μάσσω
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ǵyéti, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-, *meh₂ḱ- (“to knead”). Cognates include Sanskrit मचते (macate), Latin mācerō, and Proto-West Germanic *makōn, English make.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /más.sɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmas.so/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmas.so/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmas.so/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈma.so/
Verb
μάσσω • (mássō)
- (transitive) to handle, work with my hands, knead
- (transitive) to wipe
Inflection
Present: μᾰ́σσω, μᾰ́σσομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔμᾰσσον | ἔμᾰσσες | ἔμᾰσσε(ν) | ἐμᾰ́σσετον | ἐμᾰσσέτην | ἐμᾰ́σσομεν | ἐμᾰ́σσετε | ἔμᾰσσον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐμᾰσσόμην | ἐμᾰ́σσου | ἐμᾰ́σσετο | ἐμᾰ́σσεσθον | ἐμᾰσσέσθην | ἐμᾰσσόμεθᾰ | ἐμᾰ́σσεσθε | ἐμᾰ́σσοντο | ||||
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 | μᾰ́ξω | μᾰ́ξεις | μᾰ́ξει | μᾰ́ξετον | μᾰ́ξετον | μᾰ́ξομεν | μᾰ́ξετε | μᾰ́ξουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | μᾰ́ξοιμῐ | μᾰ́ξοις | μᾰ́ξοι | μᾰ́ξοιτον | μᾰξοίτην | μᾰ́ξοιμεν | μᾰ́ξοιτε | μᾰ́ξοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | μᾰ́ξομαι | μᾰ́ξῃ, μᾰ́ξει |
μᾰ́ξεται | μᾰ́ξεσθον | μᾰ́ξεσθον | μᾰξόμεθᾰ | μᾰ́ξεσθε | μᾰ́ξονται | ||||
optative | μᾰξοίμην | μᾰ́ξοιο | μᾰ́ξοιτο | μᾰ́ξοισθον | μᾰξοίσθην | μᾰξοίμεθᾰ | μᾰ́ξοισθε | μᾰ́ξοιντο | |||||
passive | indicative | μᾰχθήσομαι | μᾰχθήσῃ | μᾰχθήσεται | μᾰχθήσεσθον | μᾰχθήσεσθον | μᾰχθησόμεθᾰ | μᾰχθήσεσθε | μᾰχθήσονται | ||||
optative | μᾰχθησοίμην | μᾰχθήσοιο | μᾰχθήσοιτο | μᾰχθήσοισθον | μᾰχθησοίσθην | μᾰχθησοίμεθᾰ | μᾰχθήσοισθε | μᾰχθήσοιντο | |||||
active | middle | passive | |||||||||||
infinitive | μᾰ́ξειν | μᾰ́ξεσθαι | μᾰχθήσεσθαι | ||||||||||
participle | m | μᾰ́ξων | μᾰξόμενος | μᾰχθησόμενος | |||||||||
f | μᾰ́ξουσᾰ | μᾰξομένη | μᾰχθησομένη | ||||||||||
n | μᾰ́ξον | μᾰξόμενον | μᾰχθησόμενον | ||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: ἐμᾰ́γην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
passive | indicative | ἐμᾰ́γην | ἐμᾰ́γης | ἐμᾰ́γη | ἐμᾰ́γητον | ἐμᾰγήτην | ἐμᾰ́γημεν | ἐμᾰ́γητε | ἐμᾰ́γησᾰν | ||||
subjunctive | μᾰγῶ | μᾰγῇς | μᾰγῇ | μᾰγῆτον | μᾰγῆτον | μᾰγῶμεν | μᾰγῆτε | μᾰγῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | μᾰγείην | μᾰγείης | μᾰγείη | μᾰγεῖτον, μᾰγείητον |
μᾰγείτην, μᾰγειήτην |
μᾰγεῖμεν, μᾰγείημεν |
μᾰγεῖτε, μᾰγείητε |
μᾰγεῖεν, μᾰγείησᾰν | |||||
imperative | μᾰ́γηθῐ | μᾰγήτω | μᾰ́γητον | μᾰγήτων | μᾰ́γητε | μᾰγέντων | |||||||
passive | |||||||||||||
infinitive | μᾰγῆναι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | μᾰγείς | |||||||||||
f | μᾰγεῖσᾰ | ||||||||||||
n | μᾰγέν | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Pluperfect: ἐμεμᾰ́χειν, ἐμεμᾰ́γμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐμεμᾰ́χειν, ἐμεμᾰ́χη |
ἐμεμᾰ́χεις, ἐμεμᾰ́χης |
ἐμεμᾰ́χει(ν) | ἐμεμᾰ́χετον | ἐμεμᾰχέτην | ἐμεμᾰ́χεμεν | ἐμεμᾰ́χετε | ἐμεμᾰ́χεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐμεμᾰ́γμην | ἐμέμᾰξο | ἐμέμᾰκτο | ἐμέμᾰχθον | ἐμεμᾰ́χθην | ἐμεμᾰ́γμεθᾰ | ἐμέμᾰχθε | ἐμεμᾰ́γᾰτο | ||||
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
Related terms
References
- “μάσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μάσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μάσσω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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