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ἐφηβάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐφηβάω ἐφηβήσω

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

Sense

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

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐφήβω ἐφήβᾳς ἐφήβᾳ
Dual ἐφήβᾱτον ἐφήβᾱτον
Plural ἐφήβωμεν ἐφήβᾱτε ἐφήβωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐφήβω ἐφήβῃς ἐφήβῃ
Dual ἐφήβητον ἐφήβητον
Plural ἐφήβωμεν ἐφήβητε ἐφήβωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐφήβῳμι ἐφήβῳς ἐφήβῳ
Dual ἐφήβῳτον ἐφηβῷτην
Plural ἐφήβῳμεν ἐφήβῳτε ἐφήβῳεν
ImperativeSingular ἐφῆβᾱ ἐφηβᾶτω
Dual ἐφήβᾱτον ἐφηβᾶτων
Plural ἐφήβᾱτε ἐφηβῶντων, ἐφηβᾶτωσαν
Infinitive ἐφήβᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐφηβων ἐφηβωντος ἐφηβωσα ἐφηβωσης ἐφηβων ἐφηβωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐφήβωμαι ἐφήβᾳ ἐφήβᾱται
Dual ἐφήβᾱσθον ἐφήβᾱσθον
Plural ἐφηβῶμεθα ἐφήβᾱσθε ἐφήβωνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐφήβωμαι ἐφήβῃ ἐφήβηται
Dual ἐφήβησθον ἐφήβησθον
Plural ἐφηβώμεθα ἐφήβησθε ἐφήβωνται
OptativeSingular ἐφηβῷμην ἐφήβῳο ἐφήβῳτο
Dual ἐφήβῳσθον ἐφηβῷσθην
Plural ἐφηβῷμεθα ἐφήβῳσθε ἐφήβῳντο
ImperativeSingular ἐφήβω ἐφηβᾶσθω
Dual ἐφήβᾱσθον ἐφηβᾶσθων
Plural ἐφήβᾱσθε ἐφηβᾶσθων, ἐφηβᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐφήβᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐφηβωμενος ἐφηβωμενου ἐφηβωμενη ἐφηβωμενης ἐφηβωμενον ἐφηβωμενου

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

  • Ἑρμῆ, τοξευθεὶσ ἐξέσπασε πικρὸν <ὀιστὸν> ἐφήβῳ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1431)

Synonyms

  1. to come to man's estate

Derived

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

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