πιλέω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

πῑλόω (pīlóō)

Etymology

From πῖλος (pîlos, “felt”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /piː.lé.ɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /piˈle.o/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /piˈle.o/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /piˈle.o/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈle.o/

Verb

πῑλέω • (pīléō)

to compress wool, make it into felt
- Palatine Anthology 6.282
to compress, close up
- 425 BCE, Aristophanes, Lysistrata 577

Inflection

Present: πῑλέω, πῑλέομαι (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	πῑλέω	πῑλέεις	πῑλέει	πῑλέετον	πῑλέετον	πῑλέομεν	πῑλέετε	πῑλέουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	πῑλέω	πῑλέῃς	πῑλέῃ	πῑλέητον	πῑλέητον	πῑλέωμεν	πῑλέητε	πῑλέωσῐ(ν)
	optative	πῑλέοιμῐ	πῑλέοις	πῑλέοι	πῑλέοιτον	πῑλεοίτην	πῑλέοιμεν	πῑλέοιτε	πῑλέοιεν
	imperative		πῑ́λεε	πῑλεέτω	πῑλέετον	πῑλεέτων		πῑλέετε	πῑλεόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	πῑλέομαι	πῑλέῃ, πῑλέει	πῑλέεται	πῑλέεσθον	πῑλέεσθον	πῑλεόμεθᾰ	πῑλέεσθε	πῑλέονται
	subjunctive	πῑλέωμαι	πῑλέῃ	πῑλέηται	πῑλέησθον	πῑλέησθον	πῑλεώμεθᾰ	πῑλέησθε	πῑλέωνται
	optative	πῑλεοίμην	πῑλέοιο	πῑλέοιτο	πῑλέοισθον	πῑλεοίσθην	πῑλεοίμεθᾰ	πῑλέοισθε	πῑλέοιντο
	imperative		πῑλέου	πῑλεέσθω	πῑλέεσθον	πῑλεέσθων		πῑλέεσθε	πῑλεέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		πῑλέειν				πῑλέεσθαι
participle	m	πῑλέων				πῑλεόμενος
	f	πῑλέουσᾰ				πῑλεομένη
	n	πῑλέον				πῑλεόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Present: πῑλῶ, πῑλοῦμαι (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	πῑλῶ	πῑλεῖς	πῑλεῖ	πῑλεῖτον	πῑλεῖτον	πῑλοῦμεν	πῑλεῖτε	πῑλοῦσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	πῑλῶ	πῑλῇς	πῑλῇ	πῑλῆτον	πῑλῆτον	πῑλῶμεν	πῑλῆτε	πῑλῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	πῑλοίην, πῑλοῖμῐ	πῑλοίης, πῑλοῖς	πῑλοίη, πῑλοῖ	πῑλοῖτον, πῑλοίητον	πῑλοίτην, πῑλοιήτην	πῑλοῖμεν, πῑλοίημεν	πῑλοῖτε, πῑλοίητε	πῑλοῖεν, πῑλοίησᾰν
	imperative		πῑ́λει	πῑλείτω	πῑλεῖτον	πῑλείτων		πῑλεῖτε	πῑλούντων
middle/ passive	indicative	πῑλοῦμαι	πῑλεῖ, πῑλῇ	πῑλεῖται	πῑλεῖσθον	πῑλεῖσθον	πῑλούμεθᾰ	πῑλεῖσθε	πῑλοῦνται
	subjunctive	πῑλῶμαι	πῑλῇ	πῑλῆται	πῑλῆσθον	πῑλῆσθον	πῑλώμεθᾰ	πῑλῆσθε	πῑλῶνται
	optative	πῑλοίμην	πῑλοῖο	πῑλοῖτο	πῑλοῖσθον	πῑλοίσθην	πῑλοίμεθᾰ	πῑλοῖσθε	πῑλοῖντο
	imperative		πῑλοῦ	πῑλείσθω	πῑλεῖσθον	πῑλείσθων		πῑλεῖσθε	πῑλείσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		πῑλεῖν				πῑλεῖσθαι
participle	m	πῑλῶν				πῑλούμενος
	f	πῑλοῦσᾰ				πῑλουμένη
	n	πῑλοῦν				πῑλούμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: ἐπῑ́λεον, ἐπῑλεόμην (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπῑ́λεον	ἐπῑ́λεες	ἐπῑ́λεε(ν)	ἐπῑλέετον	ἐπῑλεέτην	ἐπῑλέομεν	ἐπῑλέετε	ἐπῑ́λεον
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐπῑλεόμην	ἐπῑλέου	ἐπῑλέετο	ἐπῑλέεσθον	ἐπῑλεέσθην	ἐπῑλεόμεθᾰ	ἐπῑλέεσθε	ἐπῑλέοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: ἐπῑ́λουν, ἐπῑλούμην (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπῑ́λουν	ἐπῑ́λεις	ἐπῑ́λει	ἐπῑλεῖτον	ἐπῑλείτην	ἐπῑλοῦμεν	ἐπῑλεῖτε	ἐπῑ́λουν
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐπῑλούμην	ἐπῑλοῦ	ἐπῑλεῖτο	ἐπῑλεῖσθον	ἐπῑλείσθην	ἐπῑλούμεθᾰ	ἐπῑλεῖσθε	ἐπῑλοῦντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

References

“πιλέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“πιλέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
πιλέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette