ἴσχω (ischo): all forms
ἴσχω means “hold, restrain, check”. Below is its full conjugation in Ancient Greek.
Present active
Present active | Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | ἴσχω | ἴσχω | ἴσχοιμι | |
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| 2nd singular | ἴσχεις | ἴσχῃς | ἴσχοις | ἴσχε |
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| 3rd singular | ἴσχει | ἴσχῃ | ἴσχοι | ἰσχέτω |
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| 1st plural | ἴσχομεν | ἴσχωμεν | ἴσχοιμεν | |
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| 2nd plural | ἴσχετε | ἴσχητε | ἴσχοιτε | ἴσχετε |
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| 3rd plural | ἴσχουσι(ν) | ἴσχωσι(ν) | ἴσχοιεν | ἰσχόντων · ἰσχέτωσαν |
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Present middle/passive
Present middle/passive | Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | ἴσχομαι | ἴσχωμαι | ἰσχοίμην | |
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| 2nd singular | ἴσχει · ἴσχῃ | ἴσχῃ | ἴσχοιο | ἴσχου |
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| 3rd singular | ἴσχεται | ἴσχηται | ἴσχοιτο | ἰσχέσθω |
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| 1st plural | ἰσχόμεθα | ἰσχώμεθα | ἰσχοίμεθα | |
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| 2nd plural | ἴσχεσθε | ἴσχησθε | ἴσχοισθε | ἴσχεσθε |
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| 3rd plural | ἴσχονται | ἴσχωνται | ἴσχοιντο | ἰσχέσθων · ἰσχέσθωσαν |
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Imperfect active
Imperfect active | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | ἶσχον |
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| 2nd singular | ἶσχες |
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| 3rd singular | ἶσχε(ν) |
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| 1st plural | ἴσχομεν |
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| 2nd plural | ἴσχετε |
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| 3rd plural | ἶσχον |
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Imperfect middle/passive
Imperfect middle/passive | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | ἰσχόμην |
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| 2nd singular | ἴσχου |
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| 3rd singular | ἴσχετο |
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| 1st plural | ἰσχόμεθα |
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| 2nd plural | ἴσχεσθε |
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| 3rd plural | ἴσχοντο |
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Infinitives
Infinitives | Active | Middle/passive |
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| Present | ἴσχειν | ἴσχεσθαι |
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Participles
Present active participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἴσχων | ἴσχουσα | ἴσχον |
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| Genitive | ἴσχοντος | ἰσχούσης | ἴσχοντος |
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| Dative | ἴσχοντι | ἰσχούσῃ | ἴσχοντι |
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| Accusative | ἴσχοντα | ἴσχουσαν | ἴσχον |
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| Vocative | ἴσχον | ἴσχουσα | ἴσχον |
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Present active participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἴσχοντες | ἴσχουσαι | ἴσχοντα |
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| Genitive | ἰσχόντων | ἰσχουσῶν | ἰσχόντων |
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| Dative | ἴσχουσι(ν) | ἰσχούσαις | ἴσχουσι(ν) |
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| Accusative | ἴσχοντας | ἰσχούσας | ἴσχοντα |
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| Vocative | ἴσχοντες | ἴσχουσαι | ἴσχοντα |
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Present middle/passive participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἰσχόμενος | ἰσχομένη | ἰσχόμενον |
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| Genitive | ἰσχομένου | ἰσχομένης | ἰσχομένου |
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| Dative | ἰσχομένῳ | ἰσχομένῃ | ἰσχομένῳ |
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| Accusative | ἰσχόμενον | ἰσχομένην | ἰσχόμενον |
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| Vocative | ἰσχόμενε | ἰσχομένη | ἰσχόμενον |
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Present middle/passive participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἰσχόμενοι | ἰσχόμεναι | ἰσχόμενα |
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| Genitive | ἰσχομένων | ἰσχομένων | ἰσχομένων |
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| Dative | ἰσχομένοις | ἰσχομέναις | ἰσχομένοις |
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| Accusative | ἰσχομένους | ἰσχομένας | ἰσχόμενα |
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| Vocative | ἰσχόμενοι | ἰσχόμεναι | ἰσχόμενα |
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Meaning and examples of ἴσχω
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.