Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐφύω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐφύω

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

Sense

  1. to rain upon, rained upon, exposed to the rain

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐφύω ἐφύεις ἐφύει
Dual ἐφύετον ἐφύετον
Plural ἐφύομεν ἐφύετε ἐφύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐφύω ἐφύῃς ἐφύῃ
Dual ἐφύητον ἐφύητον
Plural ἐφύωμεν ἐφύητε ἐφύωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐφύοιμι ἐφύοις ἐφύοι
Dual ἐφύοιτον ἐφυοίτην
Plural ἐφύοιμεν ἐφύοιτε ἐφύοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐφύε ἐφυέτω
Dual ἐφύετον ἐφυέτων
Plural ἐφύετε ἐφυόντων, ἐφυέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐφύειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐφυων ἐφυοντος ἐφυουσα ἐφυουσης ἐφυον ἐφυοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐφύομαι ἐφύει, ἐφύῃ ἐφύεται
Dual ἐφύεσθον ἐφύεσθον
Plural ἐφυόμεθα ἐφύεσθε ἐφύονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐφύωμαι ἐφύῃ ἐφύηται
Dual ἐφύησθον ἐφύησθον
Plural ἐφυώμεθα ἐφύησθε ἐφύωνται
OptativeSingular ἐφυοίμην ἐφύοιο ἐφύοιτο
Dual ἐφύοισθον ἐφυοίσθην
Plural ἐφυοίμεθα ἐφύοισθε ἐφύοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐφύου ἐφυέσθω
Dual ἐφύεσθον ἐφυέσθων
Plural ἐφύεσθε ἐφυέσθων, ἐφυέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐφύεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐφυομενος ἐφυομενου ἐφυομενη ἐφυομενης ἐφυομενον ἐφυομενου

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

  • καὶ εἶδον καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐπ’ αὐτὰ νεῦρα καὶ σάρκεσ ἐφύοντο, καὶ ἀνέβαινεν ἐπ’ αὐτὰ δέρμα ἐπάνω, καὶ πνεῦμα οὐκ ἦν ἐπ’ αὐτοῖσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 37:8)
  • χρύσειοι ἐρέβινθοι ἐπ’ ἀιόνων ἐφύοντο. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 44 1:2)
  • δῆλον, ὦ Σώκρατεσ, ὅτι τὸ μὲν ἐξ ἀλλήλων οὐκ ἦν ἐν τῇ τότε φύσει γεννώμενον, τὸ δὲ γηγενὲσ εἶναί ποτε γένοσ λεχθὲν τοῦτ’ ἦν τὸ κατ’ ἐκεῖνον τὸν χρόνον ἐκ γῆσ πάλιν ἀναστρεφόμενον, ἀπεμνημονεύετο δὲ ὑπὸ τῶν ἡμετέρων προγόνων τῶν πρώτων, οἳ τελευτώσῃ μὲν τῇ προτέρᾳ περιφορᾷ τὸν ἑξῆσ χρόνον ἐγειτόνουν, τῆσδε δὲ κατ’ ἀρχὰσ ἐφύοντο· (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 85:3)
  • ὁ σύμπασ δὲ οὗτοσ περίβολοσ καλεῖται Ξυστόσ, ὅτι Ἡρακλεῖ τῷ Ἀμφιτρύωνοσ ἐσ ἄσκησιν ἐγίνετο, ὅσαι τῶν ἀκανθῶν ἐφύοντο ἐνταῦθα ἐπὶ ἑκάστῃ ἡμέρᾳ σφᾶσ ἀναξύειν. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 23 2:4)
  • Τιθορέᾳ δὲ οἱ ἐπιχώριοι τεθῆναί φασιν ἀπὸ Τιθορέασ νύμφησ, οἱαῖ τὸ ἀρχαῖον λόγῳ τῷ ποιητῶν ἐφύοντο ἀπό τε ἄλλων δένδρων καὶ μάλιστα ἀπὸ τῶν δρυῶν. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 32 14:4)

Synonyms

  1. to rain upon

Derived

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

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