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ἐκπυρόω

ο-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐκπυρόω ἐκπυρώσω

Structure: ἐκ (Prefix) + πυρό (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to burn to ashes, consume utterly, to catch fire, be burnt up

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκπύρω ἐκπύροις ἐκπύροι
Dual ἐκπύρουτον ἐκπύρουτον
Plural ἐκπύρουμεν ἐκπύρουτε ἐκπύρουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐκπύρω ἐκπύροις ἐκπύροι
Dual ἐκπύρωτον ἐκπύρωτον
Plural ἐκπύρωμεν ἐκπύρωτε ἐκπύρωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐκπύροιμι ἐκπύροις ἐκπύροι
Dual ἐκπύροιτον ἐκπυροίτην
Plural ἐκπύροιμεν ἐκπύροιτε ἐκπύροιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐκπῦρου ἐκπυροῦτω
Dual ἐκπύρουτον ἐκπυροῦτων
Plural ἐκπύρουτε ἐκπυροῦντων, ἐκπυροῦτωσαν
Infinitive ἐκπύρουν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐκπυρων ἐκπυρουντος ἐκπυρουσα ἐκπυρουσης ἐκπυρουν ἐκπυρουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκπύρουμαι ἐκπύροι ἐκπύρουται
Dual ἐκπύρουσθον ἐκπύρουσθον
Plural ἐκπυροῦμεθα ἐκπύρουσθε ἐκπύρουνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐκπύρωμαι ἐκπύροι ἐκπύρωται
Dual ἐκπύρωσθον ἐκπύρωσθον
Plural ἐκπυρώμεθα ἐκπύρωσθε ἐκπύρωνται
OptativeSingular ἐκπυροίμην ἐκπύροιο ἐκπύροιτο
Dual ἐκπύροισθον ἐκπυροίσθην
Plural ἐκπυροίμεθα ἐκπύροισθε ἐκπύροιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐκπύρου ἐκπυροῦσθω
Dual ἐκπύρουσθον ἐκπυροῦσθων
Plural ἐκπύρουσθε ἐκπυροῦσθων, ἐκπυροῦσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐκπύρουσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐκπυρουμενος ἐκπυρουμενου ἐκπυρουμενη ἐκπυρουμενης ἐκπυρουμενον ἐκπυρουμενου

Future tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκπυρώσω ἐκπυρώσεις ἐκπυρώσει
Dual ἐκπυρώσετον ἐκπυρώσετον
Plural ἐκπυρώσομεν ἐκπυρώσετε ἐκπυρώσουσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐκπυρώσοιμι ἐκπυρώσοις ἐκπυρώσοι
Dual ἐκπυρώσοιτον ἐκπυρωσοίτην
Plural ἐκπυρώσοιμεν ἐκπυρώσοιτε ἐκπυρώσοιεν
Infinitive ἐκπυρώσειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐκπυρωσων ἐκπυρωσοντος ἐκπυρωσουσα ἐκπυρωσουσης ἐκπυρωσον ἐκπυρωσοντος
Middle
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκπυρώσομαι ἐκπυρώσει, ἐκπυρώσῃ ἐκπυρώσεται
Dual ἐκπυρώσεσθον ἐκπυρώσεσθον
Plural ἐκπυρωσόμεθα ἐκπυρώσεσθε ἐκπυρώσονται
OptativeSingular ἐκπυρωσοίμην ἐκπυρώσοιο ἐκπυρώσοιτο
Dual ἐκπυρώσοισθον ἐκπυρωσοίσθην
Plural ἐκπυρωσοίμεθα ἐκπυρώσοισθε ἐκπυρώσοιντο
Infinitive ἐκπυρώσεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐκπυρωσομενος ἐκπυρωσομενου ἐκπυρωσομενη ἐκπυρωσομενης ἐκπυρωσομενον ἐκπυρωσομενου

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

  • ἔκθυμοσ δὲ γενόμενοσ ὁ βασιλεὺσ προσέταξε τήγανα καὶ λέβητασ ἐκπυροῦν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 7:3)
  • νότοι δὲ κατὰ μὲν Αἰθιοπίαν οὔτε πνέουσιν οὔτε γνωρίζονται τὸ σύνολον, κατὰ δὲ τὴν Τρωγλοδυτικὴν καὶ τὴν Ἀραβίαν θερμοὶ γίνονται καθ’ ὑπερβολήν, ὥστε καὶ τὰσ ὕλασ ἐκπυροῦν καὶ τῶν καταφευγόντων εἰσ τὰσ ἐν ταῖσ καλύβαισ σκιὰσ ἐκλύειν τὰ σώματα. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 48 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. to burn to ashes

Derived

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

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