Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπιφημίζω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιφημίζω ἐπιφημίσω

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

Sense

  1. to utter words ominous of the event
  2. to promise according to an omen
  3. to assign as authority to
  4. to allege that
  5. to dedicate or devote

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιφημίζω ἐπιφημίζεις ἐπιφημίζει
Dual ἐπιφημίζετον ἐπιφημίζετον
Plural ἐπιφημίζομεν ἐπιφημίζετε ἐπιφημίζουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιφημίζω ἐπιφημίζῃς ἐπιφημίζῃ
Dual ἐπιφημίζητον ἐπιφημίζητον
Plural ἐπιφημίζωμεν ἐπιφημίζητε ἐπιφημίζωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπιφημίζοιμι ἐπιφημίζοις ἐπιφημίζοι
Dual ἐπιφημίζοιτον ἐπιφημιζοίτην
Plural ἐπιφημίζοιμεν ἐπιφημίζοιτε ἐπιφημίζοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπιφήμιζε ἐπιφημιζέτω
Dual ἐπιφημίζετον ἐπιφημιζέτων
Plural ἐπιφημίζετε ἐπιφημιζόντων, ἐπιφημιζέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιφημίζειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιφημιζων ἐπιφημιζοντος ἐπιφημιζουσα ἐπιφημιζουσης ἐπιφημιζον ἐπιφημιζοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιφημίζομαι ἐπιφημίζει, ἐπιφημίζῃ ἐπιφημίζεται
Dual ἐπιφημίζεσθον ἐπιφημίζεσθον
Plural ἐπιφημιζόμεθα ἐπιφημίζεσθε ἐπιφημίζονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιφημίζωμαι ἐπιφημίζῃ ἐπιφημίζηται
Dual ἐπιφημίζησθον ἐπιφημίζησθον
Plural ἐπιφημιζώμεθα ἐπιφημίζησθε ἐπιφημίζωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπιφημιζοίμην ἐπιφημίζοιο ἐπιφημίζοιτο
Dual ἐπιφημίζοισθον ἐπιφημιζοίσθην
Plural ἐπιφημιζοίμεθα ἐπιφημίζοισθε ἐπιφημίζοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπιφημίζου ἐπιφημιζέσθω
Dual ἐπιφημίζεσθον ἐπιφημιζέσθων
Plural ἐπιφημίζεσθε ἐπιφημιζέσθων, ἐπιφημιζέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιφημίζεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιφημιζομενος ἐπιφημιζομενου ἐπιφημιζομενη ἐπιφημιζομενης ἐπιφημιζομενον ἐπιφημιζομενου

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

  • ἐνεδρεύσωμεν δὲ τὸν δίκαιον, ὅτι δύσχρηστοσ ἡμῖν ἐστι καὶ ἐναντιοῦται τοῖσ ἔργοισ ἡμῶν καὶ ὀνειδίζει ἡμῖν ἁμαρτήματα νόμου καὶ ἐπιφημίζει ἡμῖν ἁμαρτήματα παιδείασ ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 2:12)
  • εἰ δὲ ὑπερεπαινῶν τοὺσ λόγουσ ὡσ δῆθεν εὐμηχάνουσ ὄντασ τὸν σοφώτατον τῶν Τιτάνων ἐπιφημίζεισ αὐτοῖσ, ὁρ́α μή τισ εἰρωνείαν φῇ καὶ μυκτῆρα οἱο͂ν τὸν Ἀττικὸν προσεῖναι τῷ ἐπαίνῳ. (Lucian, Prometheus es in verbis 2:1)
  • τοῦτο τὸ κατόρθωμα Ῥωμαῖοι, καίπερ εἰωθότεσ ἅπασι τοῖσ μεγάλοισ ἐπιφημίζειν τὸ δαιμόνιον, ἑνὸσ ἔργον ἡγοῦντο τοῦ στρατηγοῦ γεγονέναι. (Plutarch, Publicola, chapter 23 1:1)
  • οὐ γὰρ ὡσ ἡ τοῦ φιλαργύρου καὶ φιληδόνου λαμπρὸν μὲν οὐδὲν λόγῳ ἐδύναντο ὑποσχέσθαι, οὐδ’ ὡσ ἐπὶ σεμνὰ καὶ λαμπρὰ προήγαγον τοὺσ ἀπατωμένουσ ὑπ’ αὐτῶν, ἀλλὰ μόνον τὸ τῶν ἀγαθῶν αὐτοῖσ ὄνομα ἐπεφήμιζον καὶ προσετίθεσαν, οὕτωσ ἡ τοῦδε ἀπάτη, ἀλλ’ ἐπᾴδουσα καὶ γοητεύουσά φησι φιλόκαλον αὐτὸν εἶναι καὶ ὡσ ἐπ’ ἀρετήν τινα ἢ εὔκλειαν ἄγει τὴν δόξαν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 150:2)
  • ταύτην ἰδοῦσα τὴν ὄψιν παντοίη ἐγίνετο μὴ ἀποδημῆσαι τὸν Πολυκράτεα παρὰ τὸν Ὀροίτεα, καὶ δὴ καὶ ἰόντοσ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν πεντηκόντερον ἐπεφημίζετο. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 124 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. to assign as authority to

  2. to allege that

  3. to dedicate or devote

Derived

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

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