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ἐπελαύνω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπελαύνω ἐπελάσω ἐπεξελήλακα

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

Sense

  1. to drive upon, upon
  2. to lay, beaten out into plates over
  3. to force, upon
  4. to ride or lead against
  5. to march against, to charge, to drive upon

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπελαύνω ἐπελαύνεις ἐπελαύνει
Dual ἐπελαύνετον ἐπελαύνετον
Plural ἐπελαύνομεν ἐπελαύνετε ἐπελαύνουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπελαύνω ἐπελαύνῃς ἐπελαύνῃ
Dual ἐπελαύνητον ἐπελαύνητον
Plural ἐπελαύνωμεν ἐπελαύνητε ἐπελαύνωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπελαύνοιμι ἐπελαύνοις ἐπελαύνοι
Dual ἐπελαύνοιτον ἐπελαυνοίτην
Plural ἐπελαύνοιμεν ἐπελαύνοιτε ἐπελαύνοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπέλαυνε ἐπελαυνέτω
Dual ἐπελαύνετον ἐπελαυνέτων
Plural ἐπελαύνετε ἐπελαυνόντων, ἐπελαυνέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπελαύνειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπελαυνων ἐπελαυνοντος ἐπελαυνουσα ἐπελαυνουσης ἐπελαυνον ἐπελαυνοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπελαύνομαι ἐπελαύνει, ἐπελαύνῃ ἐπελαύνεται
Dual ἐπελαύνεσθον ἐπελαύνεσθον
Plural ἐπελαυνόμεθα ἐπελαύνεσθε ἐπελαύνονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπελαύνωμαι ἐπελαύνῃ ἐπελαύνηται
Dual ἐπελαύνησθον ἐπελαύνησθον
Plural ἐπελαυνώμεθα ἐπελαύνησθε ἐπελαύνωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπελαυνοίμην ἐπελαύνοιο ἐπελαύνοιτο
Dual ἐπελαύνοισθον ἐπελαυνοίσθην
Plural ἐπελαυνοίμεθα ἐπελαύνοισθε ἐπελαύνοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπελαύνου ἐπελαυνέσθω
Dual ἐπελαύνεσθον ἐπελαυνέσθων
Plural ἐπελαύνεσθε ἐπελαυνέσθων, ἐπελαυνέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπελαύνεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπελαυνομενος ἐπελαυνομενου ἐπελαυνομενη ἐπελαυνομενης ἐπελαυνομενον ἐπελαυνομενου

Future tense

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

  • τὸ δὲ κάλλοσ τοῦ δρωμένου ἐν τῷδε ἐστίν, ὅστισ ὅτι πλεῖστα καὶ συνεχέστατα ἀκόντια, ὀρθῷ ἐπελαύνων τῷ ἵππῳ, ἐσ τοὺσ δύο τοὺσ προβεβλημένουσ πρὸ τοῦ [ἀριστεροῦ] κέρωσ τῆσ χελώνησ κατὰ αὐτῶν τῶν ὅπλων ὡσ μάλιστα τύχοι ἀκοντίσασ. (Arrian, chapter 36 5:1)
  • τόν τε γὰρ ἀγαθὸν ἱππέα ἐγγὺσ αὐτῷ ἐπελαύνων ὁ κακὸσ ἤδη ἠφάνισεν, καὶ τοῦ κακοῦ ἄλλοσ αὖ ἀγαθὸσ εὐσχημόνωσ ἐπιφερόμενοσ τὴν ἀπρέπειαν συνεσκίασεν. (Arrian, chapter 38 7:1)
  • τῶν δὲ κραυγή τε ἦν πρὸσ τὸ παράστημα τοῦ Καίσαροσ καὶ παρακέλευσισ ὁρμᾶν ἐπ’ αὐτόν, φυγὴ δὲ καὶ χωρισμὸσ ἄθρουσ καθ’ οὓσ ἐπελαύνων γένοιτο. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 73:1)
  • ἐπελαύνων γὰρ ἐπολιόρκεε τὴν Μίλητον τρόπῳ τοιῷδε· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 17 2:2)
  • ἐπειρήθην δὲ καὶ αὐτὸσ ἤδη ἐπελαύνων ἐπὶ τοὺσ ἄνδρασ τούτουσ ὑπὸ πατρὸσ τοῦ σοῦ κελευσθείσ, καί μοι μέχρι Μακεδονίησ ἐλάσαντι καὶ ὀλίγον ἀπολιπόντι ἐσ αὐτὰσ Ἀθήνασ ἀπικέσθαι οὐδεὶσ ἠντιώθη ἐσ μάχην. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 9A 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. to drive upon

  2. to force

  3. to ride or lead against

  4. to march against

Related

Derived

Similar forms

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

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