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

  • ὥστε καὶ τῆσ ἐπὶ τοῖσ κοινοῖσ καὶ τῆσ ἐπὶ τοῖσ ἄκροισ φιλοτιμίασ μετέχειν τὴν πόλιν καὶ μηδὲν εἶναι τῶν ὀνομαστῶν ὅτῳ μὴ τὸ τῶν Ἀθηνῶν ὄνομα ἐπιφημίζεται. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 100:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ ἡ πρώτη καρποὺσ ἐνεγκοῦσα καὶ μεταδοῦσα τοῖσ Ἕλλησιν, οὐ μόνον Λακεδαιμονίοισ, ἐστὶν αὕτη, καὶ ὁ θεὸσ ταύτην μητρόπολιν τῶν καρπῶν εἴρηκεν, οὐ τὴν Λακεδαιμονίων, καὶ τἄλλα ὅσα θεῖα ταύτῃ παρὰ πάντων ἐπιφημίζεται, οὐ τῇ Λακεδαιμονίων· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 19:15)
  • νῦν δ’ οὐδείσ ἐστιν ὅστισ οὐκ ἂν συμφήσαι τὸ μὴ οὐ τὰ μέγιστ’ ἀνθρώποισ καὶ κάλλιστ’ ἐκ θεῶν ἅμα τε ἔξω τέχνησ εἶναι καὶ τέχνησ κρείττω, καὶ τοῦθ’ οὕτω παρὰ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποισ καὶ δεξιοῖσ καὶ πολλοῖσ κεκράτηκεν ὥσθ’ ὅσα μὲν τῶν ἑπτὰ σοφῶν κληθέντων οὕτωσ ἐν τοῖσ πᾶσιν ὄντων εὐαριθμήτων εἶπέ τισ ἢ συνεβούλευσεν, ἢ τῶν ἄλλων οὓσ ἐπὶ παιδείᾳ θαυμάζομεν ὡσ πρώτουσ, οὐδεὶσ προστίθησι θεῷ, ἀλλὰ τὸ τοῦ ἀνδρὸσ ὄνομα ἑκάστοισ ἐπιφημίζεται ἃ δ’ ἂν αἱ Πυθοῖ προμάντεισ φῶσιν, ἐπειδὰν ἐκστῶσιν ἑαυτῶν, ταῦθ’ ὡσ ὁ Πύθιοσ εἶπε καὶ Πλάτων καὶ ἅπαντεσ λέγουσι καίτοι τίνα ἐπίστανται δή που τέχνην τότε, αἵ γε οὐχ οἱαῖ́ τέ εἰσι φυλάττειν οὐδὲ μεμνῆσθαι; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 9:5)

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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