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ἔλδομαι • ‎(éldomai)

(with infinitive) I wish, long
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.638
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.162
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 1.4
(with genitive) I long for
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.122
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 5.210
(with accusative) I desire
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.481
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.409
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 24.400

Present: ἔλδομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἔλδομαι	ἔλδῃ, ἔλδει	ἔλδεται	ἔλδεσθον	ἔλδεσθον	ἐλδόμεθᾰ	ἔλδεσθε	ἔλδονται
	subjunctive	ἔλδωμαι	ἔλδῃ	ἔλδηται	ἔλδησθον	ἔλδησθον	ἐλδώμεθᾰ	ἔλδησθε	ἔλδωνται
	optative	ἐλδοίμην	ἔλδοιο	ἔλδοιτο	ἔλδοισθον	ἐλδοίσθην	ἐλδοίμεθᾰ	ἔλδοισθε	ἔλδοιντο
	imperative		ἔλδου	ἐλδέσθω	ἔλδεσθον	ἐλδέσθων		ἔλδεσθε	ἐλδέσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						ἔλδεσθαι
participle	m					ἐλδόμενος
	f					ἐλδομένη
	n					ἐλδόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Present: ἐέλδομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐέλδομαι	ἐέλδῃ, ἐέλδει	ἐέλδεται	ἐέλδεσθον	ἐέλδεσθον	ἐελδόμεθᾰ	ἐέλδεσθε	ἐέλδονται
	subjunctive	ἐέλδωμαι	ἐέλδῃ	ἐέλδηται	ἐέλδησθον	ἐέλδησθον	ἐελδώμεθᾰ	ἐέλδησθε	ἐέλδωνται
	optative	ἐελδοίμην	ἐέλδοιο	ἐέλδοιτο	ἐέλδοισθον	ἐελδοίσθην	ἐελδοίμεθᾰ	ἐέλδοισθε	ἐέλδοιντο
	imperative		ἐέλδου	ἐελδέσθω	ἐέλδεσθον	ἐελδέσθων		ἐέλδεσθε	ἐελδέσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						ἐέλδεσθαι
participle	m					ἐελδόμενος
	f					ἐελδομένη
	n					ἐελδόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: ἐλδόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐλδόμην	ἔλδου	ἔλδετο	ἔλδεσθον	ἐλδέσθην	ἐλδόμεθᾰ	ἔλδεσθε	ἔλδοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: ἐελδόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐελδόμην	ἐέλδου	ἐέλδετο	ἐέλδεσθον	ἐελδέσθην	ἐελδόμεθᾰ	ἐέλδεσθε	ἐέλδοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

ἔλδομαι in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἔλδομαι in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἔλδομαι in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
«ἔλδομαι» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
«ἔλδομαι» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
ἔλδομαι in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter