ἑλκέω (helkeo): all forms
ἑλκέω means “drag, tear”. Below is its full conjugation in Ancient Greek.
Present active
Present active | Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | ἑλκῶ | ἑλκῶ | ἑλκοίην | |
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| 2nd singular | ἑλκεῖς | ἑλκῇς | ἑλκοῖς · ἑλκοίης | ἕλκει |
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| 3rd singular | ἑλκεῖ | ἑλκῇ | ἑλκοῖ · ἑλκοίη | ἑλκείτω |
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| 1st plural | ἑλκοῦμεν | ἑλκῶμεν | ἑλκοῖμεν · ἕλκοιμεν · ἑλκεῖμεν · ἑλκοίημεν | |
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| 2nd plural | ἑλκεῖτε | ἑλκῆτε | ἑλκοῖτε · ἕλκοιτε · ἑλκεῖτε · ἑλκοίητε | ἑλκεῖτε |
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| 3rd plural | ἑλκοῦσι(ν) | ἑλκῶσι(ν) | ἑλκοῖεν · ἕλκοιεν · ἑλκεῖεν · ἑλκοίησαν | ἑλκείτων · ἑλκείτωσαν |
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Present middle/passive
Present middle/passive | Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | ἑλκοῦμαι | ἑλκῶμαι | ἑλκοίμην | |
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| 2nd singular | ἑλκεῖ · ἑλκῇ | ἑλκῇ | ἑλκοῖο | ἑλκοῦ |
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| 3rd singular | ἑλκεῖται | ἑλκῆται | ἑλκοῖτο | ἑλκείσθω |
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| 1st plural | ἑλκούμεθα | ἑλκώμεθα | ἑλκοίμεθα | |
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| 2nd plural | ἑλκεῖσθε | ἑλκῆσθε | ἑλκοῖσθε | ἑλκεῖσθε |
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| 3rd plural | ἑλκοῦνται | ἑλκῶνται | ἑλκοῖντο | ἑλκείσθων |
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Imperfect active
Imperfect active | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | εἵλκουν |
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| 2nd singular | εἵλκεις |
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| 3rd singular | εἵλκει |
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| 1st plural | εἱλκοῦμεν |
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| 2nd plural | εἱλκεῖτε |
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| 3rd plural | εἵλκουν |
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Imperfect middle/passive
Imperfect middle/passive | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | εἱλκούμην |
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| 2nd singular | εἱλκοῦ |
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| 3rd singular | εἱλκεῖτο |
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| 1st plural | εἱλκούμεθα |
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| 2nd plural | εἱλκεῖσθε |
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| 3rd plural | εἱλκοῦντο |
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Infinitives
Infinitives | Active | Middle/passive |
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| Present | ἑλκεῖν | ἑλκεῖσθαι |
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Participles
Present active participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἑλκῶν | ἑλκοῦσα | ἑλκοῦν |
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| Genitive | ἑλκοῦντος | ἑλκούσης | ἑλκοῦντος |
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| Dative | ἑλκοῦντι | ἑλκούσῃ | ἑλκοῦντι |
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| Accusative | ἑλκοῦντα | ἑλκοῦσαν | ἑλκοῦν |
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| Vocative | ἑλκοῦν | ἑλκοῦσα | ἑλκοῦν |
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Present active participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἑλκοῦντες | ἑλκοῦσαι | ἑλκοῦντα |
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| Genitive | ἑλκούντων | ἑλκουσῶν | ἑλκούντων |
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| Dative | ἑλκοῦσι(ν) | ἑλκούσαις | ἑλκοῦσι(ν) |
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| Accusative | ἑλκοῦντας | ἑλκούσας | ἑλκοῦντα |
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| Vocative | ἑλκοῦντες | ἑλκοῦσαι | ἑλκοῦντα |
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Present middle/passive participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἑλκούμενος | ἑλκουμένη | ἑλκούμενον |
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| Genitive | ἑλκουμένου | ἑλκουμένης | ἑλκουμένου |
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| Dative | ἑλκουμένῳ | ἑλκουμένῃ | ἑλκουμένῳ |
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| Accusative | ἑλκούμενον | ἑλκουμένην | ἑλκούμενον |
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| Vocative | ἑλκούμενε | ἑλκουμένη | ἑλκούμενον |
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Present middle/passive participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἑλκούμενοι | ἑλκούμεναι | ἑλκούμενα |
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| Genitive | ἑλκουμένων | ἑλκουμένων | ἑλκουμένων |
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| Dative | ἑλκουμένοις | ἑλκουμέναις | ἑλκουμένοις |
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| Accusative | ἑλκουμένους | ἑλκουμένας | ἑλκούμενα |
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| Vocative | ἑλκούμενοι | ἑλκούμεναι | ἑλκούμενα |
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Meaning and examples of ἑλκέω
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.