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εἰλύω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἰλύω

Structure: εἰλύ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: ei)/lw

Sense

  1. to enfold, enwrap, to be wrapt or covered
  2. to crawl or wriggle along
  3. rolled up, crouching

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular εἰλύω εἰλύεις εἰλύει
Dual εἰλύετον εἰλύετον
Plural εἰλύομεν εἰλύετε εἰλύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular εἰλύω εἰλύῃς εἰλύῃ
Dual εἰλύητον εἰλύητον
Plural εἰλύωμεν εἰλύητε εἰλύωσιν*
OptativeSingular εἰλύοιμι εἰλύοις εἰλύοι
Dual εἰλύοιτον εἰλυοίτην
Plural εἰλύοιμεν εἰλύοιτε εἰλύοιεν
ImperativeSingular εί̓λυε εἰλυέτω
Dual εἰλύετον εἰλυέτων
Plural εἰλύετε εἰλυόντων, εἰλυέτωσαν
Infinitive εἰλύειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
εἰλυων εἰλυοντος εἰλυουσα εἰλυουσης εἰλυον εἰλυοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular εἰλύομαι εἰλύει, εἰλύῃ εἰλύεται
Dual εἰλύεσθον εἰλύεσθον
Plural εἰλυόμεθα εἰλύεσθε εἰλύονται
SubjunctiveSingular εἰλύωμαι εἰλύῃ εἰλύηται
Dual εἰλύησθον εἰλύησθον
Plural εἰλυώμεθα εἰλύησθε εἰλύωνται
OptativeSingular εἰλυοίμην εἰλύοιο εἰλύοιτο
Dual εἰλύοισθον εἰλυοίσθην
Plural εἰλυοίμεθα εἰλύοισθε εἰλύοιντο
ImperativeSingular εἰλύου εἰλυέσθω
Dual εἰλύεσθον εἰλυέσθων
Plural εἰλύεσθε εἰλυέσθων, εἰλυέσθωσαν
Infinitive εἰλύεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
εἰλυομενος εἰλυομενου εἰλυομενη εἰλυομενης εἰλυομενον εἰλυομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ήἰλυον ήἰλυες ήἰλυεν*
Dual ηῖ̓λυετον ηί̓λυετην
Plural ηῖ̓λυομεν ηῖ̓λυετε ήἰλυον
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ηί̓λυομην ηῖ̓λυου ηῖ̓λυετο
Dual ηῖ̓λυεσθον ηί̓λυεσθην
Plural ηί̓λυομεθα ηῖ̓λυεσθε ηῖ̓λυοντο

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.

Synonyms

  1. to enfold

  2. rolled up

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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