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ἐφύω?

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration: ephyō

Principal Part: ἐφύω

Structure: ἐπ (Prefix) + (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 ἐφύουσι(ν)
SubjunctiveSingular ἐφύω ἐφύῃς ἐφύῃ
Dual ἐφύητον ἐφύητον
Plural ἐφύωμεν ἐφύητε ἐφύωσι(ν)
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

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἔφυον ἔφυες ἔφυε(ν)
Dual ἐφῦετον ἐφύετην
Plural ἐφῦομεν ἐφῦετε ἔφυον
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐφύομην ἐφῦου ἐφῦετο
Dual ἐφῦεσθον ἐφύεσθην
Plural ἐφύομεθα ἐφῦεσθε ἐφῦοντο

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

  • δῆλον οὖν ὅτι καὶ παῖς ὢν ἠπίστω, καὶ ὅτ ἐγίγνου, καὶ ὅτ ἐφύου: (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 325:3)

Synonyms

  1. to rain upon

Derived

  • ἀνύω (to effect, achieve, accomplish)
  • μεθύω (to be drunken with wine, soaked, to be drunken or intoxicated)
  • ὕω (I rain, I rain on)

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

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