόντων
		active
infinitive		ῥέζειν
participle	m	ῥέζων
	f	ῥέζουσᾰ
	n	ῥέζον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἔρεζον

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔρεζον	ἔρεζες	ἔρεζε(ν)	ἐρέζετον	ἐρεζέτην	ἐρέζομεν	ἐρέζετε	ἔρεζον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: ῥέξω

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ῥέξω	ῥέξεις	ῥέξει	ῥέξετον	ῥέξετον	ῥέξομεν	ῥέξετε	ῥέξουσῐ(ν)
	optative	ῥέξοιμῐ	ῥέξοις	ῥέξοι	ῥέξοιτον	ῥεξοίτην	ῥέξοιμεν	ῥέξοιτε	ῥέξοιεν
		active
infinitive		ῥέξειν
participle	m	ῥέξων
	f	ῥέξουσᾰ
	n	ῥέξον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἔρρεξᾰ

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔρρεξᾰ	ἔρρεξᾰς	ἔρρεξε(ν)	ἐρρέξᾰτον	ἐρρεξᾰ́την	ἐρρέξᾰμεν	ἐρρέξᾰτε	ἔρρεξᾰν
	subjunctive	ῥέξω	ῥέξῃς	ῥέξῃ	ῥέξητον	ῥέξητον	ῥέξωμεν	ῥέξητε	ῥέξωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ῥέξαιμῐ	ῥέξειᾰς, ῥέξαις	ῥέξειε(ν), ῥέξαι	ῥέξαιτον	ῥεξαίτην	ῥέξαιμεν	ῥέξαιτε	ῥέξειᾰν, ῥέξαιεν
	imperative		ῥέξον	ῥεξᾰ́τω	ῥέξᾰτον	ῥεξᾰ́των		ῥέξᾰτε	ῥεξᾰ́ντων
		active
infinitive		ῥέξαι
participle	m	ῥέξᾱς
	f	ῥέξᾱσᾰ
	n	ῥέξᾰν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἔρεξᾰ, ἐρέχθην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔρεξᾰ	ἔρεξᾰς	ἔρεξε(ν)	ἐρέξᾰτον	ἐρεξᾰ́την	ἐρέξᾰμεν	ἐρέξᾰτε	ἔρεξᾰν
	subjunctive	ῥέξω, ῥέξωμῐ	ῥέξῃς, ῥέξῃσθᾰ	ῥέξῃ, ῥέξῃσῐ	ῥέξητον	ῥέξητον	ῥέξωμεν	ῥέξητε	ῥέξωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ῥέξαιμῐ	ῥέξαις, ῥέξαισθᾰ, ῥέξειᾰς	ῥέξειε(ν), ῥέξαι	ῥεξεῖτον	ῥεξείτην	ῥεξεῖμεν	ῥεξεῖτε	ῥεξεῖεν
	imperative		ῥέξον	ῥεξᾰ́τω	ῥέξᾰτον	ῥεξᾰ́των		ῥέξᾰτε	ῥεξᾰ́ντων
passive	indicative	ἐρέχθην	ἐρέχθης	ἐρέχθη	ἐρέχθητον	ἐρεχθήτην	ἐρέχθημεν	ἐρέχθητε	ἐρέχθησᾰν, ἔρεχθεν
	subjunctive	ῥεχθῶ	ῥεχθῇς	ῥεχθῇ	ῥεχθῆτον	ῥεχθῆτον	ῥεχθῶμεν	ῥεχθῆτε	ῥεχθῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ῥεχθείην	ῥεχθείης	ῥεχθείη	ῥεχθεῖτον, ῥεχθείητον	ῥεχθείτην, ῥεχθειήτην	ῥεχθεῖμεν, ῥεχθείημεν	ῥεχθεῖτε, ῥεχθείητε	ῥέχθειεν, ῥεχθείησᾰν
	imperative		ῥέχθητῐ	ῥεχθήτω	ῥέχθητον	ῥεχθήτων		ῥέχθητε	ῥεχθέντων
		active					passive
infinitive		ῥέξαι/ῥεξᾰ́μεν/ῥεξᾰμέναι					ῥεχθῆναι/ῥεχθήμεναι
participle	m	ῥέξᾱς					ῥεχθείς
	f	ῥέξᾱσᾰ					ῥεχθεῖσᾰ
	n	ῥέξᾰν					ῥεχθέν
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.

   Aorist: ῥέξᾰ, ῥέχθην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ῥέξᾰ	ῥέξᾰς	ῥέξε(ν)	ῥέξᾰτον	ῥεξᾰ́την	ῥέξᾰμεν	ῥέξᾰτε	ῥέξᾰν
passive	indicative	ῥέχθην	ῥέχθης	ῥέχθη	ῥέχθητον	ῥεχθήτην	ῥέχθημεν	ῥέχθητε	ῥέχθησᾰν, ῥέχθεν
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.

Synonyms

• (act): δράω (dráō)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “act”): πάσχω (páskhō)

Derived terms

• καταρρέζω (katarrhézō)

References

• “ῥέζω (A)”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ῥέζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ῥέζω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ῥέζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ῥέζω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ῥέζω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter