πορνεύω
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom πόρνη (pórnē, “prostitute”) + -εύω (-eúō, verb suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /por.něu̯.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /porˈne.wo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /porˈne.βo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /porˈne.vo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /porˈne.vo/
Verb
editπορνεύω • (porneúō)
- to prostitute oneself, to become a prostitute
- to commit fornication
- (figurative, biblical) to commit idolatry
Inflection
edit Present: πορνεύω, πορνεύομαι
Imperfect: ἐπόρνευον, ἐπορνευόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐπόρνευον | ἐπόρνευες | ἐπόρνευε(ν) | ἐπορνεύετον | ἐπορνευέτην | ἐπορνεύομεν | ἐπορνεύετε | ἐπόρνευον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐπορνευόμην | ἐπορνεύου | ἐπορνεύετο | ἐπορνεύεσθον | ἐπορνευέσθην | ἐπορνευόμεθᾰ | ἐπορνεύεσθε | ἐπορνεύοντο | ||||
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: πεπόρνευκᾰ, πεπόρνευμαι
Pluperfect: ἐπεπορνεύκειν, ἐπεπορνεύμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐπεπορνεύκειν, ἐπεπορνεύκη |
ἐπεπορνεύκεις, ἐπεπορνεύκης |
ἐπεπορνεύκει(ν) | ἐπεπορνεύκετον | ἐπεπορνευκέτην | ἐπεπορνεύκεμεν | ἐπεπορνεύκετε | ἐπεπορνεύκεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐπεπορνεύμην | ἐπεπόρνευσο | ἐπεπόρνευτο | ἐπεπόρνευσθον | ἐπεπορνεύσθην | ἐπεπορνεύμεθᾰ | ἐπεπόρνευσθε | ἐπεπόρνευντο | ||||
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
edit- πόρνευμα (pórneuma, “prostitution”)
- πόρνευσις (pórneusis, “prostitution”)
- πορνεύτρια (porneútria, “prostitute”)
Descendants
edit- Greek: πορνεύω (pornévo)
Further reading
edit- “πορνεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πορνεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πορνεύω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “πορνεύω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G4203 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible