ἀμείβω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂meygʷ-.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.měː.bɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈmi.bo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈmi.βo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈmi.vo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈmi.vo/
Verb
ᾰ̓μείβω • (ameíbō)
- (active voice)
- (transitive) to exchange [+accusative and genitive = something for something]
- (transitive) to give in exchange often with the preposition ἀντί (antí)
- (transitive) to take in exchange
- (transitive) to pass in or out of a house
- (transitive) to exchange [+accusative and genitive = something for something]
- (middle voice)
- (intransitive) to do in turn or alternately, alternate, move crosswise
- (transitive) to reply, answer (also in compounds)
- (transitive) repay, requite [+accusative and dative = someone for something]
Inflection
Present: ᾰ̓μείβω, ᾰ̓μείβομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἤμειβον | ἤμειβες | ἤμειβε(ν) | ἠμείβετον | ἠμειβέτην | ἠμείβομεν | ἠμείβετε | ἤμειβον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠμειβόμην | ἠμείβου | ἠμείβετο | ἠμείβεσθον | ἠμειβέσθην | ἠμειβόμεθᾰ | ἠμείβεσθε | ἠμείβοντο | ||||
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 | ᾰ̓́μειβον | ᾰ̓́μειβες | ᾰ̓́μειβε(ν) | ᾰ̓μείβετον | ᾰ̓μειβέτην | ᾰ̓μείβομεν | ᾰ̓μείβετε | ᾰ̓́μειβον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ᾰ̓μειβόμην | ᾰ̓μείβου | ᾰ̓μείβετο | ᾰ̓μείβεσθον | ᾰ̓μειβέσθην | ᾰ̓μειβόμε(σ)θᾰ | ᾰ̓μείβεσθε | ᾰ̓μείβοντο | ||||
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 | ᾰ̓́μειψᾰ | ᾰ̓́μειψᾰς | ᾰ̓́μειψε(ν) | ᾰ̓μείψᾰτον | ᾰ̓μειψᾰ́την | ᾰ̓μείψᾰμεν | ᾰ̓μείψᾰτε | ᾰ̓́μειψᾰν | ||||
subjunctive | ῶ, ῶμῐ |
ῇς, ῇσθᾰ |
ῇ, ῇσῐ |
ῆτον | ῆτον | ῶμεν | ῆτε | ῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | αῖμῐ | αῖς, αῖσθᾰ, εῖᾰς |
εῖε(ν), αῖ |
εῖτον | είτην | εῖμεν | εῖτε | εῖεν | |||||
imperative | όν | ᾰ́τω | ᾰ́τον | ᾰ́των | ᾰ́τε | ᾰ́ντων | |||||||
middle | indicative | ᾰ̓μειψᾰ́μην | ᾰ̓μείψᾰο | ᾰ̓μείψᾰτο | ᾰ̓μείψᾰσθον | ᾰ̓μειψᾰ́σθην | ᾰ̓μειψᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ | ᾰ̓μείψᾰσθε | ᾰ̓μείψᾰντο | ||||
subjunctive | ῶμαι | ῆαι | ῆται | ῆσθον | ῆσθον | ώμε(σ)θᾰ | ῆσθε | ῶνται | |||||
optative | αίμην | αῖο | αῖτο | αῖσθον | αίσθην | αίμε(σ)θᾰ | αῖσθε | αίᾰτο | |||||
imperative | αῖ | ᾰ́σθω | ᾰ́σθον | ᾰ́σθων | ᾰ́σθε | ᾰ́σθων | |||||||
active | middle | ||||||||||||
infinitive | αῖ/ᾰ́μεν/ᾰμέναι | ᾰ́σθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | ᾶς | ᾰ́μενος | ||||||||||
f | ᾶσᾰ | ᾰμένη | |||||||||||
n | ᾰ́ν | ᾰ́μενον | |||||||||||
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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Related terms
- ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “exchange”)
- ἀμοιβαῖος (amoibaîos, “retributive”)
- ἀμοιβός (amoibós, “one who exchanges”)
- ἀμοιβήδην (amoibḗdēn, “alternately”)
Descendants
- αμείβω (ameívo)
References
- “ἀμείβω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀμείβω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀμείβω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀμείβω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀμείβω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀμείβω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἀμείβω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
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