ἀλεείνω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same root as the synonymous ᾰ̓λέομαι (ăléomai) and as ᾰ̓λέᾱ (ăléā, “avoiding; escape”).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ᾰ̓λεείνω • (ăleeínō)

  1. (Epic) to shun; to avoid; to flee (from)

Conjugation

   Present: ᾰ̓λεείνω, ᾰ̓λεείνομαι (Epic)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ᾰ̓λεείνω ᾰ̓λεείνεις ᾰ̓λεείνει ᾰ̓λεείνετον ᾰ̓λεείνετον ᾰ̓λεείνομεν ᾰ̓λεείνετε ᾰ̓λεείνουσῐ(ν)
subjunctive ᾰ̓λεείνω,
ᾰ̓λεείνωμῐ 		ᾰ̓λεείνῃς,
ᾰ̓λεείνῃσθᾰ 		ᾰ̓λεείνῃ,
ᾰ̓λεείνῃσῐ(ν) 		ᾰ̓λεείνητον ᾰ̓λεείνητον ᾰ̓λεείνωμεν ᾰ̓λεείνητε ᾰ̓λεείνωσῐ(ν)
optative ᾰ̓λεείνοιμῐ ᾰ̓λεείνοις,
ᾰ̓λεείνοισθᾰ 		ᾰ̓λεείνοι ᾰ̓λεείνοιτον ᾰ̓λεεινοίτην ᾰ̓λεείνοιμεν ᾰ̓λεείνοιτε ᾰ̓λεείνοιεν
imperative   ᾰ̓λέεινε ᾰ̓λεεινέτω ᾰ̓λεείνετον ᾰ̓λεεινέτων   ᾰ̓λεείνετε ᾰ̓λεεινόντων
middle/passive indicative ᾰ̓λεείνομαι ᾰ̓λεείνεαι,
ᾰ̓λεείνῃ 		ᾰ̓λεείνεται ᾰ̓λεείνεσθον ᾰ̓λεείνεσθον ᾰ̓λεεινόμε(σ)θᾰ ᾰ̓λεείνεσθε ᾰ̓λεείνονται
subjunctive ᾰ̓λεείνωμαι ᾰ̓λεείνηαι,
ᾰ̓λεείνῃ 		ᾰ̓λεείνηται ᾰ̓λεείνησθον ᾰ̓λεείνησθον ᾰ̓λεεινώμε(σ)θᾰ ᾰ̓λεείνησθε ᾰ̓λεείνωνται
optative ᾰ̓λεεινοίμην ᾰ̓λεείνοιο ᾰ̓λεείνοιτο ᾰ̓λεείνοισθον ᾰ̓λεεινοίσθην ᾰ̓λεεινοίμε(σ)θᾰ ᾰ̓λεείνοισθε ᾰ̓λεεινοίᾰτο
imperative   ᾰ̓λεείνεο,
ᾰ̓λεείνευ 		ᾰ̓λεεινέσθω ᾰ̓λεείνεσθον ᾰ̓λεεινέσθων   ᾰ̓λεείνεσθε ᾰ̓λεεινέσθων
active middle/passive
infinitive ᾰ̓λεείνειν,
ᾰ̓λεεινέμεν(αι),
ᾰ̓λεεινμέναι 		ᾰ̓λεείνεσθαι
participle m ᾰ̓λεείνων ᾰ̓λεεινόμενος
f ᾰ̓λεείνουσᾰ ᾰ̓λεεινομένη
n ᾰ̓λεεῖνον ᾰ̓λεεινόμενον
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: ᾰ̓λέεινον, ᾰ̓λεεινόμην (Epic)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ᾰ̓λέεινον ᾰ̓λέεινες ᾰ̓λέεινε(ν) ᾰ̓λεείνετον ᾰ̓λεεινέτην ᾰ̓λεείνομεν ᾰ̓λεείνετε ᾰ̓λέεινον
middle/passive indicative ᾰ̓λεεινόμην ᾰ̓λεείνεο,
ᾰ̓λεείνευ 		ᾰ̓λεείνετο ᾰ̓λεείνεσθον ᾰ̓λεεινέσθην ᾰ̓λεεινόμε(σ)θᾰ ᾰ̓λεείνεσθε ᾰ̓λεείνοντο
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.

The first aorist active infinitive ᾰ̓λεεῖναι (ăleeînai) is attested once.

Further reading

  • “ἀλεείνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἀλεείνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “ἀλεείνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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