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ἐπιδιώκω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιδιώκω ἐπιδιώξω

Structure: ἐπι (Prefix) + διώκ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to pursue after

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιδιώκω ἐπιδιώκεις ἐπιδιώκει
Dual ἐπιδιώκετον ἐπιδιώκετον
Plural ἐπιδιώκομεν ἐπιδιώκετε ἐπιδιώκουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιδιώκω ἐπιδιώκῃς ἐπιδιώκῃ
Dual ἐπιδιώκητον ἐπιδιώκητον
Plural ἐπιδιώκωμεν ἐπιδιώκητε ἐπιδιώκωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπιδιώκοιμι ἐπιδιώκοις ἐπιδιώκοι
Dual ἐπιδιώκοιτον ἐπιδιωκοίτην
Plural ἐπιδιώκοιμεν ἐπιδιώκοιτε ἐπιδιώκοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπιδίωκε ἐπιδιωκέτω
Dual ἐπιδιώκετον ἐπιδιωκέτων
Plural ἐπιδιώκετε ἐπιδιωκόντων, ἐπιδιωκέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιδιώκειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιδιωκων ἐπιδιωκοντος ἐπιδιωκουσα ἐπιδιωκουσης ἐπιδιωκον ἐπιδιωκοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιδιώκομαι ἐπιδιώκει, ἐπιδιώκῃ ἐπιδιώκεται
Dual ἐπιδιώκεσθον ἐπιδιώκεσθον
Plural ἐπιδιωκόμεθα ἐπιδιώκεσθε ἐπιδιώκονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιδιώκωμαι ἐπιδιώκῃ ἐπιδιώκηται
Dual ἐπιδιώκησθον ἐπιδιώκησθον
Plural ἐπιδιωκώμεθα ἐπιδιώκησθε ἐπιδιώκωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπιδιωκοίμην ἐπιδιώκοιο ἐπιδιώκοιτο
Dual ἐπιδιώκοισθον ἐπιδιωκοίσθην
Plural ἐπιδιωκοίμεθα ἐπιδιώκοισθε ἐπιδιώκοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπιδιώκου ἐπιδιωκέσθω
Dual ἐπιδιώκεσθον ἐπιδιωκέσθων
Plural ἐπιδιώκεσθε ἐπιδιωκέσθων, ἐπιδιωκέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιδιώκεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιδιωκομενος ἐπιδιωκομενου ἐπιδιωκομενη ἐπιδιωκομενης ἐπιδιωκομενον ἐπιδιωκομενου

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

  • Σύλλασ γὰρ εἰκάσασ ταῖσ ἀληθείαισ τοὺσ ἡμετέρουσ φεύγειν προελθὼν ἐπιδιώκειν οἱο͂́σ τε ἦν, κατὰ νώτου δ’ αὐτὸν λαμβάνουσιν οἱ ἐκ τῆσ ἐνέδρασ καὶ σφόδρα πάντασ ἐθορύβησαν. (Flavius Josephus, 473:1)
  • παρήγγειλε δὲ ἐν τοῖσ πολέμοισ τρεψαμένουσ καὶ νικήσαντασ μέχρι τοῦ βεβαιώσασθαι τὸ νίκημα ἐπιδιώκειν, εἶτα εὐθὺσ ἀναχωρεῖν· (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 301)
  • παρήγγειλε δὲ ἐν τοῖσ πολέμοισ τρεψαμένουσ καὶ νικήσαντασ μέχρι τοῦ βεβαιώσασθαι τὸ νίκημα ἐπιδιώκειν, εἶτα εὐθὺσ; (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 301)
  • ἆρα οὖν οὐ μέγα κέρδοσ, ὅτῳ ἂν συμβῇ ἀπαλλαγῆναι κακοῦ ἀνδρόσ, ἀλλὰ δεῖ τοῦτον ζητεῖν τε καὶ ἐπιδιώκειν; (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 6:4)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐπύθοντο τὰσ νέασ οἰχωκυίασ, αὐτίκα μετὰ ταῦτα ἐδόκεε ἐπιδιώκειν. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 8, chapter 108 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. to pursue after

Related

Derived

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

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