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Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

ἐπείγω

Non-contract Verb;

Transliteration:

Principal Part:

Structure: ἐπείγ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

to press down, weigh down
to press, to press hard, press upon
to drive on, urge forward
to urge on, hurry on, to urge on for oneself, by the force of, by its force
to hurry oneself, haste to, to hasten, hurry, speed, make haste, in eager haste, eagerly, eager for, longing for
to hasten, necessary matters

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐπείγω	ἐπείγεις	ἐπείγει
Dual		ἐπείγετον	ἐπείγετον
Plural	ἐπείγομεν	ἐπείγετε	ἐπείγουσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐπείγω	ἐπείγῃς	ἐπείγῃ
Dual		ἐπείγητον	ἐπείγητον
Plural	ἐπείγωμεν	ἐπείγητε	ἐπείγωσιν*
Optative	Singular	ἐπείγοιμι	ἐπείγοις	ἐπείγοι
Dual		ἐπείγοιτον	ἐπειγοίτην
Plural	ἐπείγοιμεν	ἐπείγοιτε	ἐπείγοιεν
Imperative	Singular		έ̓πειγε	ἐπειγέτω
Dual		ἐπείγετον	ἐπειγέτων
Plural		ἐπείγετε	ἐπειγόντων, ἐπειγέτωσαν
Infinitive	ἐπείγειν
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἐπειγων ἐπειγοντος	ἐπειγουσα ἐπειγουσης	ἐπειγον ἐπειγοντος
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐπείγομαι	ἐπείγει, ἐπείγῃ	ἐπείγεται
Dual		ἐπείγεσθον	ἐπείγεσθον
Plural	ἐπειγόμεθα	ἐπείγεσθε	ἐπείγονται
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐπείγωμαι	ἐπείγῃ	ἐπείγηται
Dual		ἐπείγησθον	ἐπείγησθον
Plural	ἐπειγώμεθα	ἐπείγησθε	ἐπείγωνται
Optative	Singular	ἐπειγοίμην	ἐπείγοιο	ἐπείγοιτο
Dual		ἐπείγοισθον	ἐπειγοίσθην
Plural	ἐπειγοίμεθα	ἐπείγοισθε	ἐπείγοιντο
Imperative	Singular		ἐπείγου	ἐπειγέσθω
Dual		ἐπείγεσθον	ἐπειγέσθων
Plural		ἐπείγεσθε	ἐπειγέσθων, ἐπειγέσθωσαν
Infinitive	ἐπείγεσθαι
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἐπειγομενος ἐπειγομενου	ἐπειγομενη ἐπειγομενης	ἐπειγομενον ἐπειγομενου

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ἐπειγόντων, ἐπειγέτωσαν

Infinitive

ἐπείγειν

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἐπειγων ἐπειγοντος

ἐπειγουσα ἐπειγουσης

ἐπειγον ἐπειγοντος

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ἐπειγέσθων, ἐπειγέσθωσαν

Infinitive

ἐπείγεσθαι

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἐπειγομενος ἐπειγομενου

ἐπειγομενη ἐπειγομενης

ἐπειγομενον ἐπειγομενου

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ή̓πειγον	ή̓πειγες	ή̓πειγεν*
Dual		ἠπείγετον	ἠπειγέτην
Plural	ἠπείγομεν	ἠπείγετε	ή̓πειγον
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἠπειγόμην	ἠπείγου	ἠπείγετο
Dual		ἠπείγεσθον	ἠπειγέσθην
Plural	ἠπειγόμεθα	ἠπείγεσθε	ἠπείγοντο

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Examples

ταχὺ γὰρ μετέθεον οἱ κολασταὶ πρὸσ τὴν δίκην, καὶ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ ἤπειγον ὀλοφυρομένασ τῷ προγιγνώσκειν τὴν τιμωρίαν. (Plutarch, De sera numinis vindicta, section 22 67:2)
ἀλλ’ ἢ τέθνηκεν ἢ τὰ τῶν διακόνων, ὡσ εἰκόσ, οἶμαι, τοὐμὸν ἐν σμικρῷ μέροσ ποιούμενοι τὸν οἴκαδ’ ἤπειγον στόλον. (Sophocles, Philoctetes, episode 2:17)
ὡσ δ’ οἱ μὲν ὀχυρόν τι χωρίον προύλαβον, ἔνθα καὶ ὕδωρ ἦν ἄφθονον καὶ ἀγορά, καὶ οὐδὲν ἄλλο ἢ πολιορκεῖν αὐτοὺσ ἔδει, Σκιπίωνα δ’ ἤπειγον ἕτεραι χρεῖαι, Σιλανὸν μὲν ἀπέλιπε τούσδε πολιορκεῖν, αὐτὸσ δ’ ἐπῄει τὴν ἄλλην Ἰβηρίαν καὶ ὑπήγετο. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 5 5:2)
τὸ δὲ συμμαχικὸν ὁ Πομπήιοσ αὑτοῦ ταρασσόμενον ὁρῶν ὑπὸ τῆσ μελλήσεωσ καὶ δείσασ, μὴ πρὸ τοῦ ἀγῶνοσ ἀταξίασ κατάρξειεν, ὑπεσήμαινε πρῶτοσ, καὶ ἀντήχησε Καῖσαρ, αὐτίκα δ’ αἵ τε σάλπιγγεσ αὐτοὺσ ἐξώτρυνον ὀρθίοισ κλαγγαῖσ ὡσ ἐν τοσῷδε πλήθει πολλαὶ κατὰ μέρη, καὶ οἱ κήρυκεσ καὶ οἱ ἐπιστάται περιθέοντεσ ἤπειγον. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 11 7:3)
Ῥωμαίων δὲ οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι πάντεσ ἡγεμόνεσ ἑρ́μαιον ἡγούμενοι τὴν στάσιν τῶν πολεμίων ὡρ́μηντο πρὸσ τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὸν Οὐεσπασιανὸν ἤπειγον ὡσ ἂν ὄντα κύριον τῶν ὅλων, φάμενοι πρόνοιαν θεοῦ σύμμαχον σφίσι τῷ τετράφθαι τοὺσ ἐχθροὺσ κατ’ ἀλλήλων· (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 415:1)

Synonyms

to press down
- βαρύθω (to be weighed down)
- καταφέρω (to be weighed down)
- ἰπόομαι (to be weighed down)
- καταθλίβω (to press down, press out)
- ἐπιπιέζω (to press upon, press down)
- βαρέω (weighed down, heavy)
- βρίθω (to weigh down, to be laden, laden)
- βαρέω (to weigh down, depress)
- καταβαρέω (to weigh down, overload)
- καταβρίθω (to weigh down, to outweigh)
- κατεπείγω (to press down, depress)
- ἕλκω (to draw down, to weigh so much, weigh)
- πιέζω (to press or weigh down, to oppress, straiten)
- βαρυθυμέω (to be weighed down: to be heavy at heart)
to press
- ἐρέιδω (to set upon, press hard)
- ἀναθλίβω (to press hard)
- πιέζω (to press hard)
- κατέχω (to follow close upon, press hard)
- προσβιάζομαι (to be forced or hard pressed)
- ἐπιπιέζω (to press upon, press down)
- ἴπτομαι (to press hard, oppress)
- ἐπίκειμαι (to press upon, be urgent, to press upon)
- κατοπάζω (to follow hard upon)
- ἐνίημι (to press on)
- ἐξαμέλγω (to press out)
- ἀπιπόω (to press, from)
- ἐπικάθημαι (to sit upon, to press upon, be heavy upon)
to drive on
- ἐπισπέρχω (to urge on, to urge on, press forward)
- ἐπιταχύνω (to hasten on, urge forward)
- προκινέω (to move forward, to urge on, to advance)
- προωθέω (to push forward, push or urge on, to rush on)
- ἐφέπω (to drive on, urge on, drove)
to hurry oneself
- ταχύνω (to be quick, to make haste, speed)

Derived

κατεπείγω (to press down, depress, to press much)

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

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ἐπείγω

Sense

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Present tense

Imperfect tense

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Synonyms

to press down

to press

to drive on

to hurry oneself

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ἐπείγω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to press down

to press

to drive on

to hurry oneself

Related

Derived

Similar forms

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