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ἐμπίνω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐμπίνω ἐμπίομαι ἐνέπιον ἐμπέπτωκα

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

Etym.: e)n

Sense

  1. to drink in, drink greedily, to drink greedily of
  2. to drink one's fill

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐμπῑ́νω ἐμπῑ́νεις ἐμπῑ́νει
Dual ἐμπῑ́νετον ἐμπῑ́νετον
Plural ἐμπῑ́νομεν ἐμπῑ́νετε ἐμπῑ́νουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐμπῑ́νω ἐμπῑ́νῃς ἐμπῑ́νῃ
Dual ἐμπῑ́νητον ἐμπῑ́νητον
Plural ἐμπῑ́νωμεν ἐμπῑ́νητε ἐμπῑ́νωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐμπῑ́νοιμι ἐμπῑ́νοις ἐμπῑ́νοι
Dual ἐμπῑ́νοιτον ἐμπῑνοίτην
Plural ἐμπῑ́νοιμεν ἐμπῑ́νοιτε ἐμπῑ́νοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐμπῑ́νε ἐμπῑνέτω
Dual ἐμπῑ́νετον ἐμπῑνέτων
Plural ἐμπῑ́νετε ἐμπῑνόντων, ἐμπῑνέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐμπῑ́νειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐμπῑνων ἐμπῑνοντος ἐμπῑνουσα ἐμπῑνουσης ἐμπῑνον ἐμπῑνοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐμπῑ́νομαι ἐμπῑ́νει, ἐμπῑ́νῃ ἐμπῑ́νεται
Dual ἐμπῑ́νεσθον ἐμπῑ́νεσθον
Plural ἐμπῑνόμεθα ἐμπῑ́νεσθε ἐμπῑ́νονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐμπῑ́νωμαι ἐμπῑ́νῃ ἐμπῑ́νηται
Dual ἐμπῑ́νησθον ἐμπῑ́νησθον
Plural ἐμπῑνώμεθα ἐμπῑ́νησθε ἐμπῑ́νωνται
OptativeSingular ἐμπῑνοίμην ἐμπῑ́νοιο ἐμπῑ́νοιτο
Dual ἐμπῑ́νοισθον ἐμπῑνοίσθην
Plural ἐμπῑνοίμεθα ἐμπῑ́νοισθε ἐμπῑ́νοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐμπῑ́νου ἐμπῑνέσθω
Dual ἐμπῑ́νεσθον ἐμπῑνέσθων
Plural ἐμπῑ́νεσθε ἐμπῑνέσθων, ἐμπῑνέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐμπῑ́νεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐμπῑνομενος ἐμπῑνομενου ἐμπῑνομενη ἐμπῑνομενης ἐμπῑνομενον ἐμπῑνομενου

Imperfect tense

Aorist 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

  • ἐπεὰν τὸν πρῶτον ἄνδρα καταβάλῃ ἀνὴρ Σκύθησ, τοῦ αἵματοσ ἐμπίνει, ὅσουσ δ’ ἂν φονεύσῃ ἐν τῇ μάχῃ, τούτων τὰσ κεφαλὰσ ἀποφέρει τῷ βασιλέι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 64 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. to drink in

  2. to drink one's fill

Derived

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

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