ἀράζω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀρράζω (arrházō)

Etymology

Perhaps onomatopoeic, but Beekes does not dismiss a Pre-Greek origin in view of the similarity with ἄραβος (árabos, “rattle, ring”) and ἄραδος (árados, “disturbance, palpitation”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ráz.dɔː/ → /aˈra.zo/ → /aˈra.zo/

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

Verb

ἀρᾰ́ζω • (arázō)

1. (of dogs) to snarl, growl

Inflection

   Present: ἀρᾰ́ζω, ἀρᾰ́ζομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἀρᾰ́ζω	ἀρᾰ́ζεις	ἀρᾰ́ζει	ἀρᾰ́ζετον	ἀρᾰ́ζετον	ἀρᾰ́ζομεν	ἀρᾰ́ζετε	ἀρᾰ́ζουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἀρᾰ́ζω	ἀρᾰ́ζῃς	ἀρᾰ́ζῃ	ἀρᾰ́ζητον	ἀρᾰ́ζητον	ἀρᾰ́ζωμεν	ἀρᾰ́ζητε	ἀρᾰ́ζωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἀρᾰ́ζοιμῐ	ἀρᾰ́ζοις	ἀρᾰ́ζοι	ἀρᾰ́ζοιτον	ἀρᾰζοίτην	ἀρᾰ́ζοιμεν	ἀρᾰ́ζοιτε	ἀρᾰ́ζοιεν
	imperative		ἄρᾰζε	ἀρᾰζέτω	ἀρᾰ́ζετον	ἀρᾰζέτων		ἀρᾰ́ζετε	ἀρᾰζόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἀρᾰ́ζομαι	ἀρᾰ́ζῃ, ἀρᾰ́ζει	ἀρᾰ́ζεται	ἀρᾰ́ζεσθον	ἀρᾰ́ζεσθον	ἀρᾰζόμεθᾰ	ἀρᾰ́ζεσθε	ἀρᾰ́ζονται
	subjunctive	ἀρᾰ́ζωμαι	ἀρᾰ́ζῃ	ἀρᾰ́ζηται	ἀρᾰ́ζησθον	ἀρᾰ́ζησθον	ἀρᾰζώμεθᾰ	ἀρᾰ́ζησθε	ἀρᾰ́ζωνται
	optative	ἀρᾰζοίμην	ἀρᾰ́ζοιο	ἀρᾰ́ζοιτο	ἀρᾰ́ζοισθον	ἀρᾰζοίσθην	ἀρᾰζοίμεθᾰ	ἀρᾰ́ζοισθε	ἀρᾰ́ζοιντο
	imperative		ἀρᾰ́ζου	ἀρᾰζέσθω	ἀρᾰ́ζεσθον	ἀρᾰζέσθων		ἀρᾰ́ζεσθε	ἀρᾰζέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἀρᾰ́ζειν				ἀρᾰ́ζεσθαι
participle	m	ἀρᾰ́ζων				ἀρᾰζόμενος
	f	ἀρᾰ́ζουσᾰ				ἀρᾰζομένη
	n	ἀρᾰ́ζον				ἀρᾰζόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• ἀρᾰρῐ́ζω (ararízō)

Further reading

• “ἀράζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀράζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀράζω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN