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ἐξέψω?

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration: exepsō

Principal Part: ἐξέψω εψήσω

Structure: ἐξ (Prefix) + ἕψ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to boil thoroughly

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐξέψω ἐξέψεις ἐξέψει
Dual ἐξέψετον ἐξέψετον
Plural ἐξέψομεν ἐξέψετε ἐξέψουσι(ν)
SubjunctiveSingular ἐξέψω ἐξέψῃς ἐξέψῃ
Dual ἐξέψητον ἐξέψητον
Plural ἐξέψωμεν ἐξέψητε ἐξέψωσι(ν)
OptativeSingular ἐξέψοιμι ἐξέψοις ἐξέψοι
Dual ἐξέψοιτον ἐξεψοίτην
Plural ἐξέψοιμεν ἐξέψοιτε ἐξέψοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐξέψε ἐξεψέτω
Dual ἐξέψετον ἐξεψέτων
Plural ἐξέψετε ἐξεψόντων, ἐξεψέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐξέψειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐξεψων ἐξεψοντος ἐξεψουσα ἐξεψουσης ἐξεψον ἐξεψοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐξέψομαι ἐξέψει, ἐξέψῃ ἐξέψεται
Dual ἐξέψεσθον ἐξέψεσθον
Plural ἐξεψόμεθα ἐξέψεσθε ἐξέψονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐξέψωμαι ἐξέψῃ ἐξέψηται
Dual ἐξέψησθον ἐξέψησθον
Plural ἐξεψώμεθα ἐξέψησθε ἐξέψωνται
OptativeSingular ἐξεψοίμην ἐξέψοιο ἐξέψοιτο
Dual ἐξέψοισθον ἐξεψοίσθην
Plural ἐξεψοίμεθα ἐξέψοισθε ἐξέψοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐξέψου ἐξεψέσθω
Dual ἐξέψεσθον ἐξεψέσθων
Plural ἐξέψεσθε ἐξεψέσθων, ἐξεψέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐξέψεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐξεψομενος ἐξεψομενου ἐξεψομενη ἐξεψομενης ἐξεψομενον ἐξεψομενου

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

  • καὶ ἐποίησεν οὕτως Ἀαρών. ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς μέρους κατὰ πρόσωπον τῆς λυχνίας ἐξῆψε τοὺς λύχνους αὐτῆς, καθὰ συνέταξε Κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 8:3)
  • τὴν δὲ πλείστην αὐτὸς ὁ δῆμος ὁρμὴν καὶ φιλοτιμίαν ἐξῆψε, προκαλούμενος διὰ γραμμάτων αὐτὸν ἐν στοαῖς καὶ τοίχοις καὶ μνήμασι καταγραφομένων ἀναλαβεῖν τοῖς πένησι τὴν δημοσίαν χώραν. (Plutarch, Tiberius Gracchus, chapter 8 7:2)
  • Θεμιστοκλῆς δ οὐχ, ὡς Ἀριστοφάνης ὁ κωμικὸς λέγει, τῇ πόλει τὸν Πειραιᾶ προσέμαξεν, ἀλλὰ τὴν πόλιν ἐξῆψε τοῦ Πειραιῶς καὶ τὴν γῆν τῆς θαλάττης: (Plutarch, , chapter 19 3:2)
  • καὶ οὕτω βοῦς τε ἑωυτὸν ἐξέψει καὶ τἆλλα ἱρήια ἑωυτὸ ἕκαστον. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 61 2:2)
  • τοῦτο τὸ ῥῆμα πᾶσαν ἐμοὶ τὴν ὕστερον φιλοτιμίαν ἐξῆψε, τοῦτ ἐποίησε πᾶν ὅ τι ποιοίην περὶ λόγους ἔλαττον εἶναι τοῦ δέοντος νομίζειν. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 5:13)

Derived

  • ἀφέψω (to refine by boiling off, to boil down, to boil free of dirt and dross)
  • ἕψω (to boil, seethe, we boiled some)
  • καθέψω (to boil down, to soften, temper)

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

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