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ἐνειλέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐνειλέω ἐνειλήσω

Structure: ἐνειλέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: = e)nei/llw

Sense

  1. to wrap in, to be engaged in or with
  2. to wrap up in

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐνειλῶ ἐνειλεῖς ἐνειλεῖ
Dual ἐνειλεῖτον ἐνειλεῖτον
Plural ἐνειλοῦμεν ἐνειλεῖτε ἐνειλοῦσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐνειλῶ ἐνειλῇς ἐνειλῇ
Dual ἐνειλῆτον ἐνειλῆτον
Plural ἐνειλῶμεν ἐνειλῆτε ἐνειλῶσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐνειλοῖμι ἐνειλοῖς ἐνειλοῖ
Dual ἐνειλοῖτον ἐνειλοίτην
Plural ἐνειλοῖμεν ἐνειλοῖτε ἐνειλοῖεν
ImperativeSingular ἐνείλει ἐνειλείτω
Dual ἐνειλεῖτον ἐνειλείτων
Plural ἐνειλεῖτε ἐνειλούντων, ἐνειλείτωσαν
Infinitive ἐνειλεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐνειλων ἐνειλουντος ἐνειλουσα ἐνειλουσης ἐνειλουν ἐνειλουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐνειλοῦμαι ἐνειλεῖ, ἐνειλῇ ἐνειλεῖται
Dual ἐνειλεῖσθον ἐνειλεῖσθον
Plural ἐνειλούμεθα ἐνειλεῖσθε ἐνειλοῦνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐνειλῶμαι ἐνειλῇ ἐνειλῆται
Dual ἐνειλῆσθον ἐνειλῆσθον
Plural ἐνειλώμεθα ἐνειλῆσθε ἐνειλῶνται
OptativeSingular ἐνειλοίμην ἐνειλοῖο ἐνειλοῖτο
Dual ἐνειλοῖσθον ἐνειλοίσθην
Plural ἐνειλοίμεθα ἐνειλοῖσθε ἐνειλοῖντο
ImperativeSingular ἐνειλοῦ ἐνειλείσθω
Dual ἐνειλεῖσθον ἐνειλείσθων
Plural ἐνειλεῖσθε ἐνειλείσθων, ἐνειλείσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐνειλεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐνειλουμενος ἐνειλουμενου ἐνειλουμενη ἐνειλουμενης ἐνειλουμενον ἐνειλουμενου

Future tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐνειλήσω ἐνειλήσεις ἐνειλήσει
Dual ἐνειλήσετον ἐνειλήσετον
Plural ἐνειλήσομεν ἐνειλήσετε ἐνειλήσουσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐνειλήσοιμι ἐνειλήσοις ἐνειλήσοι
Dual ἐνειλήσοιτον ἐνειλησοίτην
Plural ἐνειλήσοιμεν ἐνειλήσοιτε ἐνειλήσοιεν
Infinitive ἐνειλήσειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐνειλησων ἐνειλησοντος ἐνειλησουσα ἐνειλησουσης ἐνειλησον ἐνειλησοντος
Middle
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐνειλήσομαι ἐνειλήσει, ἐνειλήσῃ ἐνειλήσεται
Dual ἐνειλήσεσθον ἐνειλήσεσθον
Plural ἐνειλησόμεθα ἐνειλήσεσθε ἐνειλήσονται
OptativeSingular ἐνειλησοίμην ἐνειλήσοιο ἐνειλήσοιτο
Dual ἐνειλήσοισθον ἐνειλησοίσθην
Plural ἐνειλησοίμεθα ἐνειλήσοισθε ἐνειλήσοιντο
Infinitive ἐνειλήσεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐνειλησομενος ἐνειλησομενου ἐνειλησομενη ἐνειλησομενης ἐνειλησομενον ἐνειλησομενου

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

  • τῶν δ’ αἰχμαλώτων τὸ μὲν δουλικὸν πλῆθοσ ἐνειλούμενον ὑπόπτωσ τοῖσ ὅπλοισ ἐκέλευσεν ἀναιρεθῆναι, τῶν δ’ ἐλευθέρων τοὺσ μὲν ἀπέλυε φάσκων ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων μᾶλλον ἡλωκέναι αὐτοὺσ καὶ παρ’ ἐκείνοισ αἰχμαλώτουσ εἶναι καὶ δούλουσ, παρ’ αὑτῷ δ’ ἐλευθέρουσ καὶ πολίτασ· (Plutarch, Brutus, chapter 45 3:1)
  • καθαρὸν τοῦ πυρὸσ ἄπεισιν ἀστραπὴ γενόμενον, τὸ δ’ ἐμβριθὲσ καὶ πνευματῶδεσ ἐνειλούμενον τῷ νέφει καὶ συμμεταβάλλον ἐξαιρεῖ τὴν ψυχρότητα καὶ συνεκπονεῖ τὸ ὑγρόν· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 4, 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. to wrap in

  2. to wrap up in

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

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