ἑλληνίζω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Ἕλλην (Héllēn, “Greek”) + -ίζω (-ízō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hel.lɛː.níz.dɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)el.le̝ˈni.zo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /el.liˈni.zo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /el.liˈni.zo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.liˈni.zo/
Verb
ἑλληνίζω • (hellēnízō)
- I speak or write Greek (especially correct Greek)
- I am Greek
- I speak common Greek (as opposed to the Attic dialect)
- 316 BCE – 250 BCE, Posidippus Comicus, Harmost 28:
- σὺ μὲν ἀττικίζεις ... οἱ δ᾽ Ἕλληνες ἑλληνίζομεν
- You speak Attic, but the Greeks speak Greek.
- σὺ μὲν ἀττικίζεις ... οἱ δ᾽ Ἕλληνες ἑλληνίζομεν
- I make Greek, Hellenize
Inflection
Present: Ἑλληνῐ́ζω, Ἑλληνῐ́ζομαι
Imperfect: Ἑλλήνῐζον, Ἑλληνῐζόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | Ἑλλήνῐζον | Ἑλλήνῐζες | Ἑλλήνῐζε(ν) | Ἑλληνῐ́ζετον | Ἑλληνῐζέτην | Ἑλληνῐ́ζομεν | Ἑλληνῐ́ζετε | Ἑλλήνῐζον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | Ἑλληνῐζόμην | Ἑλληνῐ́ζου | Ἑλληνῐ́ζετο | Ἑλληνῐ́ζεσθον | Ἑλληνῐζέσθην | Ἑλληνῐζόμεθᾰ | Ἑλληνῐ́ζεσθε | Ἑλληνῐ́ζοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: Ἡλλήνῐσμαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | Ἡλλήνῐσμαι | Ἡλλήνῐσαι | Ἡλλήνῐσται | Ἡλλήνῐσθον | Ἡλλήνῐσθον | Ἡλληνῐ́σμεθᾰ | Ἡλλήνῐσθε | Ἡλληνῐ́σᾰται | ||||
subjunctive | Ἡλληνῐσμένος ὦ | Ἡλληνῐσμένος ᾖς | Ἡλληνῐσμένος ᾖ | Ἡλληνῐσμένω ἦτον | Ἡλληνῐσμένω ἦτον | Ἡλληνῐσμένοι ὦμεν | Ἡλληνῐσμένοι ἦτε | Ἡλληνῐσμένοι ὦσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | Ἡλληνῐσμένος εἴην | Ἡλληνῐσμένος εἴης | Ἡλληνῐσμένος εἴη | Ἡλληνῐσμένω εἴητον/εἶτον | Ἡλληνῐσμένω εἰήτην/εἴτην | Ἡλληνῐσμένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν | Ἡλληνῐσμένοι εἴητε/εἶτε | Ἡλληνῐσμένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν | |||||
imperative | Ἡλλήνῐσο | Ἡλληνῐ́σθω | Ἡλλήνῐσθον | Ἡλληνῐ́σθων | Ἡλλήνῐσθε | Ἡλληνῐ́σθων | |||||||
middle/passive | |||||||||||||
infinitive | Ἡλληνῐ́σθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | Ἡλληνῐσμένος | |||||||||||
f | Ἡλληνῐσμένη | ||||||||||||
n | Ἡλληνῐσμένον | ||||||||||||
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
- Ἀφελληνίζω (Aphellēnízō)
- Ἐξελληνίζω (Exellēnízō)
Related terms
- Ἀνελλήνιστος (Anellḗnistos)
- Ἑλληνισμός (Hellēnismós)
- Ἑλληνιστής (Hellēnistḗs)
- Ἑλληνιστί (Hellēnistí)
References
- “Ἑλληνίζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἑλληνίζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἑλληνίζω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)