ἀλλάσσω
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ἀλλαγή (allagḗ, “change”) + -σσω (-ssō), though Beekes considers ᾰ̓λλᾰ́σσω (ăllắssō) to be original and ἀλλαγή (allagḗ) a derivative. Either way, ultimately from ἄλλος (állos, “other”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /al.lás.sɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /alˈlas.so/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /alˈlas.so/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /alˈlas.so/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈla.so/
Verb
[edit]ᾰ̓λλᾰ́σσω • (ăllắssō)
- to change, alter, make other than it is
- to give in exchange, barter one thing for another
- to take one thing in exchange for another
- to take a new position
- to have dealings, as a buyer or seller
- to alternate
Conjugation
[edit] Present: ᾰ̓λλᾰ́σσω, ᾰ̓λλᾰ́σσομαι
Imperfect: ἤλλᾰσσον, ἠλλᾰσσόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἤλλᾰσσον | ἤλλᾰσσες | ἤλλᾰσσε(ν) | ἠλλᾰ́σσετον | ἠλλᾰσσέτην | ἠλλᾰ́σσομεν | ἠλλᾰ́σσετε | ἤλλᾰσσον | ||||
| middle/ |
indicative | ἠλλᾰσσόμην | ἠλλᾰ́σσου | ἠλλᾰ́σσετο | ἠλλᾰ́σσεσθον | ἠλλᾰσσέσθην | ἠλλᾰσσόμεθᾰ | ἠλλᾰ́σσεσθε | ἠλλᾰ́σσοντο | ||||
| 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: ἠλλᾰ́γην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| passive | indicative | ἠλλᾰ́γην | ἠλλᾰ́γης | ἠλλᾰ́γη | ἠλλᾰ́γητον | ἠλλᾰγήτην | ἠλλᾰ́γημεν | ἠλλᾰ́γητε | ἠλλᾰ́γησᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | ᾰ̓λλᾰγῶ | ᾰ̓λλᾰγῇς | ᾰ̓λλᾰγῇ | ᾰ̓λλᾰγῆτον | ᾰ̓λλᾰγῆτον | ᾰ̓λλᾰγῶμεν | ᾰ̓λλᾰγῆτε | ᾰ̓λλᾰγῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ᾰ̓λλᾰγείην | ᾰ̓λλᾰγείης | ᾰ̓λλᾰγείη | ᾰ̓λλᾰγεῖτον, ᾰ̓λλᾰγείητον |
ᾰ̓λλᾰγείτην, ᾰ̓λλᾰγειήτην |
ᾰ̓λλᾰγεῖμεν, ᾰ̓λλᾰγείημεν |
ᾰ̓λλᾰγεῖτε, ᾰ̓λλᾰγείητε |
ᾰ̓λλᾰγεῖεν, ᾰ̓λλᾰγείησᾰν | |||||
| imperative | ᾰ̓λλᾰ́γηθῐ | ᾰ̓λλᾰγήτω | ᾰ̓λλᾰ́γητον | ᾰ̓λλᾰγήτων | ᾰ̓λλᾰ́γητε | ᾰ̓λλᾰγέντων | |||||||
| passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ᾰ̓λλᾰγῆναι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ᾰ̓λλᾰγείς | |||||||||||
| f | ᾰ̓λλᾰγεῖσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | ᾰ̓λλᾰγέν | ||||||||||||
| 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
[edit]- ᾰ̓λλᾰγή (ăllăgḗ)
- ᾰ̓́λλᾰγμᾰ (ắllăgmă)
- ᾰ̓λλᾰγμός (ăllăgmós)
- ᾰ̓́λλᾰξῐς (ắllăxĭs)
- ᾰ̓πᾰλλᾰ́σσω (ăpăllắssō)
- πᾰρᾰλλᾰ́σσω (părăllắssō)
- σῠνᾰλλᾰ́σσω (sŭnăllắssō)
- ῠ̔πᾰλλᾰ́σσω (hŭpăllắssō)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀλλάσσω, -άττω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 71
Further reading
[edit]- “ἀλλάσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀλλάσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀλλάσσω in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀλλάσσω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
- ἀλλάσσω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011