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ἐνεδρεύω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐνεδρεύω

Structure: ἐνεδρεύ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to lie in wait for, to be caught in an ambush, to be ensnared
  2. to lay or set an ambush, to lie in ambush

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐνεδρεύω ἐνεδρεύεις ἐνεδρεύει
Dual ἐνεδρεύετον ἐνεδρεύετον
Plural ἐνεδρεύομεν ἐνεδρεύετε ἐνεδρεύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐνεδρεύω ἐνεδρεύῃς ἐνεδρεύῃ
Dual ἐνεδρεύητον ἐνεδρεύητον
Plural ἐνεδρεύωμεν ἐνεδρεύητε ἐνεδρεύωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐνεδρεύοιμι ἐνεδρεύοις ἐνεδρεύοι
Dual ἐνεδρεύοιτον ἐνεδρευοίτην
Plural ἐνεδρεύοιμεν ἐνεδρεύοιτε ἐνεδρεύοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐνέδρευε ἐνεδρευέτω
Dual ἐνεδρεύετον ἐνεδρευέτων
Plural ἐνεδρεύετε ἐνεδρευόντων, ἐνεδρευέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐνεδρεύειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐνεδρευων ἐνεδρευοντος ἐνεδρευουσα ἐνεδρευουσης ἐνεδρευον ἐνεδρευοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐνεδρεύομαι ἐνεδρεύει, ἐνεδρεύῃ ἐνεδρεύεται
Dual ἐνεδρεύεσθον ἐνεδρεύεσθον
Plural ἐνεδρευόμεθα ἐνεδρεύεσθε ἐνεδρεύονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐνεδρεύωμαι ἐνεδρεύῃ ἐνεδρεύηται
Dual ἐνεδρεύησθον ἐνεδρεύησθον
Plural ἐνεδρευώμεθα ἐνεδρεύησθε ἐνεδρεύωνται
OptativeSingular ἐνεδρευοίμην ἐνεδρεύοιο ἐνεδρεύοιτο
Dual ἐνεδρεύοισθον ἐνεδρευοίσθην
Plural ἐνεδρευοίμεθα ἐνεδρεύοισθε ἐνεδρεύοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐνεδρεύου ἐνεδρευέσθω
Dual ἐνεδρεύεσθον ἐνεδρευέσθων
Plural ἐνεδρεύεσθε ἐνεδρευέσθων, ἐνεδρευέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐνεδρεύεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐνεδρευομενος ἐνεδρευομενου ἐνεδρευομενη ἐνεδρευομενης ἐνεδρευομενον ἐνεδρευομενου

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

  • σὺ οὖν μὴ πεισθῇσ αὐτοῖσ, ἐνεδρεύουσιν γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐξ αὐτῶν ἄνδρεσ πλείουσ τεσσεράκοντα, οἵτινεσ ἀνεθεμάτισαν ἑαυτοὺσ μήτε φαγεῖν μήτε πεῖν ἑώσ οὗ ἀνέλωσιν αὐτόν, καὶ νῦν εἰσὶν ἕτοιμοι προσδεχόμενοι τὴν ἀπὸ σοῦ ἐπαγγελίαν. (, chapter 19 181:1)
  • εἰ μὲν συμβαίη τὸν Ἀχαιὸν ἐκ τῆσ ἄκρασ ἐλθεῖν μόνον ἢ καὶ δεύτερον μετὰ τοῦ Βώλιδοσ καὶ Ἀριανοῦ, τελέωσ εὐκαταφρόνητοσ, ἔτι δ’ εὐχείρωτοσ ἔμελλε γίνεσθαι τοῖσ ἐνεδρεύουσιν· (Polybius, Histories, book 8, chapter 18 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. to lie in wait for

  2. to lay or set an ambush

Related

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

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