φωλεύω
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom φωλεός (phōleós, “den, lair”) + -εύω (-eúō).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰɔː.lěu̯.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰoˈle.wo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸoˈle.βo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /foˈle.vo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /foˈle.vo/
Verb
editφωλεύω • (phōleúō)
- (of animals) to lurk in a hole or den
- (figuratively, of a disease) to lurk
Conjugation
edit Present: φωλεύω, φωλεύομαι
Imperfect: ἐφώλευον, ἐφωλευόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐφώλευον | ἐφώλευες | ἐφώλευε(ν) | ἐφωλεύετον | ἐφωλευέτην | ἐφωλεύομεν | ἐφωλεύετε | ἐφώλευον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐφωλευόμην | ἐφωλεύου | ἐφωλεύετο | ἐφωλεύεσθον | ἐφωλευέσθην | ἐφωλευόμεθᾰ | ἐφωλεύεσθε | ἐφωλεύοντο | ||||
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: πεφώλευκᾰ, πεφώλευμαι
Further reading
edit- “φωλεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φωλεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φωλεύω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette