λακέω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, a back-formation from λέλᾱκᾰ (lélākă), which is a perfect form of λάσκω (láskō).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /laː.ké.ɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laˈke.o/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laˈce.o/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laˈce.o/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laˈce.o/

Verb

λᾱκέω • (lākéō)

Doric and later Greek form of ληκέω (lēkéō) (to crack, crackle)

Conjugation

Present: λᾱκῶ, λᾱκοῦμαι (Doric, contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	λᾱκῶ	λᾱκεῖς	λᾱκεῖ	λᾱκεῖτον	λᾱκεῖτον	λᾱκοῦμες	λᾱκεῖτε	λᾱκοῦντῐ
	subjunctive	λᾱκῶ	λᾱκῇς	λᾱκῇ	λᾱκῆτον	λᾱκῆτον	λᾱκῶμες	λᾱκῆτε	λᾱκῶντῐ
	optative	λᾱκοῖμι	λᾱκοῖς	λᾱκοῖ	λᾱκοῖτον	λᾱκοίτᾱν	λᾱκοῖμες	λᾱκοῖτε	λᾱκοῖεν
	imperative		λᾱ́κει	λᾱκείτω	λᾱκεῖτον	λᾱκείτων		λᾱκεῖτε	λᾱκούντω
middle/passive	indicative	λᾱκοῦμαι	λᾱκῇ	λᾱκεῖται	λᾱκεῖσθον	λᾱκεῖσθον	λᾱκούμεθᾰ	λᾱκεῖσθε	λᾱκοῦνται
	subjunctive	λᾱκῶμαι	λᾱκῇ	λᾱκῆται	λᾱκῆσθον	λᾱκῆσθον	λᾱκώμεθᾰ	λᾱκῆσθε	λᾱκῶνται
	optative	λᾱκοίμᾱν	λᾱκοῖο	λᾱκοῖτο	λᾱκοῖσθον	λᾱκοίσθᾱν	λᾱκοίμεθᾰ	λᾱκοῖσθε	λᾱκοῖντο
	imperative		λᾱκοῦ	λᾱκείσθω	λᾱκεῖσθον	λᾱκείσθων		λᾱκεῖσθε	λᾱκείσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		λᾱκεῖν				λᾱκεῖσθαι
participle	m	λᾱκῶν				λᾱκούμενος
	f	λᾱκοῦσᾰ				λᾱκουμένᾱ
	n	λᾱκοῦν				λᾱκούμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: ἐλᾱ́κουν, ἐλᾱκούμᾱν (Doric, contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐλᾱ́κουν	ἐλᾱ́κεις	ἐλᾱ́κει	ἐλᾱκεῖτον	ἐλᾱκείτᾱν	ἐλᾱκοῦμες	ἐλᾱκεῖτε	ἐλᾱ́κουν
middle/passive	indicative	ἐλᾱκούμᾱν	ἐλᾱκοῦ	ἐλᾱκεῖτο	ἐλᾱκεῖσθον	ἐλᾱκείσθᾱν	ἐλᾱκούμεθᾰ	ἐλᾱκεῖσθε	ἐλᾱκοῦντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Aorist: ἐλάκησᾰ, ἐλακησᾰ́μᾱν (Doric)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐλάκησᾰ	ἐλάκησᾰς	ἐλάκησε(ν)	ἐλακήσᾰτον	ἐλακησᾰ́τᾱν	ἐλακήσᾰμες	ἐλακήσᾰτε	ἐλάκησᾰν
	subjunctive	λακήσω	λακήσῃς	λακήσῃ	λακήσητον	λακήσητον	λακήσωμες	λακήσητε	λακησέωντῐ
	optative	λακήσαιμῐ	λακήσαις	λακήσαι	λακησεῖτον	λακησείτᾱν	λακησεῖμες	λακησεῖτε	λακησεῖεν
	imperative		λάκησον	λακησᾰ́τω	λακήσᾰτον	λακησᾰ́των		λακήσᾰτε	λακησᾰ́ντω
middle	indicative	ἐλακησᾰ́μᾱν	ἐλακήσω	ἐλακήσᾰτο	ἐλακήσᾰσθον	ἐλακησᾰ́σθᾱν	ἐλακησᾰ́μεθᾰ	ἐλακήσᾰσθε	ἐλακήσᾰντο
	subjunctive	λακήσωμαι	λακήσηαι	λακήσηται	λακήσησθον	λακήσησθον	λακησώμεθᾰ	λακήσησθε	λακήσωνται
	optative	λακησαίμᾱν	λακήσαιο	λακήσαιτο	λακήσαισθον	λακησαίσθᾱν	λακησαίμεθᾰ	λακήσαισθε	λακήσαιντο
	imperative		λάκησαι	λακησᾰ́σθω	λακήσᾰσθον	λακησᾰ́σθων		λακήσᾰσθε	λακησᾰ́σθων
		active			middle
infinitive		λακησῆμεν			λακήσᾰσθαι
participle	m	λακήσᾱς			λακησᾰ́μενος
	f	λακήσᾱσᾰ			λακησᾰμένᾱ
	n	λακῆσᾰν			λακησᾰ́μενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “λάσκω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 836

“λακέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
λακέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Frisk, Hjalmar (1970), “λάσκω”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, pages 88-89
λακέω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “λάσκω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 836

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