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ἐμφυσάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐμφυσάω ἐμφυσήσω

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

Etym.: e)n

Sense

  1. to blow in: to play the flute

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐμφύσω ἐμφύσᾳς ἐμφύσᾳ
Dual ἐμφύσᾱτον ἐμφύσᾱτον
Plural ἐμφύσωμεν ἐμφύσᾱτε ἐμφύσωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐμφύσω ἐμφύσῃς ἐμφύσῃ
Dual ἐμφύσητον ἐμφύσητον
Plural ἐμφύσωμεν ἐμφύσητε ἐμφύσωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐμφύσῳμι ἐμφύσῳς ἐμφύσῳ
Dual ἐμφύσῳτον ἐμφυσῷτην
Plural ἐμφύσῳμεν ἐμφύσῳτε ἐμφύσῳεν
ImperativeSingular ἐμφῦσᾱ ἐμφυσᾶτω
Dual ἐμφύσᾱτον ἐμφυσᾶτων
Plural ἐμφύσᾱτε ἐμφυσῶντων, ἐμφυσᾶτωσαν
Infinitive ἐμφύσᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐμφυσων ἐμφυσωντος ἐμφυσωσα ἐμφυσωσης ἐμφυσων ἐμφυσωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐμφύσωμαι ἐμφύσᾳ ἐμφύσᾱται
Dual ἐμφύσᾱσθον ἐμφύσᾱσθον
Plural ἐμφυσῶμεθα ἐμφύσᾱσθε ἐμφύσωνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐμφύσωμαι ἐμφύσῃ ἐμφύσηται
Dual ἐμφύσησθον ἐμφύσησθον
Plural ἐμφυσώμεθα ἐμφύσησθε ἐμφύσωνται
OptativeSingular ἐμφυσῷμην ἐμφύσῳο ἐμφύσῳτο
Dual ἐμφύσῳσθον ἐμφυσῷσθην
Plural ἐμφυσῷμεθα ἐμφύσῳσθε ἐμφύσῳντο
ImperativeSingular ἐμφύσω ἐμφυσᾶσθω
Dual ἐμφύσᾱσθον ἐμφυσᾶσθων
Plural ἐμφύσᾱσθε ἐμφυσᾶσθων, ἐμφυσᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐμφύσᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐμφυσωμενος ἐμφυσωμενου ἐμφυσωμενη ἐμφυσωμενης ἐμφυσωμενον ἐμφυσωμενου

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

  • ἀνέβη ἐμφυσῶν εἰσ πρόσωπόν σου ἐξαιρούμενοσ ἐκ θλίψεωσ. σκόπευσον ὁδόν, κράτησον ὀσφύοσ, ἄνδρισαι τῇ ἰσχύϊ σφόδρα, (Septuagint, Prophetia Nahum 2:2)
  • μεταξὺ γὰρ αὐλῶν, φασίν, ὅτε τὸ πρῶτον ἠγωνίζετο, φιλοτιμότερον ἐμφυσῶν ἐναπέπνευσε τῷ αὐλῷ καὶ ἀστεφάνωτοσ ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ ἀπέθανε τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ πρῶτον καὶ ὕστατον αὐλήσασ ἐν τοῖσ Διονυσίοισ. (Lucian, Harmonides 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. to blow in

Derived

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

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