ἐλεάω (eleao): all forms
ἐλεάω means “pity”. Below is its full conjugation in Ancient Greek.
Present active
Present active | Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | ἐλεῶ | ἐλεῶ | ἐλεῴην · ἐλεῷμι · ἐλεαίην | |
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| 2nd singular | ἐλεᾷς | ἐλεᾷς | ἐλεῴης · ἐλεῷς · ἐλεαίης | ἐλέα |
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| 3rd singular | ἐλεᾷ | ἐλεᾷ | ἐλεαίη · ἐλεῴη · ἐλεῷ | ἐλεάτω |
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| 1st plural | ἐλεῶμεν | ἐλεῶμεν | ἐλεῷμεν · ἐλεαίημεν · ἐλεαῖμεν · ἐλεῴημεν | |
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| 2nd plural | ἐλεᾶτε | ἐλεᾶτε | ἐλεῷτε · ἐλεῴητε · ἐλεαῖτε · ἐλεαίητε | ἐλεᾶτε |
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| 3rd plural | ἐλεῶσι(ν) | ἐλεῶσι(ν) | ἐλεῷεν · ἐλεαῖεν · ἐλεαίησαν · ἐλεῴησαν | ἐλεώντων · ἐλεάτωσαν |
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Present middle/passive
Present middle/passive | Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | ἐλεῶμαι | ἐλεῶμαι | ἐλεῴμην | |
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| 2nd singular | ἐλεᾷ | ἐλεᾷ | ἐλεῷο | ἐλεῶ |
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| 3rd singular | ἐλεᾶται | ἐλεᾶται | ἐλεῷτο | ἐλεάσθω |
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| 1st plural | ἐλεώμεθα | ἐλεώμεθα | ἐλεῴμεθα | |
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| 2nd plural | ἐλεᾶσθε | ἐλεᾶσθε | ἐλεῷσθε | ἐλεᾶσθε |
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| 3rd plural | ἐλεῶνται | ἐλεῶνται | ἐλεῷντο | ἐλεάσθων · ἐλεάσθωσαν |
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Imperfect active
Imperfect active | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | ἠλέων |
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| 2nd singular | ἠλέας |
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| 3rd singular | ἠλέα |
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| 1st plural | ἠλεῶμεν |
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| 2nd plural | ἠλεᾶτε |
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| 3rd plural | ἠλέων |
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Imperfect middle/passive
Imperfect middle/passive | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | ἠλεώμην |
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| 2nd singular | ἠλεῶ |
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| 3rd singular | ἠλεᾶτο |
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| 1st plural | ἠλεώμεθα |
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| 2nd plural | ἠλεᾶσθε |
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| 3rd plural | ἠλεῶντο |
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Infinitives
Infinitives | Active | Middle/passive |
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| Present | ἐλεᾶν · ἐλεᾷν | ἐλεᾶσθαι |
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Participles
Present active participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐλεῶν | ἐλεῶσα | ἐλεῶν |
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| Genitive | ἐλεῶντος | ἐλεώσης | ἐλεῶντος |
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| Dative | ἐλεῶντι | ἐλεώσῃ | ἐλεῶντι |
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| Accusative | ἐλεῶντα | ἐλεῶσαν | ἐλεῶν |
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| Vocative | ἐλεῶν | ἐλεῶσα | ἐλεῶν |
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Present active participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐλεῶντες | ἐλεῶσαι | ἐλεῶντα |
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| Genitive | ἐλεώντων | ἐλεωσῶν | ἐλεώντων |
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| Dative | ἐλεῶσι(ν) | ἐλεώσαις | ἐλεῶσι(ν) |
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| Accusative | ἐλεῶντας | ἐλεώσας | ἐλεῶντα |
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| Vocative | ἐλεῶντες | ἐλεῶσαι | ἐλεῶντα |
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Present middle/passive participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐλεώμενος | ἐλεωμένη | ἐλεώμενον |
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| Genitive | ἐλεωμένου | ἐλεωμένης | ἐλεωμένου |
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| Dative | ἐλεωμένῳ | ἐλεωμένῃ | ἐλεωμένῳ |
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| Accusative | ἐλεώμενον | ἐλεωμένην | ἐλεώμενον |
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| Vocative | ἐλεώμενε | ἐλεωμένη | ἐλεώμενον |
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Present middle/passive participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐλεώμενοι | ἐλεώμεναι | ἐλεώμενα |
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| Genitive | ἐλεωμένων | ἐλεωμένων | ἐλεωμένων |
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| Dative | ἐλεωμένοις | ἐλεωμέναις | ἐλεωμένοις |
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| Accusative | ἐλεωμένους | ἐλεωμένας | ἐλεώμενα |
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| Vocative | ἐλεώμενοι | ἐλεώμεναι | ἐλεώμενα |
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Meaning and examples of ἐλεάω
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.