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ἐφέρπω?

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration: epherpō

Principal Part: ἐφέρπω ἐφέρψω

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

Sense

  1. to creep upon
  2. to come on or over, come gradually or stealthily upon
  3. to go forth, proceed, advancing, future

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐφέρπω ἐφέρπεις ἐφέρπει
Dual ἐφέρπετον ἐφέρπετον
Plural ἐφέρπομεν ἐφέρπετε ἐφέρπουσι(ν)
SubjunctiveSingular ἐφέρπω ἐφέρπῃς ἐφέρπῃ
Dual ἐφέρπητον ἐφέρπητον
Plural ἐφέρπωμεν ἐφέρπητε ἐφέρπωσι(ν)
OptativeSingular ἐφέρποιμι ἐφέρποις ἐφέρποι
Dual ἐφέρποιτον ἐφερποίτην
Plural ἐφέρποιμεν ἐφέρποιτε ἐφέρποιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐφέρπε ἐφερπέτω
Dual ἐφέρπετον ἐφερπέτων
Plural ἐφέρπετε ἐφερπόντων, ἐφερπέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐφέρπειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐφερπων ἐφερποντος ἐφερπουσα ἐφερπουσης ἐφερπον ἐφερποντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐφέρπομαι ἐφέρπει, ἐφέρπῃ ἐφέρπεται
Dual ἐφέρπεσθον ἐφέρπεσθον
Plural ἐφερπόμεθα ἐφέρπεσθε ἐφέρπονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐφέρπωμαι ἐφέρπῃ ἐφέρπηται
Dual ἐφέρπησθον ἐφέρπησθον
Plural ἐφερπώμεθα ἐφέρπησθε ἐφέρπωνται
OptativeSingular ἐφερποίμην ἐφέρποιο ἐφέρποιτο
Dual ἐφέρποισθον ἐφερποίσθην
Plural ἐφερποίμεθα ἐφέρποισθε ἐφέρποιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐφέρπου ἐφερπέσθω
Dual ἐφέρπεσθον ἐφερπέσθων
Plural ἐφέρπεσθε ἐφερπέσθων, ἐφερπέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐφέρπεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐφερπομενος ἐφερπομενου ἐφερπομενη ἐφερπομενης ἐφερπομενον ἐφερπομενου

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

  • τὸν μὲν καθαρὰς χεῖρας προνέμοντ οὔτις ἐφέρπει μῆνις ἀφ ἡμῶν, ἀσινὴς δ αἰῶνα διοιχνεῖ: (Aeschylus, Eumenides, choral, anapests3)
  • φλογμός τ ὀμματοστερὴς φυτῶν, τὸ μὴ περᾶν ὁρ´ον τόπων, μηδ ἄκαρπος αἰανὴς ἐφερπέτω νόσος, μῆλά τ εὐθενοῦντα γᾶ ξὺν διπλοῖσιν ἐμβρύοις τρέφοι χρόνῳ τεταγμένῳ: (Aeschylus, Eumenides, choral, antistrophe 12)
  • τὰ δὲ Κάρνεα καὶ δὴ ἐφέρπει. (Theocritus, Idylls, 75)

Synonyms

  1. to creep upon

  2. to come on or over

  3. to go forth

Derived

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

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