μηκάομαι
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μηκή (mēkḗ, “bleating”) + -άομαι (-áomai)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛː.ká.o.mai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me̝ˈka.o.mɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /miˈka.o.mɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /miˈka.o.me/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /miˈka.o.me/
Verb
μηκᾰ́ομαι • (mēkắomai) (Epic)
- (of a goat) to bleat
- Synonym: μηκᾰ́ζω (mēkắzō)
- (of a frightened or wounded animal) to scream; to shriek
- (hapax legomenon, of a person) to scream in pain
Conjugation
Present: μηκᾰ́ομαι (Uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | μηκᾰ́ομαι | μηκᾰ́ῃ, μηκᾰ́ει |
μηκᾰ́εται | μηκᾰ́εσθον | μηκᾰ́εσθον | μηκᾰόμεθᾰ | μηκᾰ́εσθε | μηκᾰ́ονται | ||||
| subjunctive | μηκᾰ́ωμαι | μηκᾰ́ῃ | μηκᾰ́ηται | μηκᾰ́ησθον | μηκᾰ́ησθον | μηκᾰώμεθᾰ | μηκᾰ́ησθε | μηκᾰ́ωνται | |||||
| optative | μηκᾰοίμην | μηκᾰ́οιο | μηκᾰ́οιτο | μηκᾰ́οισθον | μηκᾰοίσθην | μηκᾰοίμεθᾰ | μηκᾰ́οισθε | μηκᾰ́οιντο | |||||
| imperative | μηκᾰ́ου | μηκᾰέσθω | μηκᾰ́εσθον | μηκᾰέσθων | μηκᾰ́εσθε | μηκᾰέσθων | |||||||
| infinitive | μηκᾰ́εσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | μηκᾰόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | μηκᾰομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | μηκᾰόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Present: μηκῶμαι (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | μηκῶμαι | μηκᾷ | μηκᾶται | μηκᾶσθον | μηκᾶσθον | μηκώμεθᾰ | μηκᾶσθε | μηκῶνται | ||||
| subjunctive | μηκῶμαι | μηκᾷ | μηκᾶται | μηκᾶσθον | μηκᾶσθον | μηκώμεθᾰ | μηκᾶσθε | μηκῶνται | |||||
| optative | μηκῴμην | μηκῷο | μηκῷτο | μηκῷσθον | μηκῴσθην | μηκῴμεθᾰ | μηκῷσθε | μηκῷντο | |||||
| imperative | μηκῶ | μηκᾱ́σθω | μηκᾶσθον | μηκᾱ́σθων | μηκᾶσθε | μηκᾱ́σθων | |||||||
| infinitive | μηκᾶσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | μηκώμενος | |||||||||||
| f | μηκωμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | μηκώμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐμέμηκον | ἐμέμηκες | ἐμέμηκε(ν) | ἐμεμήκετον | ἐμεμηκέτην | ἐμεμήκομεν | ἐμεμήκετε | ἐμέμηκον | ||||
| middle/ |
indicative | ἐμεμηκόμην | ἐμεμήκεο, ἐμεμήκευ |
ἐμεμήκετο | ἐμεμήκεσθον | ἐμεμηκέσθην | ἐμεμηκόμε(σ)θᾰ | ἐμεμήκεσθε | ἐμεμήκοντο | ||||
| 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.
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| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔμᾰκον | ἔμᾰκες | ἔμᾰκε(ν) | ἐμᾰ́κετον | ἐμᾰκέτην | ἐμᾰ́κομεν | ἐμᾰ́κετε | ἔμᾰκον | ||||
| subjunctive | μᾰ́κω, μᾰ́κωμῐ |
μᾰ́κῃς, μᾰ́κῃσθᾰ |
μᾰ́κῃ, μᾰ́κῃσῐ(ν) |
μᾰ́κητον | μᾰ́κητον | μᾰ́κωμεν | μᾰ́κητε | μᾰ́κωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | μᾰ́κοιμῐ | μᾰ́κοις, μᾰ́κοισθᾰ |
μᾰ́κοι | μᾰκεῖτον | μᾰκείτην | μᾰκεῖμεν | μᾰκεῖτε | μᾰκεῖεν | |||||
| imperative | μᾰ́κε | μᾰκέτω | μᾰ́κετον | μᾰκέτων | μᾰ́κετε | μᾰκόντων | |||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐμᾰκόμην | ἐμᾰ́κεο | ἐμᾰ́κετο | ἐμᾰ́κεσθον | ἐμᾰκέσθην | ἐμᾰκόμε(σ)θᾰ | ἐμᾰ́κεσθε | ἐμᾰ́κοντο | ||||
| subjunctive | μᾰ́κωμαι | μᾰ́κηαι | μᾰ́κηται | μᾰ́κησθον | μᾰ́κησθον | μᾰκώμε(σ)θᾰ | μᾰ́κησθε | μᾰ́κωνται | |||||
| optative | μᾰκοίμην | μᾰ́κοιο | μᾰ́κοιτο | μᾰ́κοισθον | μᾰκοίσθην | μᾰκοίμε(σ)θᾰ | μᾰ́κοισθε | μᾰκοίᾰτο | |||||
| imperative | μᾰ́κεο | μᾰκέσθω | μᾰ́κεσθον | μᾰκέσθων | μᾰ́κεσθε | μᾰκέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | μᾰκεῖν, μᾰκέμεν(αι) |
μᾰκέσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | μᾰκών | μᾰκόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | μᾰκοῦσᾰ | μᾰκομένη | |||||||||||
| n | μᾰκόν | μᾰκόμενον | |||||||||||
| 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.
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Perfect: μέμηκᾰ (Epic)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | μέμηκᾰ | μέμηκᾰς | μέμηκε(ν) | μεμήκᾰτον | μεμήκᾰτον | μεμήκᾰμεν | μεμήκᾰτε | μεμήκᾱσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | μεμήκω, μεμήκωμῐ |
μεμήκῃς, μεμήκῃσθᾰ |
μεμήκῃ, μεμήκῃσῐ(ν) |
μεμήκητον | μεμήκητον | μεμήκωμεν | μεμήκητε | μεμήκωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | μεμήκοιμῐ, μεμηκοίην |
μεμήκοις, μεμηκοίης |
μεμήκοι, μεμηκοίη |
μεμήκοιτον | μεμηκοίτην | μεμήκοιμεν | μεμήκοιτε | μεμήκοιεν | |||||
| imperative | μέμηκε | μεμηκέτω | μεμήκετον | μεμηκέτων | μεμήκετε | μεμηκόντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | μεμηκέναι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | μεμηκώς | |||||||||||
| f | μεμηκυῖᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | μεμηκός | ||||||||||||
| 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.
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Perfect: μέμᾰκᾰ (Epic)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | μέμᾰκᾰ | μέμᾰκᾰς | μέμᾰκε(ν) | μεμᾰ́κᾰτον | μεμᾰ́κᾰτον | μεμᾰ́κᾰμεν | μεμᾰ́κᾰτε | μεμᾰ́κᾱσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | μεμᾰ́κω, μεμᾰ́κωμῐ |
μεμᾰ́κῃς, μεμᾰ́κῃσθᾰ |
μεμᾰ́κῃ, μεμᾰ́κῃσῐ(ν) |
μεμᾰ́κητον | μεμᾰ́κητον | μεμᾰ́κωμεν | μεμᾰ́κητε | μεμᾰ́κωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | μεμᾰ́κοιμῐ, μεμᾰκοίην |
μεμᾰ́κοις, μεμᾰκοίης |
μεμᾰ́κοι, μεμᾰκοίη |
μεμᾰ́κοιτον | μεμᾰκοίτην | μεμᾰ́κοιμεν | μεμᾰ́κοιτε | μεμᾰ́κοιεν | |||||
| imperative | μέμᾰκε | μεμᾰκέτω | μεμᾰ́κετον | μεμᾰκέτων | μεμᾰ́κετε | μεμᾰκόντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | μεμᾰκέναι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | μεμᾰκώς | |||||||||||
| f | μεμᾰκυῖᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | μεμᾰκός | ||||||||||||
| 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.
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Derived terms
- περῐμηκᾰ́ομαι (perĭmēkắomai)
- ῠ̔πομηκᾰ́ομαι (hŭpomēkắomai)
Related terms
- μηκᾰ́ζω (mēkắzō)
- μηκᾰ́ς (mēkắs)
- μηκᾰσμός (mēkăsmós)
- μηκή (mēkḗ)
- μηκηθμός (mēkēthmós)
- μηκητῐκός (mēkētĭkós)
- πολῠμηκᾰ́ς (polŭmēkắs)
Further reading
- “μηκάομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μηκάομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μηκάομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- μηκάομαι, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “μηκάομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press