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ἐπαίω

Non-contract Verb;

Transliteration:

Principal Part:

Structure: ἐπ (Prefix) + ἀί (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

to give ear to
to perceive, feel
to understand
to profess knowledge, to be a professor

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐπαῖω	ἐπαῖεις	ἐπαῖει
Dual		ἐπαῖετον	ἐπαῖετον
Plural	ἐπαῖομεν	ἐπαῖετε	ἐπαῖουσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐπαῖω	ἐπαῖῃς	ἐπαῖῃ
Dual		ἐπαῖητον	ἐπαῖητον
Plural	ἐπαῖωμεν	ἐπαῖητε	ἐπαῖωσιν*
Optative	Singular	ἐπαῖοιμι	ἐπαῖοις	ἐπαῖοι
Dual		ἐπαῖοιτον	ἐπαίοιτην
Plural	ἐπαῖοιμεν	ἐπαῖοιτε	ἐπαῖοιεν
Imperative	Singular		έ̓παιε	ἐπαίετω
Dual		ἐπαῖετον	ἐπαίετων
Plural		ἐπαῖετε	ἐπαίοντων, ἐπαίετωσαν
Infinitive	ἐπαῖειν
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἐπαιων ἐπαιοντος	ἐπαιουσα ἐπαιουσης	ἐπαιον ἐπαιοντος
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐπαῖομαι	ἐπαῖει, ἐπαῖῃ	ἐπαῖεται
Dual		ἐπαῖεσθον	ἐπαῖεσθον
Plural	ἐπαίομεθα	ἐπαῖεσθε	ἐπαῖονται
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐπαῖωμαι	ἐπαῖῃ	ἐπαῖηται
Dual		ἐπαῖησθον	ἐπαῖησθον
Plural	ἐπαίωμεθα	ἐπαῖησθε	ἐπαῖωνται
Optative	Singular	ἐπαίοιμην	ἐπαῖοιο	ἐπαῖοιτο
Dual		ἐπαῖοισθον	ἐπαίοισθην
Plural	ἐπαίοιμεθα	ἐπαῖοισθε	ἐπαῖοιντο
Imperative	Singular		ἐπαῖου	ἐπαίεσθω
Dual		ἐπαῖεσθον	ἐπαίεσθων
Plural		ἐπαῖεσθε	ἐπαίεσθων, ἐπαίεσθωσαν
Infinitive	ἐπαῖεσθαι
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἐπαιομενος ἐπαιομενου	ἐπαιομενη ἐπαιομενης	ἐπαιομενον ἐπαιομενου

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ἐπαίοντων, ἐπαίετωσαν

Infinitive

ἐπαῖειν

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἐπαιων ἐπαιοντος

ἐπαιουσα ἐπαιουσης

ἐπαιον ἐπαιοντος

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ἐπαίεσθων, ἐπαίεσθωσαν

Infinitive

ἐπαῖεσθαι

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἐπαιομενος ἐπαιομενου

ἐπαιομενη ἐπαιομενης

ἐπαιομενον ἐπαιομενου

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐπῆιον	ἐπῆιες	ἐπῆιεν*
Dual		ἐπήιετον	ἐπηῖετην
Plural	ἐπήιομεν	ἐπήιετε	ἐπῆιον
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐπηῖομην	ἐπήιου	ἐπήιετο
Dual		ἐπήιεσθον	ἐπηῖεσθην
Plural	ἐπηῖομεθα	ἐπήιεσθε	ἐπήιοντο

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

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Examples

ὅτι μὲν γὰρ ἀεὶ καὶ σὺ ἀκούεισ ἐν ταῖσ τῶν φιλοσόφων διατριβαῖσ, οἶδα,^ εἰ μὴ καὶ κωφόσ τισ εἶ,^ ὡσ βοώντων αὐτῶν μὴ ἐπαϊείν. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 13:6)
τούτουσ οὐκ ἔστιν κατά γε τὴν ἐμὴν δόξαν περὶ τοῦ πράγματοσ ἐπαί̈ειν οὐδέν. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 7 116:1)
εἰσ δ’ ἀσφάλειαν ἅπαντα μὲν ταῦτα ἀναγκαῖον δύνασθαι θεωρεῖν, οὐκ ἐλάχιστον δὲ περὶ νομοθεσίασ ἐπαί̈ειν· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 4 12:1)
χρήσιμον δὲ πρὸσ τὰσ νομοθεσίασ τὸ μὴ μόνον ἐπαί̈ειν τίσ πολιτεία συμφέρει, ἐκ τῶν παρεληλυθότων θεωροῦντα, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰσ παρὰ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ εἰδέναι, αἱ ποῖαι τοῖσ ποίοισ ἁρμόττουσιν· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 4 13:1)
φησιν ἐπαί̈ειν περὶ τοῦ πράγματοσ οὐδ’ ἱκανὸσ εἶναι διακρῖναι ὁπότεροσ ὑμῶν ἀληθῆ λέγει ‐ οὔτε γὰρ εὑρετὴσ οὔτε μαθητὴσ οὐδενὸσ περὶ τῶν τοιούτων γεγονέναι ‐ σὺ δ’, ὦ Λάχησ καὶ Νικία, εἴπετον ἡμῖν ἑκάτεροσ τίνι δὴ δεινοτάτῳ συγγεγόνατον περὶ τῆσ τῶν νέων τροφῆσ, καὶ πότερα μαθόντε παρά του ἐπίστασθον ἢ αὐτὼ ἐξευρόντε, καὶ εἰ μὲν μαθόντε, τίσ ὁ διδάσκαλοσ ἑκατέρῳ καὶ τίνεσ ἄλλοι ὁμότεχνοι αὐτοῖσ, ἵν’, ἂν μὴ ὑμῖν σχολὴ ᾖ ὑπὸ τῶν τῆσ πόλεωσ πραγμάτων, ἐπ’ ἐκείνουσ ἰώμεν καὶ πείθωμεν ἢ δώροισ ἢ χάρισιν ἢ ἀμφότερα ἐπιμεληθῆναι καὶ τῶν ἡμετέρων καὶ τῶν ὑμετέρων παίδων, ὅπωσ μὴ καταισχύνωσι τοὺσ αὑτῶν προγόνουσ φαῦλοι γενόμενοι· (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 51:1)

Synonyms

to give ear to
- ἐπακούω (to give ear, hearken)
- κατακούω (to hearken or give ear to)
- ὑποδέχομαι (to give ear to, hearken to)
- εἰσακούω (to hearken or give ear to one)
- ἐνδέχομαι (to give ear to, believe, to give ear)
- ἀίω (to listen to, give ear to, to obey)
- ὑπακούω ( to listen, hearken, give ear)
to perceive
- γιγνώσκω ( I perceive that...)
- κατανοέω (to perceive)
- προσνοέω (to perceive besides)
to understand
- αἰσθάνομαι (I understand)
- ἀκούω (I understand)
- ἐννοέω (to understand)
- ἕπομαι (I understand)
- γιγνώσκω (I know, understand)
- μανθάνω ( I know, understand)
- κατέχω (to master, understand)
- καταμανθάνω (to perceive, understand)

Derived

ἀίω (to perceive, to hear, to perceive)
ἀίω (to breathe, I was breathing out)

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

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ἐπαίω

Sense

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to give ear to

to perceive

to understand

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ἐπαίω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to give ear to

to perceive

to understand

Related

Derived

Similar forms

SEARCH

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Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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