πλειστηρίζομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Stem πλειστηριδ-j-. From πλειστήρης (pleistḗrēs, “manifold, all the whole length”).

Pronunciation
 

Verb

πλειστηρῐ́ζομαι • (pleistērízomai)

(deponent)
  1. name, accuse as the cause
    • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 1029–1031:
      καὶ φίλτρα τόλμης τῆσδε πλειστηρίζομαι
      τὸν πυθόμαντιν Λοξίαν, χρήσαντ’ ἐμοὶ
      πράξαντι μὲν ταῦτ’ ἐκτὸς αἰτίας κακῆς
      εἶναι
      kaì phíltra tólmēs têsde pleistērízomai
      tòn puthómantin Loxían, khrḗsant’ emoì
      práxanti mèn taût’ ektòs aitías kakês
      eînai
      And for the spells that gave me the courage for this deed I count Loxias, the prophet of Pytho, my chief source. It was he who declared that, if I did this thing, I would be acquitted of wrongdoing.
      English translation (1926) by Herbert Weir Smyth @perseus
      Scene: Orestes accuses Apollo (or Loxias) for the matricide he committed.

Inflection

Found only in the present:

   Present: πλειστηρῐ́ζομαι
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle/
passive		 indicative πλειστηρῐ́ζομαι πλειστηρῐ́ζῃ,
πλειστηρῐ́ζει		 πλειστηρῐ́ζεται πλειστηρῐ́ζεσθον πλειστηρῐ́ζεσθον πλειστηρῐζόμεθᾰ πλειστηρῐ́ζεσθε πλειστηρῐ́ζονται
subjunctive πλειστηρῐ́ζωμαι πλειστηρῐ́ζῃ πλειστηρῐ́ζηται πλειστηρῐ́ζησθον πλειστηρῐ́ζησθον πλειστηρῐζώμεθᾰ πλειστηρῐ́ζησθε πλειστηρῐ́ζωνται
optative πλειστηρῐζοίμην πλειστηρῐ́ζοιο πλειστηρῐ́ζοιτο πλειστηρῐ́ζοισθον πλειστηρῐζοίσθην πλειστηρῐζοίμεθᾰ πλειστηρῐ́ζοισθε πλειστηρῐ́ζοιντο
imperative   πλειστηρῐ́ζου πλειστηρῐζέσθω πλειστηρῐ́ζεσθον πλειστηρῐζέσθων   πλειστηρῐ́ζεσθε πλειστηρῐζέσθων
middle/passive
infinitive πλειστηρῐ́ζεσθαι
participle m πλειστηρῐζόμενος
f πλειστηρῐζομένη
n πλειστηρῐζόμενον
Notes: This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
  • πλειστηριᾰζω (pleistēriazō, “raise the price”) & compounds
  • and see πλεῖστος (pleîstos, “most”)

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