μέλλω
Verb
Gloss
I am about to
Mounce definition
to be about to, be on the point of, Mt. 2:13; Jn. 4:47; it serves to express in general a settled futurity, Mt. 11:14; Lk. 9:31; Jn. 11:51; to intend, Lk. 10:1; participle μέλλων, μέλλουσα, μέλλον, future as distinguished from past and present, Mt. 12:32; Lk. 13:9; to be always, as it were, about to do, to delay, linger, Acts 22:16
Morphological categories
- Present stem = verbal root
- Verbal roots ending in a vowel
- Roots ending in ε (which lose the ε in the present tense)
Present active indicative
| S | P | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | μέλλω 2 | μέλλομεν 1 |
| 2 | μέλλεις 4 | μέλλετε 2 |
| 3 | μέλλει 16 | μέλλουσι(ν) 2 |
Imperfect active indicative
| S | P | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἤμελλον 1 | |
| 2 | ||
| 3 | ἤμελλε(ν) 14 ἔμελλε(ν) 14 | ἔμελλον 3 |
Future active indicative
| S | P | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | μελλήσω 1 | |
| 2 | μελλήσετε 1 | |
| 3 |
Present active subjunctive
| S | P | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||
| 2 | ||
| 3 | μέλλῃ 3 |
Present active masculine participle
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| N | μέλλων 9 | μέλλοντες 4 |
| G | μέλλοντος 4 | μελλόντων 3 |
| D | μέλλοντι 3 | |
| A | μέλλοντα 2 | μέλλοντας 3 |
Present active feminine participle
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| N | ||
| G | μελλούσης 6 | |
| D | ||
| A | μέλλουσαν 4 |
Present active neuter participle
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| N | μέλλοντα 2 | |
| G | μέλλοντος 2 | μελλόντων 5 |
| D | μέλλοντι 1 | |
| A | μέλλον 3 | μέλλοντα 2 |