ἀΐω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.í.ɔː/ → /aˈi.o/ → /aˈi.o/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.í.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈi.o/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈi.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈi.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈi.o/

Verb

ἀΐω • (aḯō)

1. (poetic) perceive (with genitive or accusative)
   1. (with the ear) to hear
   2. (with the eye) to see
   3. to have heard
   4. to listen, obey

Inflection

   Present: ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ω

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ω	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́εις	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ει	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ετον	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ετον	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ομεν	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ετε	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ω	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ῃς	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ῃ	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ητον	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ητον	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ωμεν	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ητε	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́οιμῐ	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́οις	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́οι	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́οιτον	ᾰ̓ῐ̈οίτην	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́οιμεν	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́οιτε	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́οιεν
	imperative		ᾰ̓́ῐ̈ε	ᾰ̓ῐ̈έτω	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ετον	ᾰ̓ῐ̈έτων		ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ετε	ᾰ̓ῐ̈όντων
		active
infinitive		ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ειν
participle	m	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ων
	f	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ουσᾰ
	n	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ᾱ̓́ῐ̈ον

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ᾱ̓́ῐ̈ον	ᾱ̓́ῐ̈ες	ᾱ̓́ῐ̈ε(ν)	ᾱ̓ῐ̈́ετον	ᾱ̓ῐ̈έτην	ᾱ̓ῐ̈́ομεν	ᾱ̓ῐ̈́ετε	ᾱ̓́ῐ̈ον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ᾰ̓́ῐ̈ον

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ᾰ̓́ῐ̈ον	ᾰ̓́ῐ̈ες	ᾰ̓́ῐ̈ε(ν)	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ετον	ᾰ̓ῐ̈έτην	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ομεν	ᾰ̓ῐ̈́ετε	ᾰ̓́ῐ̈ον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Synonyms

• (hear): ἀκούω (akoúō), εἴδομαι (eídomai)
• (perceive): αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai)

References

• “ἀΐω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀΐω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963