ἀάω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From earlier *ἀϝάω (*awáō), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂-, though without obvious cognates.^[1]

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ἀάω • (aáō)

(chiefly Epic) to hurt or damage the mind: mislead, infatuate (in relation to the effects of non-human things)
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 8.237
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.116
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.119
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.537
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.340
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 19.91
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 19.129
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 19.136
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 19.137
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 10.68
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 11.61
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 21.296
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 21.301

Inflection

Present: ἀᾰ́ομαι (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἀᾰ́ομαι	ἀᾰ́ῃ, ἀᾰ́ει	ἀᾰ́εται	ἀᾰ́εσθον	ἀᾰ́εσθον	ἀᾰόμεθᾰ	ἀᾰ́εσθε	ἀᾰ́ονται
	subjunctive	ἀᾰ́ωμαι	ἀᾰ́ῃ	ἀᾰ́ηται	ἀᾰ́ησθον	ἀᾰ́ησθον	ἀᾰώμεθᾰ	ἀᾰ́ησθε	ἀᾰ́ωνται
	optative	ἀᾰοίμην	ἀᾰ́οιο	ἀᾰ́οιτο	ἀᾰ́οισθον	ἀᾰοίσθην	ἀᾰοίμεθᾰ	ἀᾰ́οισθε	ἀᾰ́οιντο
	imperative		ἀᾰ́ου	ἀᾰέσθω	ἀᾰ́εσθον	ἀᾰέσθων		ἀᾰ́εσθε	ἀᾰέσθων

infinitive						ἀᾰ́εσθαι
participle	m					ἀᾰόμενος
	f					ἀᾰομένη
	n					ἀᾰόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Present: ἀῶμαι (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἀῶμαι	ἀᾷ	ἀᾶται	ἀᾶσθον	ἀᾶσθον	ἀώμεθᾰ	ἀᾶσθε	ἀῶνται
	subjunctive	ἀῶμαι	ἀᾷ	ἀᾶται	ἀᾶσθον	ἀᾶσθον	ἀώμεθᾰ	ἀᾶσθε	ἀῶνται
	optative	ἀῴμην	ἀῷο	ἀῷτο	ἀῷσθον	ἀῴσθην	ἀῴμεθᾰ	ἀῷσθε	ἀῷντο
	imperative		ἀῶ	ἀᾱ́σθω	ἀᾶσθον	ἀᾱ́σθων		ἀᾶσθε	ἀᾱ́σθων

infinitive						ἀᾶσθαι
participle	m					ἀώμενος
	f					ἀωμένη
	n					ἀώμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Aorist: ᾱ̓́ᾱσᾰ, ᾱ̓ᾱσᾰ́μην, ᾱ̓ᾱ́σθην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ᾱ̓́ᾱσᾰ	ᾱ̓́ᾱσᾰς	ᾱ̓́ᾱσε(ν)	ᾱ̓ᾱ́σᾰτον	ᾱ̓ᾱσᾰ́την	ᾱ̓ᾱ́σᾰμεν	ᾱ̓ᾱ́σᾰτε	ᾱ̓́ᾱσᾰν
	subjunctive	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σω	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σῃς	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σῃ	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σητον	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σητον	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σωμεν	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σητε	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σαιμῐ	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σειᾰς, ᾰ̓ᾱ́σαις	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σειε(ν), ᾰ̓ᾱ́σαι	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σαιτον	ᾰ̓ᾱσαίτην	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σαιμεν	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σαιτε	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σειᾰν, ᾰ̓ᾱ́σαιεν
	imperative		ᾰ̓́ᾱσον	ᾰ̓ᾱσᾰ́τω	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σᾰτον	ᾰ̓ᾱσᾰ́των		ᾰ̓ᾱ́σᾰτε	ᾰ̓ᾱσᾰ́ντων
middle	indicative	ᾱ̓ᾱσᾰ́μην	ᾱ̓ᾱ́σω	ᾱ̓ᾱ́σᾰτο	ᾱ̓ᾱ́σᾰσθον	ᾱ̓ᾱσᾰ́σθην	ᾱ̓ᾱσᾰ́μεθᾰ	ᾱ̓ᾱ́σᾰσθε	ᾱ̓ᾱ́σᾰντο
	subjunctive	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σωμαι	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σῃ	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σηται	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σησθον	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σησθον	ᾰ̓ᾱσώμεθᾰ	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σησθε	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σωνται
	optative	ᾰ̓ᾱσαίμην	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σαιο	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σαιτο	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σαισθον	ᾰ̓ᾱσαίσθην	ᾰ̓ᾱσαίμεθᾰ	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σαισθε	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σαιντο
	imperative		ᾰ̓́ᾱσαι	ᾰ̓ᾱσᾰ́σθω	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σᾰσθον	ᾰ̓ᾱσᾰ́σθων		ᾰ̓ᾱ́σᾰσθε	ᾰ̓ᾱσᾰ́σθων
passive	indicative	ᾱ̓ᾱ́σθην	ᾱ̓ᾱ́σθης	ᾱ̓ᾱ́σθη	ᾱ̓ᾱ́σθητον	ᾱ̓ᾱσθήτην	ᾱ̓ᾱ́σθημεν	ᾱ̓ᾱ́σθητε	ᾱ̓ᾱ́σθησᾰν
	subjunctive	ᾰ̓ᾱσθῶ	ᾰ̓ᾱσθῇς	ᾰ̓ᾱσθῇ	ᾰ̓ᾱσθῆτον	ᾰ̓ᾱσθῆτον	ᾰ̓ᾱσθῶμεν	ᾰ̓ᾱσθῆτε	ᾰ̓ᾱσθῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ᾰ̓ᾱσθείην	ᾰ̓ᾱσθείης	ᾰ̓ᾱσθείη	ᾰ̓ᾱσθεῖτον, ᾰ̓ᾱσθείητον	ᾰ̓ᾱσθείτην, ᾰ̓ᾱσθειήτην	ᾰ̓ᾱσθεῖμεν, ᾰ̓ᾱσθείημεν	ᾰ̓ᾱσθεῖτε, ᾰ̓ᾱσθείητε	ᾰ̓ᾱσθεῖεν, ᾰ̓ᾱσθείησᾰν
	imperative		ᾰ̓ᾱ́σθητῐ	ᾰ̓ᾱσθήτω	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σθητον	ᾰ̓ᾱσθήτων		ᾰ̓ᾱ́σθητε	ᾰ̓ᾱσθέντων
		active			middle		passive
infinitive		ᾰ̓ᾶσαι			ᾰ̓ᾱ́σᾰσθαι		ᾰ̓ᾱσθῆναι
participle	m	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σᾱς			ᾰ̓ᾱσᾰ́μενος		ᾰ̓ᾱσθείς
	f	ᾰ̓ᾱ́σᾱσᾰ			ᾰ̓ᾱσᾰμένη		ᾰ̓ᾱσθεῖσᾰ
	n	ᾰ̓ᾶσᾰν			ᾰ̓ᾱσᾰ́μενον		ᾰ̓ᾱσθέν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

ᾰ̓ᾱ́ᾰτος (aā́atos)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀάω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 2

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