"θέλω" meaning in Greek

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Verb

IPA: /ˈθelo/
Etymology: Inherited from Ancient Greek θέλω (thélō), a parallel form of ἐθέλω (ethélō). Etymology templates: {{inh|el|grc|θέλω}} Ancient Greek θέλω (thélō) Head templates: {{head|el|verbs|head=|sort=|ts=}} θέλω • (thélo), {{el-verb|imperfect=ήθελα|passive=-|past=θέλησα}} θέλω • (thélo) (imperfect ήθελα, past θέλησα, passive —) Forms: thélo [romanization], ήθελα [imperfect], θέλησα [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], θέλω [active, first-person, imperfective, indicative, present, singular], θελήσω [active, dependent, first-person, indicative, perfective, singular], θέλεις [active, imperfective, indicative, present, second-person, singular], θες [active, imperfective, indicative, present, second-person, singular], θελήσεις [active, dependent, indicative, perfective, second-person, singular], θέλει [active, imperfective, indicative, present, singular, third-person], θελήσει [active, dependent, indicative, perfective, singular, third-person], θέλουμε [active, first-person, imperfective, indicative, plural, present], ‑ομε [active, first-person, imperfective, indicative, informal, plural, present], θέμε [active, first-person, imperfective, indicative, plural, present], θελήσουμε [active, dependent, first-person, indicative, perfective, plural], ‑ομε [active, dependent, first-person, indicative, perfective, plural, rare], θέλετε [active, imperfective, indicative, plural, present, second-person], θέτε [active, imperfective, indicative, plural, present, second-person], θελήσετε [active, dependent, indicative, perfective, plural, second-person], θέλουν² (θένε) [active, imperfective, indicative, plural, present, third-person], θελήσουν [active, dependent, indicative, perfective, plural, third-person], θελήσουνε [active, dependent, indicative, perfective, plural, third-person], ήθελα [active, first-person, imperfect, imperfective, indicative, singular], θέλησα [active, first-person, indicative, past, perfective, singular], ήθελες [active, imperfect, imperfective, indicative, second-person, singular], θέλησες [active, indicative, past, perfective, second-person, singular], ήθελε [active, imperfect, imperfective, indicative, singular, third-person], θέλησε [active, indicative, past, perfective, singular, third-person], θέλαμε [active, first-person, imperfect, imperfective, indicative, plural], θελήσαμε [active, first-person, indicative, past, perfective, plural], θέλατε [active, imperfect, imperfective, indicative, plural, second-person], θελήσατε [active, indicative, past, perfective, plural, second-person], ήθελαν [active, imperfect, imperfective, indicative, plural, third-person], θέλαν [active, imperfect, imperfective, indicative, plural, third-person], θέλανε [active, imperfect, imperfective, indicative, plural, third-person], θέλησαν [active, indicative, past, perfective, plural, third-person], θελήσαν [active, indicative, past, perfective, plural, third-person], θελήσανε [active, indicative, past, perfective, plural, third-person], θα θέλω [active, first-person, future, imperfective, indicative, progressive, singular], θα θελήσω [active, first-person, future, indicative, perfective, singular], Formed using present [active, future, imperfective, perfective, subjunctive], dependent (for simple past) [active, future, imperfective, perfective, subjunctive], present perfect from above with a particle (να, ας). [active, future, imperfective, perfective, subjunctive], θέλε [active, imperative, imperfective, second-person, singular], θέλησε [active, imperative, perfective, second-person, singular], θέλετε [active, imperative, imperfective, plural, second-person], θελήστε [active, imperative, perfective, plural, second-person], θέλοντας [active, indeclinable, participle, present], έχοντας θελήσει [active, indeclinable, participle, perfect], {ηθελημένος [indeclinable, participle, passive, perfect], ‑η [indeclinable, participle, passive, perfect], ‑o} [indeclinable, participle, passive, perfect], θελημένος, ‑η, ‑o [indeclinable, participle, passive, perfect, rare], θελήσει [infinitive-aorist]
  1. (most senses) to want, desire, will Synonyms (desire): επιθυμώ (epithymó), ποθώ (pothó)
    Sense id: en-θέλω-el-verb-MXqVXAnt Disambiguation of 'desire': 69 15 12 2 1 0 1
  2. (transitive, most senses) to need, require Tags: transitive Synonyms (need): χρειάζομαι (chreiázomai)
    Sense id: en-θέλω-el-verb--hwRZ4Wt Disambiguation of 'need': 29 54 13 1 1 0 2
  3. (intransitive, most senses) to intend, mean to, want to (have the intention of) Tags: intransitive Synonyms (mean, intend): εννοώ (ennoó), σκοπεύω (skopévo)
    Sense id: en-θέλω-el-verb-MOOL05ZJ Categories (other): Pages with entries, Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 4 4 44 3 3 3 3 Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 7 4 67 10 4 3 5 Disambiguation of 'mean, intend': 5 4 81 4 2 0 4
  4. (transitive) to owe (money, etc) Tags: transitive Synonyms (owe): χρωστώ (chrostó), οφείλω (ofeílo)
    Sense id: en-θέλω-el-verb-EUfChHUG Disambiguation of 'owe': 6 4 8 77 2 0 4
  5. (transitive) to have (depict as being) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-θέλω-el-verb-EN3KbqAg
  6. (with two instances in the second person singular θες (thes)) either ... or
    Sense id: en-θέλω-el-verb--csSF6UA
  7. (transitive) to favour (be lucky at something) Tags: transitive Synonyms (favour): ευνοώ (evnoó)
    Sense id: en-θέλω-el-verb-Khr-Rpzc Disambiguation of 'favour': 7 6 8 4 2 0 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: θα (tha) (english: particle of future tense), θενά (thená) (english: dated particle of future tense) Derived forms (imperfect form): ήθελα (íthela): θα ήθελα (tha íthela) (english: I would like), θα θέλαμε (tha thélame) (english: we would like), τα 'θελες και τα 'παθες (ta 'theles kai ta 'pathes) (english: serves you right)
Disambiguation of 'imperfect form): ήθελα (íthela': 20 14 23 22 7 0 14 Related terms: αθέλητος (athélitos) (english: unintentional), άθελος (áthelos) (english: unintentional), εθελο- compounds (ethelo-), εθελοντής mεθελόντρια (ethelóntria) (english: volunteer) [feminine], εθελοντικός (ethelontikós) (english: voluntary), εθελούσιος (etheloúsios) (english: voluntary, of own will), ετσιθελικός (etsithelikós), ετσιθελισμός (etsithelismós) [masculine], ηθελημένος (itheliménos) (english: intentional) [formal, participle], θέλημα (thélima) (english: will, desire; errand) [neuter], θεληματικός (thelimatikós) (english: strong-willed), θελημένος (theliménos) (english: intentional) [participle], θέληση (thélisi) (english: will, volition) [feminine], καλοθελητής (kalothelitís) [masculine], καλοθέλω (kalothélo), μονοθελητισμός (monothelitismós) (english: Monothelism) [masculine] [religion, lifestyle], οικειοθελής (oikeiothelís) (english: voluntary, of own will), οικειοθελώς (oikeiothelós) (english: of own will) [adverb, formal], θέλει ἵνα (thélei hína) (english: of the formation of periphrastic future)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "20 14 23 22 7 0 14",
      "english": "I would like",
      "roman": "tha íthela",
      "sense": "imperfect form): ήθελα (íthela",
      "word": "θα ήθελα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "20 14 23 22 7 0 14",
      "english": "we would like",
      "roman": "tha thélame",
      "sense": "imperfect form): ήθελα (íthela",
      "word": "θα θέλαμε"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "20 14 23 22 7 0 14",
      "english": "serves you right",
      "roman": "ta 'theles kai ta 'pathes",
      "sense": "imperfect form): ήθελα (íthela",
      "word": "τα 'θελες και τα 'παθες"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "particle of future tense",
      "roman": "tha",
      "word": "θα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "dated particle of future tense",
      "roman": "thená",
      "word": "θενά"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "θέλω"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek θέλω (thélō)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Ancient Greek θέλω (thélō), a parallel form of ἐθέλω (ethélō).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "thélo",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ήθελα",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλησα",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "el-conjug-1st-act\n",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλω",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήσω",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dependent",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλεις",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θες",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήσεις",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλει",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήσει",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλουμε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "‑ομε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέμε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήσουμε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dependent",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "‑ομε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dependent",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλετε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέτε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήσετε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλουν² (θένε)",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήσουν",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήσουνε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ήθελα",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλησα",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ήθελες",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλησες",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ήθελε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλησε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλαμε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήσαμε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλατε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήσατε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ήθελαν",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλαν",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλανε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλησαν",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήσαν",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήσανε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θα θέλω",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "progressive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θα θελήσω",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Formed using present",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperfective",
        "perfective",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dependent (for simple past)",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperfective",
        "perfective",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present perfect from above with a particle (να, ας).",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperfective",
        "perfective",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "imperfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλησε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλετε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήστε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλοντας",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indeclinable",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "έχοντας θελήσει",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indeclinable",
        "participle",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "{ηθελημένος",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indeclinable",
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "‑η",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indeclinable",
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "‑o}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indeclinable",
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελημένος, ‑η, ‑o",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indeclinable",
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "perfect",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήσει",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive-aorist"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "verbs",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "θέλω • (thélo)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "imperfect": "ήθελα",
        "passive": "-",
        "past": "θέλησα"
      },
      "expansion": "θέλω • (thélo) (imperfect ήθελα, past θέλησα, passive —)",
      "name": "el-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "θέ‧λω"
  ],
  "lang": "Greek",
  "lang_code": "el",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "unintentional",
      "roman": "athélitos",
      "word": "αθέλητος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "unintentional",
      "roman": "áthelos",
      "word": "άθελος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ethelo-",
      "word": "εθελο- compounds"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "volunteer",
      "roman": "ethelóntria",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εθελοντής mεθελόντρια"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "voluntary",
      "roman": "ethelontikós",
      "word": "εθελοντικός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "voluntary, of own will",
      "roman": "etheloúsios",
      "word": "εθελούσιος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "etsithelikós",
      "word": "ετσιθελικός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "etsithelismós",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ετσιθελισμός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "intentional",
      "roman": "itheliménos",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "participle"
      ],
      "word": "ηθελημένος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "will, desire; errand",
      "roman": "thélima",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "θέλημα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "strong-willed",
      "roman": "thelimatikós",
      "word": "θεληματικός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "intentional",
      "roman": "theliménos",
      "tags": [
        "participle"
      ],
      "word": "θελημένος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "will, volition",
      "roman": "thélisi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "θέληση"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kalothelitís",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "καλοθελητής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kalothélo",
      "word": "καλοθέλω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Monothelism",
      "roman": "monothelitismós",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "religion",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "μονοθελητισμός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "voluntary, of own will",
      "roman": "oikeiothelís",
      "word": "οικειοθελής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "of own will",
      "roman": "oikeiothelós",
      "tags": [
        "adverb",
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "οικειοθελώς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "of the formation of periphrastic future",
      "roman": "thélei hína",
      "word": "θέλει ἵνα"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I would like two beers.",
          "roman": "Tha íthela dýo býres.",
          "text": "Θα ήθελα δύο μπύρες.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Ο Σταύρος θέλει την Ελένη.\nO Stávros thélei tin Eléni.\nStavros desires Eleni.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It happened because God willed it.",
          "roman": "Égine epeidí étsi to thélise o Theós.",
          "text": "Έγινε επειδή έτσι το θέλησε ο Θεός.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to want, desire, will"
      ],
      "id": "en-θέλω-el-verb-MXqVXAnt",
      "links": [
        [
          "want",
          "want"
        ],
        [
          "desire",
          "desire"
        ],
        [
          "will",
          "will"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "most senses",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(most senses) to want, desire, will"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 12 2 1 0 1",
          "roman": "epithymó",
          "sense": "desire",
          "word": "επιθυμώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 12 2 1 0 1",
          "roman": "pothó",
          "sense": "desire",
          "word": "ποθώ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I think you need a haircut.",
          "roman": "Nomízo óti théleis koúrema.",
          "text": "Νομίζω ότι θέλεις κούρεμα.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "For you to have success requires great effort.",
          "roman": "Gia na écheis epitychía thélei megáli prospátheia.",
          "text": "Για να έχεις επιτυχία θέλει μεγάλη προσπάθεια.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "My car needs a wash.",
          "roman": "To aftokínito mou thélei plýsimo.",
          "text": "Το αυτοκίνητο μου θέλει πλύσιμο.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "That person needs a good beating.",
          "roman": "Aftós o ánthropos thélei geró xýlo.",
          "text": "Αυτός ο άνθρωπος θέλει γερό ξύλο.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to need, require"
      ],
      "id": "en-θέλω-el-verb--hwRZ4Wt",
      "links": [
        [
          "need",
          "need"
        ],
        [
          "require",
          "require"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "most senses",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, most senses) to need, require"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "29 54 13 1 1 0 2",
          "roman": "chreiázomai",
          "sense": "need",
          "word": "χρειάζομαι"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 4 4 44 3 3 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 4 67 10 4 3 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to insult you.",
          "roman": "Syngnómi, den íthela na se prosválo.",
          "text": "Συγγνώμη, δεν ήθελα να σε προσβάλω.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You know he didn't mean you any harm.",
          "roman": "To xéreis óti den íthele na sou kánei kakó.",
          "text": "Το ξέρεις ότι δεν ήθελε να σου κάνει κακό.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to intend, mean to, want to (have the intention of)"
      ],
      "id": "en-θέλω-el-verb-MOOL05ZJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "intend",
          "intend"
        ],
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ],
        [
          "want",
          "want"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "most senses",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, most senses) to intend, mean to, want to (have the intention of)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 4 81 4 2 0 4",
          "roman": "ennoó",
          "sense": "mean, intend",
          "word": "εννοώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 4 81 4 2 0 4",
          "roman": "skopévo",
          "sense": "mean, intend",
          "word": "σκοπεύω"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What do I owe you?",
          "roman": "Ti sou thélo;",
          "text": "Τι σου θέλω;",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to owe (money, etc)"
      ],
      "id": "en-θέλω-el-verb-EUfChHUG",
      "links": [
        [
          "owe",
          "owe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to owe (money, etc)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 8 77 2 0 4",
          "roman": "chrostó",
          "sense": "owe",
          "word": "χρωστώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 8 77 2 0 4",
          "roman": "ofeílo",
          "sense": "owe",
          "word": "οφείλω"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The rumours have it that I kissed him.",
          "roman": "Oi fímes théloun na ton eícha filísei.",
          "text": "Οι φήμες θέλουν να τον είχα φιλήσει.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have (depict as being)"
      ],
      "id": "en-θέλω-el-verb-EN3KbqAg",
      "links": [
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to have (depict as being)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He didn't come tonight; either he wasn't feeling well or he found something better to do.",
          "roman": "Den írthe apópse; thes giatí den aisthanótan kalá, thes giatí vríke káti kalýtero na kánei.",
          "text": "Δεν ήρθε απόψε· θες γιατί δεν αισθανόταν καλά, θες γιατί βρήκε κάτι καλύτερο να κάνει.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "either ... or"
      ],
      "id": "en-θέλω-el-verb--csSF6UA",
      "links": [
        [
          "θες",
          "θες#Greek"
        ],
        [
          "either",
          "either"
        ],
        [
          "or",
          "or"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with two instances in the second person singular θες (thes)) either ... or"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with two instances in the second person singular θες (thes)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If fortune doesn't favour someone, nothing happens.",
          "roman": "An den thélei kápoion i týchi, den gínetai típota.",
          "text": "Αν δεν θέλει κάποιον η τύχη, δεν γίνεται τίποτα.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to favour (be lucky at something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-θέλω-el-verb-Khr-Rpzc",
      "links": [
        [
          "favour",
          "favour"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to favour (be lucky at something)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "7 6 8 4 2 0 74",
          "roman": "evnoó",
          "sense": "favour",
          "word": "ευνοώ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθelo/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "θέλω"
}
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    "Greek irregular verbs",
    "Greek lemmas",
    "Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek",
    "Greek verbs",
    "Greek verbs lacking passive forms",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "I would like",
      "roman": "tha íthela",
      "sense": "imperfect form): ήθελα (íthela",
      "word": "θα ήθελα"
    },
    {
      "english": "we would like",
      "roman": "tha thélame",
      "sense": "imperfect form): ήθελα (íthela",
      "word": "θα θέλαμε"
    },
    {
      "english": "serves you right",
      "roman": "ta 'theles kai ta 'pathes",
      "sense": "imperfect form): ήθελα (íthela",
      "word": "τα 'θελες και τα 'παθες"
    },
    {
      "english": "particle of future tense",
      "roman": "tha",
      "word": "θα"
    },
    {
      "english": "dated particle of future tense",
      "roman": "thená",
      "word": "θενά"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "θέλω"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek θέλω (thélō)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Ancient Greek θέλω (thélō), a parallel form of ἐθέλω (ethélō).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "thélo",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ήθελα",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλησα",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "el-conjug-1st-act\n",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλω",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήσω",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dependent",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλεις",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θες",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήσεις",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλει",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήσει",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλουμε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "‑ομε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέμε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήσουμε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dependent",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "‑ομε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dependent",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλετε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέτε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήσετε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλουν² (θένε)",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήσουν",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήσουνε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ήθελα",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλησα",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ήθελες",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλησες",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ήθελε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλησε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλαμε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήσαμε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλατε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήσατε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ήθελαν",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλαν",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλανε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλησαν",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήσαν",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θελήσανε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θα θέλω",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "progressive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θα θελήσω",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Formed using present",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperfective",
        "perfective",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dependent (for simple past)",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperfective",
        "perfective",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present perfect from above with a particle (να, ας).",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperfective",
        "perfective",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "imperfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλησε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θέλετε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
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        "imperfective",
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      "english": "unintentional",
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      "word": "αθέλητος"
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      "english": "unintentional",
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      "roman": "ethelo-",
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      "english": "volunteer",
      "roman": "ethelóntria",
      "tags": [
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      "english": "voluntary",
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      "word": "εθελοντικός"
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      "english": "voluntary, of own will",
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      "word": "εθελούσιος"
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      "roman": "etsithelikós",
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      "english": "will, desire; errand",
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      "english": "strong-willed",
      "roman": "thelimatikós",
      "word": "θεληματικός"
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      "english": "will, volition",
      "roman": "thélisi",
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      "word": "θέληση"
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      "roman": "kalothelitís",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "καλοθελητής"
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      "roman": "kalothélo",
      "word": "καλοθέλω"
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    {
      "english": "Monothelism",
      "roman": "monothelitismós",
      "tags": [
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        "religion",
        "lifestyle"
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      "word": "μονοθελητισμός"
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    {
      "english": "voluntary, of own will",
      "roman": "oikeiothelís",
      "word": "οικειοθελής"
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      "english": "of own will",
      "roman": "oikeiothelós",
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      "word": "οικειοθελώς"
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      "english": "of the formation of periphrastic future",
      "roman": "thélei hína",
      "word": "θέλει ἵνα"
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          "english": "I would like two beers.",
          "roman": "Tha íthela dýo býres.",
          "text": "Θα ήθελα δύο μπύρες.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "text": "Ο Σταύρος θέλει την Ελένη.\nO Stávros thélei tin Eléni.\nStavros desires Eleni.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It happened because God willed it.",
          "roman": "Égine epeidí étsi to thélise o Theós.",
          "text": "Έγινε επειδή έτσι το θέλησε ο Θεός.",
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          "want"
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          "desire"
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        "(most senses) to want, desire, will"
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          "english": "I think you need a haircut.",
          "roman": "Nomízo óti théleis koúrema.",
          "text": "Νομίζω ότι θέλεις κούρεμα.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "For you to have success requires great effort.",
          "roman": "Gia na écheis epitychía thélei megáli prospátheia.",
          "text": "Για να έχεις επιτυχία θέλει μεγάλη προσπάθεια.",
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        {
          "english": "My car needs a wash.",
          "roman": "To aftokínito mou thélei plýsimo.",
          "text": "Το αυτοκίνητο μου θέλει πλύσιμο.",
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        {
          "english": "That person needs a good beating.",
          "roman": "Aftós o ánthropos thélei geró xýlo.",
          "text": "Αυτός ο άνθρωπος θέλει γερό ξύλο.",
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          "english": "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to insult you.",
          "roman": "Syngnómi, den íthela na se prosválo.",
          "text": "Συγγνώμη, δεν ήθελα να σε προσβάλω.",
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        {
          "english": "You know he didn't mean you any harm.",
          "roman": "To xéreis óti den íthele na sou kánei kakó.",
          "text": "Το ξέρεις ότι δεν ήθελε να σου κάνει κακό.",
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        "to intend, mean to, want to (have the intention of)"
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          "english": "What do I owe you?",
          "roman": "Ti sou thélo;",
          "text": "Τι σου θέλω;",
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      "glosses": [
        "to owe (money, etc)"
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        "(transitive) to owe (money, etc)"
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          "english": "The rumours have it that I kissed him.",
          "roman": "Oi fímes théloun na ton eícha filísei.",
          "text": "Οι φήμες θέλουν να τον είχα φιλήσει.",
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      "glosses": [
        "to have (depict as being)"
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          "have",
          "have"
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        "(transitive) to have (depict as being)"
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        {
          "english": "He didn't come tonight; either he wasn't feeling well or he found something better to do.",
          "roman": "Den írthe apópse; thes giatí den aisthanótan kalá, thes giatí vríke káti kalýtero na kánei.",
          "text": "Δεν ήρθε απόψε· θες γιατί δεν αισθανόταν καλά, θες γιατί βρήκε κάτι καλύτερο να κάνει.",
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        "either ... or"
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          "either",
          "either"
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        [
          "or",
          "or"
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        "(with two instances in the second person singular θες (thes)) either ... or"
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        "with two instances in the second person singular θες (thes)"
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          "english": "If fortune doesn't favour someone, nothing happens.",
          "roman": "An den thélei kápoion i týchi, den gínetai típota.",
          "text": "Αν δεν θέλει κάποιον η τύχη, δεν γίνεται τίποτα.",
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        "to favour (be lucky at something)"
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        "(transitive) to favour (be lucky at something)"
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      "ipa": "/ˈθelo/"
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      "roman": "epithymó",
      "sense": "desire",
      "word": "επιθυμώ"
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    {
      "roman": "pothó",
      "sense": "desire",
      "word": "ποθώ"
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    {
      "roman": "chreiázomai",
      "sense": "need",
      "word": "χρειάζομαι"
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      "roman": "ennoó",
      "sense": "mean, intend",
      "word": "εννοώ"
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    {
      "roman": "skopévo",
      "sense": "mean, intend",
      "word": "σκοπεύω"
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      "roman": "chrostó",
      "sense": "owe",
      "word": "χρωστώ"
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      "roman": "ofeílo",
      "sense": "owe",
      "word": "οφείλω"
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      "sense": "favour",
      "word": "ευνοώ"
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