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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

  • ἀπωσθέντων δὲ εἰ μὲν φυγὴ λαμπρὰ γένοιτο, διαχωρεῖν ἤδη τὰσ πεζικὰσ τάξεισ καὶ ἐπελαύνειν τοὺσ ἱππέασ, μὴ πάντασ τοὺσ λόχουσ ἀλλὰ τοὺσ ἡμίσεασ· (Arrian, Acies Contra Alanos 37:1)
  • τοὺσ δὲ ἄλλουσ ἡμίσεασ ἕπεσθαι μὲν τοῖσ ἐπελαύνουσιν, ἐν τάξει δὲ καὶ μὴ παντελεῖ τῇ διώξει χρωμένουσ, ὡσ εἰ μὲν φυγὴ καρτερὰ κατάσχοι, ἐκδέξασθαι τὴν πρώτην δίωξιν ἀκμήτοισ τοῖσ ἵπποισ, εἰ δέ τισ ἐπιστροφὴ καταλαμβάνοι, ἐπιθέσθαι τοῖσ ἐπιστρέφουσιν. (Arrian, Acies Contra Alanos 38:2)
  • ἐνθένδε, οἶμαι, ὅπωσ μὲν ἐπὶ τὰσ ἄρκυσ χρὴ ἐπελαύνειν τὸ λαγῶ ἐπεξέρχεται τῷ λόγῳ, καὶ εἰ παραδράμοι τὰσ ἄρκυσ, ὅπωσ χρὴ μεταθεῖν αὐτὸν καὶ ἀνευρίσκειν κατὰ τὸ ἴχνοσ, ἔστε ἁλῶναι ἀπαγορεύσαντα ὑπὸ καμάτου. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 2 4:1)
  • καὶ τὸν Ἕκτορα οὐ πεισθέντα Πουλυδάμαντι οὐκ ἐῶντι ἐπελαύνειν ταῖσ ναυσὶν τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἐπὶ τῷ δράκοντι τῷ καταβληθέντι πρὸσ τοῦ ἀετοῦ, ὡσ οὐ σὺν κόσμῳ ἐπανελευσομένουσ, ὀλίγον ὕστερον ἔργῳ ἀναδιδαχθῆναι ὡσ οὐκ ἀγαθὸν ἀπειθεῖν τῷ θείῳ. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 36 3:1)
  • ‐ Ῥωμαίοισ δὲ οἱ ἱππῆσ οἳ μέν κοντοὺσ φέρουσιν, καὶ ἐπελαύνουσιν ἐσ τὸν τρόπον τὸν Ἀλανικὸν καὶ τῶν Σαυροματῶν, οἳ δὲ λόγχασ ἔχουσι. (Arrian, chapter 4 10:1)

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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