ἅζομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *haďďomai, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yáǵyeti. (compare ἅγιος (hágios)); cognate with Sanskrit यजति (yájati, “to revere”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ház.do.mai̯/ → /ˈa.zo.mɛ/ → /ˈa.zo.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ház.do.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)a.zo.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.zo.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.zo.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.zo.me/

Verb

ἅζομαι • (házomai) (Epic)

1. to dread, stand in awe of, reverence
   • Homer, Iliad, 6:266–67:

     Χερσὶ δ’ ἀνίπτοισιν Διὶ λείβειν αἴθοπα οἶνον ἅζομαι

     Khersì d’ aníptoisin Diì leíbein aíthopa oînon házomai

     Moreover with hands unwashed I dread to pour libation of flaming wine to Zeus.

Inflection

   Present: ἅζομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἅζομαι	ἅζῃ, ἅζει	ἅζεται	ἅζεσθον	ἅζεσθον	ἁζόμεθᾰ	ἅζεσθε	ἅζονται
	subjunctive	ἅζωμαι	ἅζῃ	ἅζηται	ἅζησθον	ἅζησθον	ἁζώμεθᾰ	ἅζησθε	ἅζωνται
	optative	ἁζοίμην	ἅζοιο	ἅζοιτο	ἅζοισθον	ἁζοίσθην	ἁζοίμεθᾰ	ἅζοισθε	ἅζοιντο
	imperative		ἅζου	ἁζέσθω	ἅζεσθον	ἁζέσθων		ἅζεσθε	ἁζέσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						ἅζεσθαι
participle	m					ἁζόμενος
	f					ἁζομένη
	n					ἁζόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

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