αἱρέω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *həřřéyō, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to take, grasp”). The aorist stem is from the synonymous *selh₁-, which is also the source of English sell.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hai̯.ré.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)ɛˈre.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛˈre.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈre.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈre.o/
Verb
αἱρέω • (hairéō) uncontracted form of αἱρῶ (hairô, “to hang”)
- (transitive) to take, grasp, seize
- (transitive) to win, gain
- (transitive) to convict, win a conviction
- (figuratively, transitive) to grasp with the mind, understand
- (middle voice, transitive) to take for oneself, choose, select
- (middle voice, transitive) to prefer
Usage notes
Do not confuse with αἴρω (aírō, “to lift, raise”), contracted form of verb ἀείρω (aeírō).
Inflection
Present: αἱρέω, αἱρέομαι (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ᾕρεον | ᾕρεες | ᾕρεε(ν) | ᾑρέετον | ᾑρεέτην | ᾑρέομεν | ᾑρέετε | ᾕρεον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ᾑρεόμην | ᾑρέου | ᾑρέετο | ᾑρέεσθον | ᾑρεέσθην | ᾑρεόμεθᾰ | ᾑρέεσθε | ᾑρέοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ᾕρουν | ᾕρεις | ᾕρει | ᾑρεῖτον | ᾑρείτην | ᾑροῦμεν | ᾑρεῖτε | ᾕρουν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ᾑρούμην | ᾑροῦ | ᾑρεῖτο | ᾑρεῖσθον | ᾑρείσθην | ᾑρούμεθᾰ | ᾑρεῖσθε | ᾑροῦντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | εἷλον | εἷλες | εἷλε(ν) | εἵλετον | εἱλέτην | εἵλομεν | εἵλετε | εἷλον | ||||
subjunctive | ἕλω | ἕλῃς | ἕλῃ | ἕλητον | ἕλητον | ἕλωμεν | ἕλητε | ἕλωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | ἕλοιμῐ | ἕλοις | ἕλοι | ἕλοιτον | ἑλοίτην | ἕλοιμεν | ἕλοιτε | ἕλοιεν | |||||
imperative | ἕλε | ἑλέτω | ἕλετον | ἑλέτων | ἕλετε | ἑλόντων | |||||||
middle | indicative | εἱλόμην | εἵλου | εἵλετο | εἵλεσθον | εἱλέσθην | εἱλόμεθᾰ | εἵλεσθε | εἵλοντο | ||||
subjunctive | ἕλωμαι | ἕλῃ | ἕληται | ἕλησθον | ἕλησθον | ἑλώμεθᾰ | ἕλησθε | ἕλωνται | |||||
optative | ἑλοίμην | ἕλοιο | ἕλοιτο | ἕλοισθον | ἑλοίσθην | ἑλοίμεθᾰ | ἕλοισθε | ἕλοιντο | |||||
imperative | ἑλοῦ | ἑλέσθω | ἕλεσθον | ἑλέσθων | ἕλεσθε | ἑλέσθων | |||||||
active | middle | ||||||||||||
infinitive | ἑλεῖν | ἑλέσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | ἑλών | ἑλόμενος | ||||||||||
f | ἑλοῦσᾰ | ἑλομένη | |||||||||||
n | ἑλόν | ἑλόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἕλον | ἕλες | ἕλε(ν) | ἕλετον | ἑλέτην | ἕλομεν | ἕλετε | ἕλον | ||||
middle | indicative | ἑλόμην | ἕλεο | ἕλετο | ἕλεσθον | ἑλέσθην | ἑλόμε(σ)θᾰ | ἕλεσθε | ἕλοντο | ||||
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.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἀραιρήκειν, ἀραιρήκη |
ἀραιρήκεις, ἀραιρήκης |
ἀραιρήκει(ν) | ἀραιρήκετον | ἀραιρηκέτην | ἀραιρήκεμεν | ἀραιρήκετε | ἀραιρήκεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἀραιρήμην | ἀραίρησο | ἀραίρητο | ἀραίρησθον | ἀραιρήσθην | ἀραιρήμεθᾰ | ἀραίρησθε | ἀραίρηντο | ||||
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.
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Future perfect: ᾑρήσομαι (rare)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ᾑρήσομαι | ᾑρήσῃ, ᾑρήσει |
ᾑρήσεται | ᾑρήσεσθον | ᾑρήσεσθον | ᾑρησόμεθᾰ | ᾑρήσεσθε | ᾑρήσονται | ||||
optative | ᾑρησοίμην | ᾑρήσοιο | ᾑρήσοιτο | ᾑρήσοισθον | ᾑρησοίσθην | ᾑρησοίμεθᾰ | ᾑρήσοισθε | ᾑρήσοιντο | |||||
middle/passive | |||||||||||||
infinitive | ᾑρήσεσθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | ᾑρησόμενος | |||||||||||
f | ᾑρησομένη | ||||||||||||
n | ᾑρησόμενον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
- αἵρεσις (haíresis)
- αἱρετέος (hairetéos)
- αἱρετής (hairetḗs)
- αἱρετίζω (hairetízō)
- αἱρετικός (hairetikós)
- αὐθαίρετος (authaíretos)
- ἀφαιρέω (aphairéō)
- διαιρέω (diairéō)
- ἐναιρέω (enairéō)
- ἐξαιρέω (exairéō)
- ἐφαιρέω (ephairéō)
- καθαιρέω (kathairéō)
- μεθαιρέω (methairéō)
- νεαίρετος (neaíretos)
- παραιρέω (parairéō)
- περιαιρέω (periairéō)
- προαιρέω (proairéō)
- προαναιρέω (proanairéō)
- προσαναιρέω (prosanairéō)
- προσαφαιρέω (prosaphairéō)
- προσδιαιρέω (prosdiairéō)
- συγκαθαιρέω (sunkathairéō)
- συναιρέω (sunairéō)
- συναφαιρέω (sunaphairéō)
- συνδιαιρέω (sundiairéō)
- συνεξαιρέω (sunexairéō)
- ὑπεξαιρέω (hupexairéō)
- ὑφαιρέω (huphairéō)
References
- “αἱρέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “αἱρέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “αἱρέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- αἱρέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἱρέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- αἱρέω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “αἱρέω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G138 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 535
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