αἰτίζω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of αἰτέω (aitéō) +‎ -ίζω (-ízō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.tíz.dɔː/ → /ɛˈti.zo/ → /eˈti.zo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.tíz.dɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛˈti.zo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛˈti.zo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈti.zo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈti.zo/

Verb

αἰτίζω • (aitízō)

1. to beg (for), importune

Conjugation

   Present: αἰτίζω

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	αἰτίζω	αἰτίζεις	αἰτίζει	αἰτίζετον	αἰτίζετον	αἰτίζομεν	αἰτίζετε	αἰτίζουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	αἰτίζω	αἰτίζῃς	αἰτίζῃ	αἰτίζητον	αἰτίζητον	αἰτίζωμεν	αἰτίζητε	αἰτίζωσῐ(ν)
	optative	αἰτίζοιμῐ	αἰτίζοις	αἰτίζοι	αἰτίζοιτον	αἰτιζοίτην	αἰτίζοιμεν	αἰτίζοιτε	αἰτίζοιεν
	imperative		αἴτιζε	αἰτιζέτω	αἰτίζετον	αἰτιζέτων		αἰτίζετε	αἰτιζόντων
		active
infinitive		αἰτίζειν
participle	m	αἰτίζων
	f	αἰτίζουσᾰ
	n	αἰτῖζον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

The only attested nonpresent form is the aorist active participle αἰτῐ́σσᾱς (aitíssās).

Further reading

• “αἰτίζω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• αἰτίζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἰτίζω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• αἰτίζω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “αἰτίζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press