Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐφοράω

α-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐφοράω ἐπόψομαι

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

Sense

  1. to oversee, observe, survey, to watch over, observe, take notice of, to visit
  2. to look upon, view, behold, was in view
  3. to look out, choose

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐφόρω ἐφόρᾳς ἐφόρᾳ
Dual ἐφόρᾱτον ἐφόρᾱτον
Plural ἐφόρωμεν ἐφόρᾱτε ἐφόρωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐφόρω ἐφόρῃς ἐφόρῃ
Dual ἐφόρητον ἐφόρητον
Plural ἐφόρωμεν ἐφόρητε ἐφόρωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐφόρῳμι ἐφόρῳς ἐφόρῳ
Dual ἐφόρῳτον ἐφορῷτην
Plural ἐφόρῳμεν ἐφόρῳτε ἐφόρῳεν
ImperativeSingular ἐφο͂ρᾱ ἐφορᾶτω
Dual ἐφόρᾱτον ἐφορᾶτων
Plural ἐφόρᾱτε ἐφορῶντων, ἐφορᾶτωσαν
Infinitive ἐφόρᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐφορων ἐφορωντος ἐφορωσα ἐφορωσης ἐφορων ἐφορωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐφόρωμαι ἐφόρᾳ ἐφόρᾱται
Dual ἐφόρᾱσθον ἐφόρᾱσθον
Plural ἐφορῶμεθα ἐφόρᾱσθε ἐφόρωνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐφόρωμαι ἐφόρῃ ἐφόρηται
Dual ἐφόρησθον ἐφόρησθον
Plural ἐφορώμεθα ἐφόρησθε ἐφόρωνται
OptativeSingular ἐφορῷμην ἐφόρῳο ἐφόρῳτο
Dual ἐφόρῳσθον ἐφορῷσθην
Plural ἐφορῷμεθα ἐφόρῳσθε ἐφόρῳντο
ImperativeSingular ἐφόρω ἐφορᾶσθω
Dual ἐφόρᾱσθον ἐφορᾶσθων
Plural ἐφόρᾱσθε ἐφορᾶσθων, ἐφορᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐφόρᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐφορωμενος ἐφορωμενου ἐφορωμενη ἐφορωμενης ἐφορωμενον ἐφορωμενου

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

  • ἀλλὰ γὰρ οὐκ ἄν τισ παρ’ Ἐφόρῳ ζητήσειεν ἐκ παντὸσ τρόπου τἀκριβέσ, ὁρῶναὐτὸν ἐν πολλοῖσ ὠλιγωρηκότα τῆσ ἀληθείασ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 39 13:2)
  • " τῷ δ’ Ἐφόρῳ τοῦ ἐξ Ἀρκαδίασ εἶναι τὸ φῦλον τοῦτο ἦρξεν Ἡσίοδοσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 5, chapter 2 8:11)
  • τὸν μὲν γὰρ φιλήκοον ὁ γενεαλογικὸσ τρόποσ ἐπισπᾶται, τὸν δὲ πολυπράγμονα καὶ περιττὸν ὁ περὶ τὰσ ἀποικίασ καὶ κτίσεισ καὶ συγγενείασ, καθά που καὶ παρ’ Ἐφόρῳ λέγεται, τὸν δὲ πολιτικὸν ὁ περὶ τὰσ πράξεισ τῶν ἐθνῶν καὶ πόλεων καὶ δυναστῶν. (Polybius, Histories, book 9, i. ex prooemio 4:1)
  • Δῆλον δ’ ἔσται τὸ λεγόμενον ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐκ τῶν ἐπιφερομένων, οἱο͂ν εὐθέωσ ἐκ τῶν συμβεβηκότων Ἐφόρῳ κατὰ τόπουσ τινὰσ τῆσ ἱστορίασ. (Polybius, Histories, book 12, chapter 25f 1:1)
  • ὁ δ’ ἵνα μὴ δόξῃ κατακολουθεῖν Ἐφόρῳ, πρὸσ τῷ κατεψεῦσθαι ’κείνου καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν ἅμα κατέγνωκε· (Polybius, Histories, book 12, chapter 28 12:1)

Synonyms

  1. to look upon

  2. to look out

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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