μάρναμαι

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Indo-European *merh₂- (“to seize, grip”).

μᾰ́ρνᾰμαι • (márnamai)

to fight, battle
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 15.475:
  μάρναό τε Τρώεσσι καὶ ἄλλους ὄρνυθι λαούς.
  márnaó te Trṓessi kaì állous órnuthi laoús.
  And do battle with the Trojans, and urge on the rest of the folk.
to contend, strive
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 2.65:
  ὅθεν φαμὶ καὶ σὲ τὰν ἀπείρονα δόξαν εὑρεῖν, τὰ μὲν ἐν ἱπποσόαισιν ἄνδρεσσι μαρνάμενον, τὰ δ’ ἐν πεζομάχαισι:
  hóthen phamì kaì sè tàn apeírona dóxan heureîn, tà mèn en hipposóaisin ándressi marnámenon, tà d’ en pezomákhaisi:
  And so I say that you too have found boundless fame by fighting among both horsemen and foot soldiers.

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	μᾰ́ρνᾰμαι	μᾰ́ρνᾰσαι	μᾰ́ρνᾰται	μᾰ́ρνᾰσθον	μᾰ́ρνᾰσθον	μᾰρνᾰ́μεθᾰ	μᾰ́ρνᾰσθε	μᾰ́ρνᾰνται
	subjunctive	μᾰρνῶμαι	μᾰρνῇ	μᾰρνῆται	μᾰρνῆσθον	μᾰρνῆσθον	μᾰρνώμεθᾰ	μᾰρνῆσθε	μᾰρνῶνται
	optative	μᾰρναίμην	μᾰ́ρναιο	μᾰ́ρναιτο	μᾰ́ρναισθον	μᾰρναίσθην	μᾰρναίμεθᾰ	μᾰ́ρναισθε	μᾰ́ρναιντο
	imperative		μᾰ́ρνᾰσο	μᾰρνᾰ́σθω	μᾰ́ρνᾰσθον	μᾰρνᾰ́σθων		μᾰ́ρνᾰσθε	μᾰρνᾰ́σθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						μᾰ́ρνᾰσθαι
participle	m					μᾰρνᾰ́μενος
	f					μᾰρνᾰμένη
	n					μᾰρνᾰ́μενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: ἐμᾰρνᾰ́μην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐμᾰρνᾰ́μην	ἐμᾰ́ρνᾰσο	ἐμᾰ́ρνᾰτο	ἐμᾰ́ρνᾰσθον	ἐμᾰρνᾰ́σθην	ἐμᾰρνᾰ́μεθᾰ	ἐμᾰ́ρνᾰσθε	ἐμᾰ́ρνᾰντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: μᾰρνᾰ́μην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	μᾰρνᾰ́μην	μᾰ́ρνᾰσο	μᾰ́ρνᾰτο	μᾰ́ρνᾰσθον	μᾰρνᾰ́σθην	μᾰρνᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ	μᾰ́ρνᾰσθε	μᾰ́ρνᾰντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

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

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