Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐντρέφω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐντρέφω ἐνθρέψω

Structure: ἐν (Prefix) + τρέφ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to bring up in, to be reared in

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐντρέφω ἐντρέφεις ἐντρέφει
Dual ἐντρέφετον ἐντρέφετον
Plural ἐντρέφομεν ἐντρέφετε ἐντρέφουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐντρέφω ἐντρέφῃς ἐντρέφῃ
Dual ἐντρέφητον ἐντρέφητον
Plural ἐντρέφωμεν ἐντρέφητε ἐντρέφωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐντρέφοιμι ἐντρέφοις ἐντρέφοι
Dual ἐντρέφοιτον ἐντρεφοίτην
Plural ἐντρέφοιμεν ἐντρέφοιτε ἐντρέφοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐντρέφε ἐντρεφέτω
Dual ἐντρέφετον ἐντρεφέτων
Plural ἐντρέφετε ἐντρεφόντων, ἐντρεφέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐντρέφειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐντρεφων ἐντρεφοντος ἐντρεφουσα ἐντρεφουσης ἐντρεφον ἐντρεφοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐντρέφομαι ἐντρέφει, ἐντρέφῃ ἐντρέφεται
Dual ἐντρέφεσθον ἐντρέφεσθον
Plural ἐντρεφόμεθα ἐντρέφεσθε ἐντρέφονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐντρέφωμαι ἐντρέφῃ ἐντρέφηται
Dual ἐντρέφησθον ἐντρέφησθον
Plural ἐντρεφώμεθα ἐντρέφησθε ἐντρέφωνται
OptativeSingular ἐντρεφοίμην ἐντρέφοιο ἐντρέφοιτο
Dual ἐντρέφοισθον ἐντρεφοίσθην
Plural ἐντρεφοίμεθα ἐντρέφοισθε ἐντρέφοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐντρέφου ἐντρεφέσθω
Dual ἐντρέφεσθον ἐντρεφέσθων
Plural ἐντρέφεσθε ἐντρεφέσθων, ἐντρεφέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐντρέφεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐντρεφομενος ἐντρεφομενου ἐντρεφομενη ἐντρεφομενης ἐντρεφομενον ἐντρεφομενου

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

  • ἀρχαῖόν τι παγχρύσῳ γένει δώρημ’ Ἀθάνασ, ἣ τέκν’ ἐντρέφειν λέγει ‐ Ἐριχθονίου γε τοῦ πάλαι μιμήματα. (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambics 5:41)
  • τοῦτο δ’ ἦν πλῆρεσ θαλάττησ, ἐν ᾧ πολλοὶ ἰχθύεσ ἐνετρέφοντο. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 42 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. to bring up 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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