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ἐφηβάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐφηβάω ἐφηβήσω

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

Sense

to come to man's estate, grow up to manhood

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐφήβω	ἐφήβᾳς	ἐφήβᾳ
	Dual		ἐφήβᾱτον	ἐφήβᾱτον
	Plural	ἐφήβωμεν	ἐφήβᾱτε	ἐφήβωσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐφήβω	ἐφήβῃς	ἐφήβῃ
	Dual		ἐφήβητον	ἐφήβητον
	Plural	ἐφήβωμεν	ἐφήβητε	ἐφήβωσιν*
Optative	Singular	ἐφήβῳμι	ἐφήβῳς	ἐφήβῳ
	Dual		ἐφήβῳτον	ἐφηβῷτην
	Plural	ἐφήβῳμεν	ἐφήβῳτε	ἐφήβῳεν
Imperative	Singular		ἐφῆβᾱ	ἐφηβᾶτω
	Dual		ἐφήβᾱτον	ἐφηβᾶτων
	Plural		ἐφήβᾱτε	ἐφηβῶντων, ἐφηβᾶτωσαν
Infinitive		ἐφήβᾱν
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		ἐφηβων ἐφηβωντος	ἐφηβωσα ἐφηβωσης	ἐφηβων ἐφηβωντος
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐφήβωμαι	ἐφήβᾳ	ἐφήβᾱται
	Dual		ἐφήβᾱσθον	ἐφήβᾱσθον
	Plural	ἐφηβῶμεθα	ἐφήβᾱσθε	ἐφήβωνται
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐφήβωμαι	ἐφήβῃ	ἐφήβηται
	Dual		ἐφήβησθον	ἐφήβησθον
	Plural	ἐφηβώμεθα	ἐφήβησθε	ἐφήβωνται
Optative	Singular	ἐφηβῷμην	ἐφήβῳο	ἐφήβῳτο
	Dual		ἐφήβῳσθον	ἐφηβῷσθην
	Plural	ἐφηβῷμεθα	ἐφήβῳσθε	ἐφήβῳντο
Imperative	Singular		ἐφήβω	ἐφηβᾶσθω
	Dual		ἐφήβᾱσθον	ἐφηβᾶσθων
	Plural		ἐφήβᾱσθε	ἐφηβᾶσθων, ἐφηβᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive		ἐφήβᾱσθαι
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		ἐφηβωμενος ἐφηβωμενου	ἐφηβωμενη ἐφηβωμενης	ἐφηβωμενον ἐφηβωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐφῆβων	ἐφῆβᾱς	ἐφῆβᾱν*
	Dual		ἐφήβᾱτον	ἐφηβᾶτην
	Plural	ἐφήβωμεν	ἐφήβᾱτε	ἐφῆβων
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐφηβῶμην	ἐφήβω	ἐφήβᾱτο
	Dual		ἐφήβᾱσθον	ἐφηβᾶσθην
	Plural	ἐφηβῶμεθα	ἐφήβᾱσθε	ἐφήβωντο

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

ἀσμένωσ γὰρ ὑπ̓ αὐτὴν τὴν ἀκρόπολιν γυμνάσιον καθίδρυσε καὶ τοὺσ κρατίστουσ τῶν ἐφήβων ὑποτάσσων ὑπὸ πέτασον ἦγεν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 4:12)
ὁ δὲ καλὸσ ἡμῖν κἀγαθὸσ νεκροπομπὸσ ὥσπερ τισ ἄλλοσ καὶ αὐτὸσ ἄνω τὸ τῆσ Λήθησ ὕδωρ πεπωκὼσ ἀναστρέψαι πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ ἐπιλέλησται, καὶ ἤτοι παλαίει μετὰ τῶν ἐφήβων ἢ κιθαρίζει ἢ λόγουσ τινὰσ διεξέρχεται ἐπιδεικνύμενοσ τὸν λῆρον τὸν αὑτοῦ, ἢ τάχα που καὶ κλωπεύει ὁ γεννάδασ παρελθών μία γὰρ αὐτοῦ καὶ αὕτη τῶν τεχνῶν. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 1:5)
τοὺσ μὲν φόνουσ εἴργασμαι οὓσ λέγει, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα πάντα, τὰσ μοιχείασ καὶ τὰσ τῶν ἐφήβων ὕβρεισ καὶ τὰσ διαφθορὰσ τῶν παρθένων, ταῦτα πάντα Κυνίσκοσ μου κατεψεύσατο. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 27:2)
ὁ δὲ ὁρ́μοσ ὄρχησίσ ἐστιν κοινὴ ἐφήβων τε καὶ παρθένων, παρ’ ἕνα χορευόντων καὶ ὡσ ἀληθῶσ ὁρ́μῳ ἐοικότων καὶ ἡγεῖται μὲν ὁ ἔφηβοσ τὰ νεανικὰ ὀρχούμενοσ καὶ ὅσοισ ὕστερον ἐν πολέμῳ χρήσεται, ἡ παρθένοσ δὲ ἕπεται κοσμίωσ τὸ θῆλυ χορεύειν διδάσκουσα, ὡσ εἶναι τὸν ὁρ́μον ἐκ σωφροσύνησ καὶ ἀνδρείασ πλεκόμενον. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 12:1)
τὴν δὲ πόλιν αὐτὴν ὁρῶν ὀλιγωρίᾳ τῶν προεστώτων διεφθαρμένην, τῶν πολλῶν κλεπτόντων, μᾶλλον δὲ ἁρπαζόντων τὰ κοινά, ὑδάτων τε ἐπιρροίαισ ἀνεκτησάμην καὶ οἰκοδομημάτων ἀναστάσεσιν ἐκόσμησα καὶ τειχῶν περιβολῇ ἐκράτυνα καὶ τὰσ προσόδουσ, ὅσαι ἦσαν κοιναί, τῇ τῶν ἐφεστώτων ἐπιμελείᾳ ῥᾳδίωσ ἐπηύξησα καὶ τῆσ νεολαίασ ἐπεμελούμην καὶ τῶν γερόντων προὐνόουν καὶ τὸν δῆμον ἐν θέαισ καὶ διανομαῖσ καὶ πανηγύρεσι καὶ δημοθοινίαισ διῆγον, ὕβρεισ δὲ παρθένων ἢ ἐφήβων διαφθοραὶ ἢ γυναικῶν ἀπαγωγαὶ ἢ δορυφόρων ἐπιπέμψεισ ἢ δεσποτική τισ ἀπειλὴ ἀποτρόπαιά μοι καὶ ἀκοῦσαι ἦν. (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 3:5)

Synonyms

to come to man's estate
- ἡβάσκω (to come to man's estate, come to one's strength, to be new)

Derived

ἀνηβάω (to grow young again)
ἡβάω (to be at man's estate, to be in the prime of youth, in the prime and pride of life)
παρηβάω (to be past one's prime, to be growing old)

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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ἐφηβάω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to come to man's estate

Derived

Similar forms

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ἐφηβάω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to come to man's estate

Derived

Similar forms

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