μασάομαι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • μοσσύνειν (mossúnein)

Etymology

Traditionally compared with Latin mandō (“to chew”) (< Proto-Indo-European *meth₂-) and Proto-Germanic *munþaz (“mouth”) (< *mn̥t-), assuming the original form of the Greek term's root as μαθ- (math-), though unresolved phonetic issues with the above lead Beekes to suspect Pre-Greek origin, particularly based on the related gloss μοσσύνειν (mossúnein, “to chew slowly”) suggesting a consonantal variation with μαθ- (math-) and μασ- (mas-).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

μᾰσάομαι • (măsáomai)

  1. to chew

Conjugation

   Present: μᾰσᾰ́ομαι (Uncontracted)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle indicative μᾰσᾰ́ομαι μᾰσᾰ́ῃ,
μᾰσᾰ́ει 		μᾰσᾰ́εται μᾰσᾰ́εσθον μᾰσᾰ́εσθον μᾰσᾰόμεθᾰ μᾰσᾰ́εσθε μᾰσᾰ́ονται
subjunctive μᾰσᾰ́ωμαι μᾰσᾰ́ῃ μᾰσᾰ́ηται μᾰσᾰ́ησθον μᾰσᾰ́ησθον μᾰσᾰώμεθᾰ μᾰσᾰ́ησθε μᾰσᾰ́ωνται
optative μᾰσᾰοίμην μᾰσᾰ́οιο μᾰσᾰ́οιτο μᾰσᾰ́οισθον μᾰσᾰοίσθην μᾰσᾰοίμεθᾰ μᾰσᾰ́οισθε μᾰσᾰ́οιντο
imperative   μᾰσᾰ́ου μᾰσᾰέσθω μᾰσᾰ́εσθον μᾰσᾰέσθων   μᾰσᾰ́εσθε μᾰσᾰέσθων
infinitive μᾰσᾰ́εσθαι
participle m μᾰσᾰόμενος
f μᾰσᾰομένη
n μᾰσᾰόμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Present: μᾰσῶμαι (Contracted)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle indicative μᾰσῶμαι μᾰσᾷ μᾰσᾶται μᾰσᾶσθον μᾰσᾶσθον μᾰσώμεθᾰ μᾰσᾶσθε μᾰσῶνται
subjunctive μᾰσῶμαι μᾰσᾷ μᾰσᾶται μᾰσᾶσθον μᾰσᾶσθον μᾰσώμεθᾰ μᾰσᾶσθε μᾰσῶνται
optative μᾰσῴμην μᾰσῷο μᾰσῷτο μᾰσῷσθον μᾰσῴσθην μᾰσῴμεθᾰ μᾰσῷσθε μᾰσῷντο
imperative   μᾰσῶ μᾰσᾱ́σθω μᾰσᾶσθον μᾰσᾱ́σθων   μᾰσᾶσθε μᾰσᾱ́σθων
infinitive μᾰσᾶσθαι
participle m μᾰσώμενος
f μᾰσωμένη
n μᾰσώμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Aorist: ἐμᾰσησᾰ́μην
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle indicative ἐμᾰσησᾰ́μην ἐμᾰσήσω ἐμᾰσήσᾰτο ἐμᾰσήσᾰσθον ἐμᾰσησᾰ́σθην ἐμᾰσησᾰ́μεθᾰ ἐμᾰσήσᾰσθε ἐμᾰσήσᾰντο
subjunctive μᾰσήσωμαι μᾰσήσῃ μᾰσήσηται μᾰσήσησθον μᾰσήσησθον μᾰσησώμεθᾰ μᾰσήσησθε μᾰσήσωνται
optative μᾰσησαίμην μᾰσήσαιο μᾰσήσαιτο μᾰσήσαισθον μᾰσησαίσθην μᾰσησαίμεθᾰ μᾰσήσαισθε μᾰσήσαιντο
imperative   μᾰ́σησαι μᾰσησᾰ́σθω μᾰσήσᾰσθον μᾰσησᾰ́σθων   μᾰσήσᾰσθε μᾰσησᾰ́σθων
middle
infinitive μᾰσήσᾰσθαι
participle m μᾰσησᾰ́μενος
f μᾰσησᾰμένη
n μᾰσησᾰ́μενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: μασάω (masáo)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “μασάομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 909

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