Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπέχω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπέχω ἐφέξω ἐπέσχον ἐπέσχηκα ἐπέσχημαι

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

Sense

  1. I have or hold upon
  2. I hold out to, present, offer
  3. I extend, spread out
  4. I hold, contain
  5. I enjoin, impose

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπέχω ἐπέχεις ἐπέχει
Dual ἐπέχετον ἐπέχετον
Plural ἐπέχομεν ἐπέχετε ἐπέχουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπέχω ἐπέχῃς ἐπέχῃ
Dual ἐπέχητον ἐπέχητον
Plural ἐπέχωμεν ἐπέχητε ἐπέχωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπέχοιμι ἐπέχοις ἐπέχοι
Dual ἐπέχοιτον ἐπεχοίτην
Plural ἐπέχοιμεν ἐπέχοιτε ἐπέχοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπέχε ἐπεχέτω
Dual ἐπέχετον ἐπεχέτων
Plural ἐπέχετε ἐπεχόντων, ἐπεχέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπέχειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπεχων ἐπεχοντος ἐπεχουσα ἐπεχουσης ἐπεχον ἐπεχοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπέχομαι ἐπέχει, ἐπέχῃ ἐπέχεται
Dual ἐπέχεσθον ἐπέχεσθον
Plural ἐπεχόμεθα ἐπέχεσθε ἐπέχονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπέχωμαι ἐπέχῃ ἐπέχηται
Dual ἐπέχησθον ἐπέχησθον
Plural ἐπεχώμεθα ἐπέχησθε ἐπέχωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπεχοίμην ἐπέχοιο ἐπέχοιτο
Dual ἐπέχοισθον ἐπεχοίσθην
Plural ἐπεχοίμεθα ἐπέχοισθε ἐπέχοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπέχου ἐπεχέσθω
Dual ἐπέχεσθον ἐπεχέσθων
Plural ἐπέχεσθε ἐπεχέσθων, ἐπεχέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπέχεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπεχομενος ἐπεχομενου ἐπεχομενη ἐπεχομενης ἐπεχομενον ἐπεχομενου

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

  • ὀφθαλμοί, ἦν δ’ ἐγώ, οἶσθ’ ὅτι, ὅταν μηκέτι ἐπ’ ἐκεῖνά τισ αὐτοὺσ τρέπῃ ὧν ἂν τὰσ χρόασ τὸ ἡμερινὸν φῶσ ἐπέχῃ, ἀλλὰ ὧν νυκτερινὰ φέγγη, ἀμβλυώττουσί τε καὶ ἐγγὺσ φαίνονται τυφλῶν, ὥσπερ οὐκ ἐνούσησ καθαρᾶσ ὄψεωσ; (Plato, Republic, book 6 515:1)
  • ταῦτα τὰ πλοῖα ἀνὰ μὲν τὸν ποταμὸν οὐ δύναται πλέειν, ἢν μὴ λαμπρὸσ ἄνεμοσ ἐπέχῃ, ἐκ γῆσ δὲ παρέλκεται, κατὰ ῥόον δὲ κομίζεται ὧδε· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 96 4:3)
  • ἢν δὲ αὐχμὸσ χρόνον ἐπέχῃ πολὺν καὶ ἤδη σφίσι τὰ σπέρματα ἐν τῇ γῇ καὶ τὰ δένδρα αὐαίνηται, τηνικαῦτα ὁ ἱερεὺσ τοῦ Λυκαίου Διὸσ προσευξάμενοσ ἐσ τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ θύσασ ὁπόσα ἐστὶν αὐτῷ νόμοσ, καθίησι δρυὸσ κλάδον ἐπιπολῆσ καὶ οὐκ ἐσ βάθοσ τῆσ πηγῆσ· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 38 7:1)
  • κατασταθεὶσ γὰρ ἐπὶ τῆσ πύλησ ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέωσ, ἵνα τὸ πλῆθοσ ἐπέχῃ τῆσ πολλῆσ ὁρμῆσ καὶ μὴ κινδυνεύσωσιν ὑπ’ ἀλλήλων ὠθούμενοι συμπατηθέντεσ ἀπολέσθαι, τοῦτ’ αὐτὸσ ἔπαθε καὶ τοῦτον ἀποθνήσκει τὸν τρόπον τὴν τελευτὴν αὐτῷ προφητεύσαντοσ Ἐλισσαίου, ὅτε τοῖσ ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ περὶ τῆσ ἐσομένησ εὐπορίασ τῶν ἐπιτηδείων λεγομένοισ μόνοσ ἐξ ἁπάντων οὐκ ἐπίστευσεν. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 9 103:2)

Synonyms

  1. I have or hold upon

  2. I hold out to

  3. I extend

  4. I hold

  5. I enjoin

Related

Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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