λάω (lao): all forms
λάω means “seize, hold; gripping”. Below is its full conjugation in Ancient Greek.
Present active
Present active | Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | λῶ | λῶ | λαίην · λῷμι · λῴην | |
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| 2nd singular | λᾷς | λᾷς | λῷς · λαίης · λῴης | λᾶ |
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| 3rd singular | λᾷ | λᾷ | λῷ · λαίη · λῴη | λάτω |
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| 1st plural | λῶμεν | λῶμεν | λαῖμεν · λῷμεν · λαίημεν · λῴημεν | |
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| 2nd plural | λᾶτε | λᾶτε | λαίητε · λαῖτε · λῴητε · λῷτε | λᾶτε |
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| 3rd plural | λῶσι(ν) | λῶσι(ν) | λαῖεν · λαίησαν · λῴησαν · λῷεν | λώντων · λάτωσαν |
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Present middle/passive
Present middle/passive | Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | λῶμαι | λῶμαι | λῴμην | |
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| 2nd singular | λᾷ | λᾷ | λῷο | λῶ |
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| 3rd singular | λᾶται | λᾶται | λῷτο | λάσθω |
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| 1st plural | λώμεθα | λώμεθα | λῴμεθα | |
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| 2nd plural | λᾶσθε | λᾶσθε | λῷσθε | λᾶσθε |
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| 3rd plural | λῶνται | λῶνται | λῷντο | λάσθων · λάσθωσαν |
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Imperfect active
Imperfect active | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | ἔλων |
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| 2nd singular | ἔλας |
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| 3rd singular | ἔλα |
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| 1st plural | ἐλῶμεν |
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| 2nd plural | ἐλᾶτε |
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| 3rd plural | ἔλων |
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Imperfect middle/passive
Imperfect middle/passive | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | ἐλώμην |
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| 2nd singular | ἐλῶ |
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| 3rd singular | ἐλᾶτο |
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| 1st plural | ἐλώμεθα |
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| 2nd plural | ἐλᾶσθε |
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| 3rd plural | ἐλῶντο |
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Infinitives
Infinitives | Active | Middle/passive |
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| Present | λᾶν · λᾷν | λᾶσθαι |
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Participles
Present active participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | λῶν | λῶσα | λῶν |
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| Genitive | λῶντος | λώσης | λῶντος |
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| Dative | λῶντι | λώσῃ | λῶντι |
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| Accusative | λῶντα | λῶσαν | λῶν |
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| Vocative | λῶν | λῶσα | λῶν |
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Present active participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | λῶντες | λῶσαι | λῶντα |
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| Genitive | λώντων | λωσῶν | λώντων |
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| Dative | λῶσι(ν) | λώσαις | λῶσι(ν) |
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| Accusative | λῶντας | λώσας | λῶντα |
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| Vocative | λῶντες | λῶσαι | λῶντα |
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Present middle/passive participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | λώμενος | λωμένη | λώμενον |
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| Genitive | λωμένου | λωμένης | λωμένου |
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| Dative | λωμένῳ | λωμένῃ | λωμένῳ |
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| Accusative | λώμενον | λωμένην | λώμενον |
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| Vocative | λώμενε | λωμένη | λώμενον |
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Present middle/passive participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | λώμενοι | λώμεναι | λώμενα |
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| Genitive | λωμένων | λωμένων | λωμένων |
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| Dative | λωμένοις | λωμέναις | λωμένοις |
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| Accusative | λωμένους | λωμένας | λώμενα |
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| Vocative | λώμενοι | λώμεναι | λώμενα |
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Meaning and examples of λάω
Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.