Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δέψω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δέψω

Structure: δέψ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: de/fw

Sense

  1. to work or knead, till it is soft

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular δέψω δέψεις δέψει
Dual δέψετον δέψετον
Plural δέψομεν δέψετε δέψουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular δέψω δέψῃς δέψῃ
Dual δέψητον δέψητον
Plural δέψωμεν δέψητε δέψωσιν*
OptativeSingular δέψοιμι δέψοις δέψοι
Dual δέψοιτον δεψοίτην
Plural δέψοιμεν δέψοιτε δέψοιεν
ImperativeSingular δέψε δεψέτω
Dual δέψετον δεψέτων
Plural δέψετε δεψόντων, δεψέτωσαν
Infinitive δέψειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
δεψων δεψοντος δεψουσα δεψουσης δεψον δεψοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular δέψομαι δέψει, δέψῃ δέψεται
Dual δέψεσθον δέψεσθον
Plural δεψόμεθα δέψεσθε δέψονται
SubjunctiveSingular δέψωμαι δέψῃ δέψηται
Dual δέψησθον δέψησθον
Plural δεψώμεθα δέψησθε δέψωνται
OptativeSingular δεψοίμην δέψοιο δέψοιτο
Dual δέψοισθον δεψοίσθην
Plural δεψοίμεθα δέψοισθε δέψοιντο
ImperativeSingular δέψου δεψέσθω
Dual δέψεσθον δεψέσθων
Plural δέψεσθε δεψέσθων, δεψέσθωσαν
Infinitive δέψεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
δεψομενος δεψομενου δεψομενη δεψομενης δεψομενον δεψομενου

Imperfect tense

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.

Examples

  • περιταμὼν κύκλῳ περὶ τὰ ὦτα καὶ λαβόμενοσ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ ἐκσείει, μετὰ δὲ σαρκίσασ βοὸσ πλευρῇ δέψει τῇσι χερσί, ὀργάσασ δὲ αὐτὸ ἅτε χειρόμακτρον ἔκτηται, ἐκ δὲ τῶν χαλινῶν τοῦ ἵππου τὸν αὐτὸσ ἐλαύνει, ἐκ τούτου ἐξάπτει καὶ ἀγάλλεται· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 64 2:2)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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