ἀσκέω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Of unknown origin. Perhaps related to ἀσκός (askós, “skin, hide”). According to Morris, possibly borrowed from Egyptian *s-q-r (“strike, work metal”), along with other metalworking terms used by Daedalus, such as Ἱκμάλιοσ (Hikmálios, “craftsman”) and ἕντεα (héntea, “armor, equipment”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /as.ké.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /asˈke.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /asˈce.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /asˈce.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /asˈce.o/
Verb
ἀσκέω • (askéō)
- to work, form
- to adorn, decorate, trick out
- to honor, revere
- to practice, exercise, train (often, but not always, of athletics)
Inflection
Present: ἀσκέω, ἀσκέομαι (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἤσκεον | ἤσκεες | ἤσκεε(ν) | ἠσκέετον | ἠσκεέτην | ἠσκέομεν | ἠσκέετε | ἤσκεον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠσκεόμην | ἠσκέου | ἠσκέετο | ἠσκέεσθον | ἠσκεέσθην | ἠσκεόμεθᾰ | ἠσκέεσθε | ἠσκέοντο | ||||
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 | ἤσκουν | ἤσκεις | ἤσκει | ἠσκεῖτον | ἠσκείτην | ἠσκοῦμεν | ἠσκεῖτε | ἤσκουν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠσκούμην | ἠσκοῦ | ἠσκεῖτο | ἠσκεῖσθον | ἠσκείσθην | ἠσκούμεθᾰ | ἠσκεῖσθε | ἠσκοῦντο | ||||
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
- ἄσκημα (áskēma)
- ἄσκησις (áskēsis)
- ἀσκητέος (askētéos)
- ἀσκητήρ (askētḗr)
- ἀσκητής (askētḗs)
- ἀσκητικός (askētikós)
- ἀσκητός (askētós)
- ἀσκήτωρ (askḗtōr)
- διασκέω (diaskéō)
- ἐνασκέω (enaskéō)
- ἐξασκέω (exaskéō)
- ἐπασκέω (epaskéō)
- κατασκέω (kataskéō)
- προασκέω (proaskéō)
- προσασκέω (prosaskéō)
- συνασκέω (sunaskéō)
- σωμασκέω (sōmaskéō)
- φωνασκέω (phōnaskéō)
- χειμασκέω (kheimaskéō)
Related terms
- ἄσκη (áskē)
Further reading
- “ἀσκέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀσκέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀσκέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀσκέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ἀσκέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀσκέω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἀσκέω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G778 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
References
- Bernal, Martin (2001): Black Athena Writes Back: Martin Bernal Responds to His Critics, p. 305