ἀγρυπνέω
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀγρυπνέω
Structure:
ἀγρυπνέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to lie awake, be wakeful, to suffer from sleeplessness
- (figuratively) to be watchful
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ὁ δ’ Ἐπαμεινώνδασ, εἰσ ἑορτήν τινα καὶ πότον ἀνειμένωσ τῶν Θηβαίων ῥυέντων, μόνοσ ἐφώδευε τὰ ὅπλα καὶ τὰ τείχη, νήφειν λέγων καὶ ἀγρυπνεῖν ὡσ ἂν ἐξῇ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ μεθύειν καὶ καθεύδειν. (Plutarch, Ad principem ineruditum, chapter, section 4 6:1)
- ὁ δὲ Τροιζήνιοσ οἶνοσ ἀγόνουσ, φησί, ποιεῖ τοὺσ πίνοντασ, ἐν Θάσῳ δὲ λέγει ὡσ αὐτοὶ ποιοῦσιν οἶνόν τινα ὑπνωτικὸν καὶ ἕτερον ἀγρυπνεῖν ποιοῦντα τοὺσ πίνοντασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 57 3:2)
- λέγεται γὰρ οὕτω παράφοροσ πρὸσ δόξαν εἶναι καὶ πράξεων μεγάλων ὑπὸ φιλοτιμίασ ἐραστήσ, ὥστε νέοσ ὢν ἔτι τῆσ ἐν Μαραθῶνι μάχησ πρὸσ τοὺσ βαρβάρουσ γενομένησ καὶ τῆσ Μιλτιάδου στρατηγίασ διαβοηθείσησ σύννουσ ὁρᾶσθαι τὰ πολλὰ πρὸσ ἑαυτῷ καὶ τὰσ νύκτασ ἀγρυπνεῖν καὶ τοὺσ πότουσ παραιτεῖσθαι τοὺσ συνήθεισ, καὶ λέγειν πρὸσ τοὺσ ἐρωτῶντασ καὶ θαυμάζοντασ τὴν περὶ τὸν βίον μεταβολήν, ὡσ καθεύδειν αὐτὸν οὐκ ἐῴη τὸ τοῦ Μιλτιάδου τρόπαιον. (Plutarch, , chapter 3 3:1)
- καὶ λέγοντα, ὡσ εἴπερ ἀγρυπνεῖν χρὴ καὶ φοιτᾶν ἐπ’ αὔλειον ἑτέρου καὶ ὑποβάλλειν ἑαυτὸν ἡγεμονικῇ συνηθείᾳ, πατρίδοσ πέρι κάλλιστον ἐπὶ ταῦτα χωρεῖν, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα τὰσ ἐπὶ τοῖσ ἴσοισ καὶ δικαίοισ φιλίασ ἀσπάζεσθαι καὶ φυλάττειν; (Plutarch, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae, chapter, section 18 6:1)
- δῆλον δ’ ὅτι τὸν μέλλοντα κλωπεύειν καὶ νυκτὸσ ἀγρυπνεῖν δεῖ καὶ μεθ’ ἡμέραν ἀπατᾶν καὶ ἐνεδρεύειν, καὶ κατασκόπουσ δὲ ἑτοιμάζειν τὸν μέλλοντά τι λήψεσθαι. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 2 8:2)
Synonyms
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to lie awake
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to be watchful