οἴφω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *oyépʰō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃yebʰ-. Cognates include Sanskrit यभति (yábhati) and Proto-Slavic *jebati.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǒi̯.pʰɔː/ → /ˈy.ɸo/ → /ˈi.fo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǒi̯.pʰɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈy.pʰo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.ɸo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.fo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.fo/

Verb

οἴφω • (oíphō)

1. (vulgar, slang, transitive) to have sex with, copulate with,
2. (vulgar, slang, intransitive) to have sex

Inflection

   Present: οἴφω, οἴφομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	οἴφω	οἴφεις	οἴφει	οἴφετον	οἴφετον	οἴφομεν	οἴφετε	οἴφουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	οἴφω	οἴφῃς	οἴφῃ	οἴφητον	οἴφητον	οἴφωμεν	οἴφητε	οἴφωσῐ(ν)
	optative	οἴφοιμῐ	οἴφοις	οἴφοι	οἴφοιτον	οἰφοίτην	οἴφοιμεν	οἴφοιτε	οἴφοιεν
	imperative		οἶφε	οἰφέτω	οἴφετον	οἰφέτων		οἴφετε	οἰφόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	οἴφομαι	οἴφῃ, οἴφει	οἴφεται	οἴφεσθον	οἴφεσθον	οἰφόμεθᾰ	οἴφεσθε	οἴφονται
	subjunctive	οἴφωμαι	οἴφῃ	οἴφηται	οἴφησθον	οἴφησθον	οἰφώμεθᾰ	οἴφησθε	οἴφωνται
	optative	οἰφοίμην	οἴφοιο	οἴφοιτο	οἴφοισθον	οἰφοίσθην	οἰφοίμεθᾰ	οἴφοισθε	οἴφοιντο
	imperative		οἴφου	οἰφέσθω	οἴφεσθον	οἰφέσθων		οἴφεσθε	οἰφέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		οἴφειν				οἴφεσθαι
participle	m	οἴφων				οἰφόμενος
	f	οἴφουσᾰ				οἰφομένη
	n	οἶφον				οἰφόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

References

• “οἴφω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press