ἀκμάζω

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 5 March 2020

Etymology

From ἀκμή (akmḗ, “high point”) +‎ -άζω (-ázō, verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ak.máz.dɔː/ → /akˈma.zo/ → /akˈma.zo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ak.máz.dɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /akˈma.zo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /akˈma.zo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /akˈma.zo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /akˈma.zo/

Verb

ἀκμάζω • (akmázō) (Attic, Ionic, Koine)

1. (intransitive) to be at or to reach the highest point (often figuratively)
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Aphorisms 2.29
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.49:

     καὶ τὸ σῶμα, ὅσονπερ χρόνον καὶ ἡ νόσος ἀκμάζοι, οὐκ ἐμαραίνετο, ἀλλ’ ἀντεῖχε παρὰ δόξαν τῇ ταλαιπωρίᾳ

     kaì tò sôma, hósonper khrónon kaì hē nósos akmázoi, ouk emaraíneto, all’ anteîkhe parà dóxan têi talaipōríāi

     and the body, for as much time as the disease was at its highest point, did not waste away, but unexpectedly held up against the suffering

   • 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 70d
2. (intransitive) to be in one's prime, be ripe
3. to have plenty of [with dative]

Conjugation

   Present: ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζω

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζω	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζεις	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζει	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζετον	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζετον	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζομεν	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζετε	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζω	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζῃς	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζῃ	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζητον	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζητον	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζωμεν	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζητε	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζοιμῐ	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζοις	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζοι	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζοιτον	ᾰ̓κμᾰζοίτην	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζοιμεν	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζοιτε	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζοιεν
	imperative		ᾰ̓́κμᾰζε	ᾰ̓κμᾰζέτω	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζετον	ᾰ̓κμᾰζέτων		ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζετε	ᾰ̓κμᾰζόντων
		active
infinitive		ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζειν
participle	m	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζων
	f	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζουσᾰ
	n	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́ζον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἤκμᾰζον

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἤκμᾰζον	ἤκμᾰζες	ἤκμᾰζε(ν)	ἠκμᾰ́ζετον	ἠκμᾰζέτην	ἠκμᾰ́ζομεν	ἠκμᾰ́ζετε	ἤκμᾰζον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἤκμᾰσᾰ

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἤκμᾰσᾰ	ἤκμᾰσᾰς	ἤκμᾰσε(ν)	ἠκμᾰ́σᾰτον	ἠκμᾰσᾰ́την	ἠκμᾰ́σᾰμεν	ἠκμᾰ́σᾰτε	ἤκμᾰσᾰν
	subjunctive	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σω	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σῃς	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σῃ	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σητον	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σητον	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σωμεν	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σητε	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαιμῐ	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σειᾰς, ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαις	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σειε(ν), ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαι	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαιτον	ᾰ̓κμᾰσαίτην	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαιμεν	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαιτε	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σειᾰν, ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαιεν
	imperative		ᾰ̓́κμᾰσον	ᾰ̓κμᾰσᾰ́τω	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σᾰτον	ᾰ̓κμᾰσᾰ́των		ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σᾰτε	ᾰ̓κμᾰσᾰ́ντων
		active
infinitive		ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σαι
participle	m	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σᾱς
	f	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σᾱσᾰ
	n	ᾰ̓κμᾰ́σᾰν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

References

• “ἀκμάζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press