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ἐφευρίσκω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐφευρίσκω ἐφευρήσω ἐφεῦ

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

Sense

  1. to light upon, discover, to find, doing
  2. to invent or bring in besides, to invent

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐφευρίσκω ἐφευρίσκεις ἐφευρίσκει
Dual ἐφευρίσκετον ἐφευρίσκετον
Plural ἐφευρίσκομεν ἐφευρίσκετε ἐφευρίσκουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐφευρίσκω ἐφευρίσκῃς ἐφευρίσκῃ
Dual ἐφευρίσκητον ἐφευρίσκητον
Plural ἐφευρίσκωμεν ἐφευρίσκητε ἐφευρίσκωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐφευρίσκοιμι ἐφευρίσκοις ἐφευρίσκοι
Dual ἐφευρίσκοιτον ἐφευρισκοίτην
Plural ἐφευρίσκοιμεν ἐφευρίσκοιτε ἐφευρίσκοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐφεύρισκε ἐφευρισκέτω
Dual ἐφευρίσκετον ἐφευρισκέτων
Plural ἐφευρίσκετε ἐφευρισκόντων, ἐφευρισκέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐφευρίσκειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐφευρισκων ἐφευρισκοντος ἐφευρισκουσα ἐφευρισκουσης ἐφευρισκον ἐφευρισκοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐφευρίσκομαι ἐφευρίσκει, ἐφευρίσκῃ ἐφευρίσκεται
Dual ἐφευρίσκεσθον ἐφευρίσκεσθον
Plural ἐφευρισκόμεθα ἐφευρίσκεσθε ἐφευρίσκονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐφευρίσκωμαι ἐφευρίσκῃ ἐφευρίσκηται
Dual ἐφευρίσκησθον ἐφευρίσκησθον
Plural ἐφευρισκώμεθα ἐφευρίσκησθε ἐφευρίσκωνται
OptativeSingular ἐφευρισκοίμην ἐφευρίσκοιο ἐφευρίσκοιτο
Dual ἐφευρίσκοισθον ἐφευρισκοίσθην
Plural ἐφευρισκοίμεθα ἐφευρίσκοισθε ἐφευρίσκοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐφευρίσκου ἐφευρισκέσθω
Dual ἐφευρίσκεσθον ἐφευρισκέσθων
Plural ἐφευρίσκεσθε ἐφευρισκέσθων, ἐφευρισκέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐφευρίσκεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐφευρισκομενος ἐφευρισκομενου ἐφευρισκομενη ἐφευρισκομενης ἐφευρισκομενον ἐφευρισκομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπηῦ̔ρισκον ἐπηῦ̔ρισκες ἐπηῦ̔ρισκεν*
Dual ἐπηύ̔ρισκετον ἐπηὑρῖσκετην
Plural ἐπηύ̔ρισκομεν ἐπηύ̔ρισκετε ἐπηῦ̔ρισκον
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπηὑρῖσκομην ἐπηύ̔ρισκου ἐπηύ̔ρισκετο
Dual ἐπηύ̔ρισκεσθον ἐπηὑρῖσκεσθην
Plural ἐπηὑρῖσκομεθα ἐπηύ̔ρισκεσθε ἐπηύ̔ρισκοντο

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

  • ὡσ ἀφ’ ὧν μὲν εἶ φαίνει δίκαιοσ, δρῶν δ’ ἐφευρίσκει κακά. (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, episode 4:15)

Synonyms

  1. to light upon

  2. to invent or bring in besides

Derived

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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