Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐφέπω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐφέπω ἐφέψομαι ἐφεσπόμην

Structure: ἐπ (Prefix) + έ̔π (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to go after, follow, pursue
  2. to drive on, urge on, drove, against
  3. to follow, busy oneself about, to administer, govern
  4. to search, explore, traverse
  5. to come suddenly upon, encounter, incur
  6. to follow, pursue
  7. to follow, accompany, attend, to follow, attend
  8. to obey, attend to, giving the reins to, to agree, approve
  9. to follow

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐφέπω ἐφέπεις ἐφέπει
Dual ἐφέπετον ἐφέπετον
Plural ἐφέπομεν ἐφέπετε ἐφέπουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐφέπω ἐφέπῃς ἐφέπῃ
Dual ἐφέπητον ἐφέπητον
Plural ἐφέπωμεν ἐφέπητε ἐφέπωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐφέποιμι ἐφέποις ἐφέποι
Dual ἐφέποιτον ἐφεποίτην
Plural ἐφέποιμεν ἐφέποιτε ἐφέποιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐφέπε ἐφεπέτω
Dual ἐφέπετον ἐφεπέτων
Plural ἐφέπετε ἐφεπόντων, ἐφεπέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐφέπειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐφεπων ἐφεποντος ἐφεπουσα ἐφεπουσης ἐφεπον ἐφεποντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐφέπομαι ἐφέπει, ἐφέπῃ ἐφέπεται
Dual ἐφέπεσθον ἐφέπεσθον
Plural ἐφεπόμεθα ἐφέπεσθε ἐφέπονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐφέπωμαι ἐφέπῃ ἐφέπηται
Dual ἐφέπησθον ἐφέπησθον
Plural ἐφεπώμεθα ἐφέπησθε ἐφέπωνται
OptativeSingular ἐφεποίμην ἐφέποιο ἐφέποιτο
Dual ἐφέποισθον ἐφεποίσθην
Plural ἐφεποίμεθα ἐφέποισθε ἐφέποιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐφέπου ἐφεπέσθω
Dual ἐφέπεσθον ἐφεπέσθων
Plural ἐφέπεσθε ἐφεπέσθων, ἐφεπέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐφέπεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐφεπομενος ἐφεπομενου ἐφεπομενη ἐφεπομενης ἐφεπομενον ἐφεπομενου

Imperfect tense

Aorist 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 Μοίρασ καὶ Κῆρασ ἐγείνατο νηλεοποίνουσ, Κλωθώ τε Λάχεσίν τε καὶ Ἄτροπον, αἵτε βροτοῖσι γεινομένοισι διδοῦσιν ἔχειν ἀγαθόν τε κακόν τε, αἵτ’ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε παραιβασίασ ἐφέπουσιν· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 25:3)
  • τδρ ἔνι βοῦσ ἔνι πονο μὴ μεθῇ κροκι σὺ τί καλὸν ἐπιδ ὅδε γ’ ἀγαθὸσ ὁ τρε κατὰ νόμον ἕπεται ἐφέπου, ἐφέπου μ ὀπποποῖ· (Sophocles, Ichneutae 14:10)
  • ἐφέπων, πῶσ ἡμῖν τὰ παρόντα χεῖρον ἕξει φιλοσοφοῦσι καὶ πολιτευομένοισ καὶ προιοῦσιν εἰσ ἀγορὰν καὶ καταβαίνουσιν εἰσ Ἀκαδήμειαν καὶ γεωργίαν ἐφέπουσιν; (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 12 10:1)
  • ] τοὺσ παραμειβόμενοι λισσῇ ἐπικέλσετε νήσῳ, μήτι παντοίῃ μέγ’ ἀναιδέασ ἐξελάσαντεσ οἰωνούσ, οἳ δῆθεν ἀπειρέσιοι ἐφέπουσιν νῆσον ἐρημαίην. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 6:33)

Synonyms

  1. to go after

  2. to drive on

  3. to search

  4. to come suddenly upon

  5. to follow

  6. to follow

  7. to follow

Related

Derived

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

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