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ἐμβασιλεύω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐμβασιλεύω ἐμβασιλεύσω

Structure: ἐμ (Prefix) + βασιλεύ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: e)n

Sense

  1. to be king in or among

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐμβασιλεύω ἐμβασιλεύεις ἐμβασιλεύει
Dual ἐμβασιλεύετον ἐμβασιλεύετον
Plural ἐμβασιλεύομεν ἐμβασιλεύετε ἐμβασιλεύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐμβασιλεύω ἐμβασιλεύῃς ἐμβασιλεύῃ
Dual ἐμβασιλεύητον ἐμβασιλεύητον
Plural ἐμβασιλεύωμεν ἐμβασιλεύητε ἐμβασιλεύωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐμβασιλεύοιμι ἐμβασιλεύοις ἐμβασιλεύοι
Dual ἐμβασιλεύοιτον ἐμβασιλευοίτην
Plural ἐμβασιλεύοιμεν ἐμβασιλεύοιτε ἐμβασιλεύοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐμβασίλευε ἐμβασιλευέτω
Dual ἐμβασιλεύετον ἐμβασιλευέτων
Plural ἐμβασιλεύετε ἐμβασιλευόντων, ἐμβασιλευέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐμβασιλεύειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐμβασιλευων ἐμβασιλευοντος ἐμβασιλευουσα ἐμβασιλευουσης ἐμβασιλευον ἐμβασιλευοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐμβασιλεύομαι ἐμβασιλεύει, ἐμβασιλεύῃ ἐμβασιλεύεται
Dual ἐμβασιλεύεσθον ἐμβασιλεύεσθον
Plural ἐμβασιλευόμεθα ἐμβασιλεύεσθε ἐμβασιλεύονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐμβασιλεύωμαι ἐμβασιλεύῃ ἐμβασιλεύηται
Dual ἐμβασιλεύησθον ἐμβασιλεύησθον
Plural ἐμβασιλευώμεθα ἐμβασιλεύησθε ἐμβασιλεύωνται
OptativeSingular ἐμβασιλευοίμην ἐμβασιλεύοιο ἐμβασιλεύοιτο
Dual ἐμβασιλεύοισθον ἐμβασιλευοίσθην
Plural ἐμβασιλευοίμεθα ἐμβασιλεύοισθε ἐμβασιλεύοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐμβασιλεύου ἐμβασιλευέσθω
Dual ἐμβασιλεύεσθον ἐμβασιλευέσθων
Plural ἐμβασιλεύεσθε ἐμβασιλευέσθων, ἐμβασιλευέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐμβασιλεύεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐμβασιλευομενος ἐμβασιλευομενου ἐμβασιλευομενη ἐμβασιλευομενης ἐμβασιλευομενον ἐμβασιλευομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐνεβασίλευον ἐνεβασίλευες ἐνεβασίλευεν*
Dual ἐνεβασιλεύετον ἐνεβασιλευέτην
Plural ἐνεβασιλεύομεν ἐνεβασιλεύετε ἐνεβασίλευον
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐνεβασιλευόμην ἐνεβασιλεύου ἐνεβασιλεύετο
Dual ἐνεβασιλεύεσθον ἐνεβασιλευέσθην
Plural ἐνεβασιλευόμεθα ἐνεβασιλεύεσθε ἐνεβασιλεύοντο

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

  • τοῖσιν Κρόνοσ ἐμβασιλεύει. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 20:6)
  • ὃ δ’ οὐρανῷ ἐμβασιλεύει, αὐτὸσ ἔχων βροντὴν ἠδ’ αἰθαλόεντα κεραυνόν, κάρτει νικήσασ πατέρα Κρόνον· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 9:6)
  • τῶν πάντων Πτολεμαῖοσ ἀλήνωρ ἐμβασιλεύει. (Theocritus, Idylls, 46)
  • τῇσιν δ’ ἀμφοτέρῃσι πατὴρ ἐμὸσ ἐμβασίλευε, Κτήσιοσ Ὀρμενίδησ, ἐπιείκελοσ ἀθανάτοισιν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 15 50:5)

Synonyms

  1. to be king in or among

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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