Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπιαύω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιαύω

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

Sense

  1. to sleep among
  2. to sleep upon

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιαύω ἐπιαύεις ἐπιαύει
Dual ἐπιαύετον ἐπιαύετον
Plural ἐπιαύομεν ἐπιαύετε ἐπιαύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιαύω ἐπιαύῃς ἐπιαύῃ
Dual ἐπιαύητον ἐπιαύητον
Plural ἐπιαύωμεν ἐπιαύητε ἐπιαύωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπιαύοιμι ἐπιαύοις ἐπιαύοι
Dual ἐπιαύοιτον ἐπιαυοίτην
Plural ἐπιαύοιμεν ἐπιαύοιτε ἐπιαύοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπίαυε ἐπιαυέτω
Dual ἐπιαύετον ἐπιαυέτων
Plural ἐπιαύετε ἐπιαυόντων, ἐπιαυέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιαύειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιαυων ἐπιαυοντος ἐπιαυουσα ἐπιαυουσης ἐπιαυον ἐπιαυοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιαύομαι ἐπιαύει, ἐπιαύῃ ἐπιαύεται
Dual ἐπιαύεσθον ἐπιαύεσθον
Plural ἐπιαυόμεθα ἐπιαύεσθε ἐπιαύονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιαύωμαι ἐπιαύῃ ἐπιαύηται
Dual ἐπιαύησθον ἐπιαύησθον
Plural ἐπιαυώμεθα ἐπιαύησθε ἐπιαύωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπιαυοίμην ἐπιαύοιο ἐπιαύοιτο
Dual ἐπιαύοισθον ἐπιαυοίσθην
Plural ἐπιαυοίμεθα ἐπιαύοισθε ἐπιαύοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπιαύου ἐπιαυέσθω
Dual ἐπιαύεσθον ἐπιαυέσθων
Plural ἐπιαύεσθε ἐπιαυέσθων, ἐπιαυέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιαύεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιαυομενος ἐπιαυομενου ἐπιαυομενη ἐπιαυομενης ἐπιαυομενον ἐπιαυομενου

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

  • οὐ γὰρ ἔτι στείβει ποσὶ χοιράδασ, οὐδ’ ἐπιαύει ἠιόσιν, μογερῷ γήραϊ τειρόμενοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 192 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. to sleep among

  2. to sleep upon

Derived

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

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