Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπεσθίω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπεσθίω ἐπέδομαι ἐπέφαγον

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

Sense

  1. to eat after or with
  2. to eat up

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπεσθίω ἐπεσθίεις ἐπεσθίει
Dual ἐπεσθίετον ἐπεσθίετον
Plural ἐπεσθίομεν ἐπεσθίετε ἐπεσθίουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπεσθίω ἐπεσθίῃς ἐπεσθίῃ
Dual ἐπεσθίητον ἐπεσθίητον
Plural ἐπεσθίωμεν ἐπεσθίητε ἐπεσθίωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπεσθίοιμι ἐπεσθίοις ἐπεσθίοι
Dual ἐπεσθίοιτον ἐπεσθιοίτην
Plural ἐπεσθίοιμεν ἐπεσθίοιτε ἐπεσθίοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπέσθιε ἐπεσθιέτω
Dual ἐπεσθίετον ἐπεσθιέτων
Plural ἐπεσθίετε ἐπεσθιόντων, ἐπεσθιέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπεσθίειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπεσθιων ἐπεσθιοντος ἐπεσθιουσα ἐπεσθιουσης ἐπεσθιον ἐπεσθιοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπεσθίομαι ἐπεσθίει, ἐπεσθίῃ ἐπεσθίεται
Dual ἐπεσθίεσθον ἐπεσθίεσθον
Plural ἐπεσθιόμεθα ἐπεσθίεσθε ἐπεσθίονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπεσθίωμαι ἐπεσθίῃ ἐπεσθίηται
Dual ἐπεσθίησθον ἐπεσθίησθον
Plural ἐπεσθιώμεθα ἐπεσθίησθε ἐπεσθίωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπεσθιοίμην ἐπεσθίοιο ἐπεσθίοιτο
Dual ἐπεσθίοισθον ἐπεσθιοίσθην
Plural ἐπεσθιοίμεθα ἐπεσθίοισθε ἐπεσθίοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπεσθίου ἐπεσθιέσθω
Dual ἐπεσθίεσθον ἐπεσθιέσθων
Plural ἐπεσθίεσθε ἐπεσθιέσθων, ἐπεσθιέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπεσθίεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπεσθιομενος ἐπεσθιομενου ἐπεσθιομενη ἐπεσθιομενης ἐπεσθιομενον ἐπεσθιομενου

Future tense

Imperfect tense

Aorist 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

  • Τὴν μὲν οὖν χεῖρα, περὶ οὗ ὁ λόγοσ, ἔδωκέ τισ ἐπιδῆσαι, πρηνέα ποιήσασ‧ ὁ δ’ ἠνάγκαζεν οὕτωσ ἔχειν, ὥσ περ οἱ τοξεύοντεσ, ἐπὴν τὸν ὦμον ἐμβάλλωσι, καὶ οὕτωσ ἔχουσαν ἐπέδει, νομίζων ἑωυτῷ εἶναι τοῦτο αὐτέῃ τὸ κατὰ φύσιν‧ καὶ μαρτύριον ἐπήγετο τά τε ὀστέα ἅπαντα τὰ ἐν τῷ πήχει, ὅτι ἰθυωρίην κατάλληλα εἶχε, τήν τε ὁμοχροίην, ὅτι αὐτὴ καθ’ ἑωυτὴν τὴν ἰθυωρίην ἔχει οὕτω καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ἔξωθεν μέρεοσ καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ἔσωθεν‧ οὕτω δὲ ἔφη καὶ τὰσ σάρκασ καὶ τὰ νεῦρα πεφυκέναι, καὶ τὴν τοξικὴν ἐπήγετο μαρτύριον. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 2.1)
  • Ἄλλοσ δ’ αὖ τισ τῶν ἰητρῶν ὑπτίην τὴν χεῖρα δοὺσ, οὕτω κατατείνειν ἐκέλευε, καὶ οὕτωσ ἔχουσαν ἐπέδει, τοῦτο νομίζων τὸ κατὰ φύσιν εἶναι, τῷ τε χροϊ σημαινόμενοσ, καὶ τὰ ὀστέα νομίζων κατὰ φύσιν εἶναι οὕτωσ, ὅτι φαίνεται τὸ ἐξέχον ὀστέον τὸ παρὰ τὸν καρπὸν, ἧ ὁ σμικρὸσ δάκτυλοσ, κατ’ ἰθυωρίην εἶναι τοῦ ὀστέου ἀφ’ ὁτέου τὸν πῆχυν οἱ ἄνθρωποι μετρέουσιν. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 3.1)

Synonyms

  1. to eat after or with

  2. to eat up

Derived

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

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