θέτω

Ancient Greek

Verb

θέτω • (thétō)

  1. third-person plural aorist active imperative of τῐ́θημῐ (títhēmi)

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek θέτω (thétō), from Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi) (aorist έθεσα (éthesa); cf. ἔθετον (étheton)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθe.to/
  • Hyphenation: θέ‧τω

Verb

θέτω • (théto) (past έθεσα, passive τίθεμαι, ppast τέθηκα)

  1. (figurative) to place, position
    Θέτεις ένα πολύ σημαντικό θέμα στη συζήτησή μας.
    Théteis éna polý simantikó théma sti syzítisí mas.
    You put/introduce a very important subject in our discussion.
  2. to set
    θέτω σε κίνηση ένα μηχάνημαthéto se kínisi éna michánimaI set in motion a device
  3. (formal) to put (only in set phrases)
    see: βάζω (vázo)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • αδιαθετώ (adiathetó, to be unwell)
  • αθετώ (athetó, to break your word, to renege)
  • αθλοθετώ (athlothetó, to sponsor a prize)
  • αναθέτω (anathéto, to assign duties to someone)
  • ανασυνθετώ (anasynthetó, to recompose)
  • ανατοποθετώ (anatopothetó, to restore)
  • αντιθέτω (antithéto, to oppose)
  • αντιμεταθέτω (antimetathéto, to transpose)
  • αντιπαραθέτω (antiparathéto, to confront, to compare)
  • αποθέτω (apothéto, to put down)
  • αποσυνθέτω (aposynthéto, to dissociate, to decompose)
  • αρχειοθετώ (archeiothetó, to archive)
  • βαθμοθετώ (vathmothetó, to mark (something) with degrees)
  • διαθέτω (diathéto, to have, to bequeath)
  • διευθετώ (diefthetó, to arrange, to adjust)
  • εκθέτω (ekthéto, to display, to expose)
  • εναποθέτω (enapothéto, to lay down, to put)
  • ενθέτω (enthéto, to insert)
  • επανατοποθετώ (epanatopothetó, to put down again)
  • επιθέτω (epithéto, to put something on something else)
  • θεσμοθετώ (thesmothetó, to legislate, to institutionalize)
  • καταθέτω (katathéto, to hand in, to deposit)
  • μεταθέτω (metathéto, to transfer)
  • ναρκοθετώ (narkothetó, to mine)
  • νομοθετώ (nomothetó, to legislate)
  • νουθετώ (nouthetó, to advise)
  • ονοματοθετώ (onomatothetó, to name)
  • οριοθετώ (oriothetó, to delimit)
  • οροθετώ (orothetó, to delimit)
  • παραθέτω (parathéto, to juxtapose, to present, to offer)
  • παρακαταθέτω (parakatathéto, to consign)
  • παρενθέτω (parenthéto, to insert)
  • προδιαθέτω (prodiathéto, to predispose)
  • προσθέτω (prosthéto, to add)
  • προϋποθέτω (proÿpothéto, to presuppose)
  • σκηνοθετώ (skinothetó, to stage)
  • στοιχειοθετώ (stoicheiothetó, to compose, to constitute)
  • συνθέτω (synthéto, to compose, to summarize)
  • ταξιθετώ (taxithetó, to classify, to file)
  • τοποθετώ (topothetó, to position, to place)
  • υιοθετώ (yiothetó, to adopt)
  • υποθέτω (ypothéto, to presume, to suppose)
  • ψηφοθετώ (psifothetó, to create a mosaic)
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