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ἐπιφλέγω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιφλέγω ἐπιφλέξω

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

Sense

  1. to burn up, consume, to set fire to
  2. to inflame, excite
  3. to be scorching hot

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιφλέγω ἐπιφλέγεις ἐπιφλέγει
Dual ἐπιφλέγετον ἐπιφλέγετον
Plural ἐπιφλέγομεν ἐπιφλέγετε ἐπιφλέγουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιφλέγω ἐπιφλέγῃς ἐπιφλέγῃ
Dual ἐπιφλέγητον ἐπιφλέγητον
Plural ἐπιφλέγωμεν ἐπιφλέγητε ἐπιφλέγωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπιφλέγοιμι ἐπιφλέγοις ἐπιφλέγοι
Dual ἐπιφλέγοιτον ἐπιφλεγοίτην
Plural ἐπιφλέγοιμεν ἐπιφλέγοιτε ἐπιφλέγοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπιφλέγε ἐπιφλεγέτω
Dual ἐπιφλέγετον ἐπιφλεγέτων
Plural ἐπιφλέγετε ἐπιφλεγόντων, ἐπιφλεγέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιφλέγειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιφλεγων ἐπιφλεγοντος ἐπιφλεγουσα ἐπιφλεγουσης ἐπιφλεγον ἐπιφλεγοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιφλέγομαι ἐπιφλέγει, ἐπιφλέγῃ ἐπιφλέγεται
Dual ἐπιφλέγεσθον ἐπιφλέγεσθον
Plural ἐπιφλεγόμεθα ἐπιφλέγεσθε ἐπιφλέγονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιφλέγωμαι ἐπιφλέγῃ ἐπιφλέγηται
Dual ἐπιφλέγησθον ἐπιφλέγησθον
Plural ἐπιφλεγώμεθα ἐπιφλέγησθε ἐπιφλέγωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπιφλεγοίμην ἐπιφλέγοιο ἐπιφλέγοιτο
Dual ἐπιφλέγοισθον ἐπιφλεγοίσθην
Plural ἐπιφλεγοίμεθα ἐπιφλέγοισθε ἐπιφλέγοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπιφλέγου ἐπιφλεγέσθω
Dual ἐπιφλέγεσθον ἐπιφλεγέσθων
Plural ἐπιφλέγεσθε ἐπιφλεγέσθων, ἐπιφλεγέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιφλέγεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιφλεγομενος ἐπιφλεγομενου ἐπιφλεγομενη ἐπιφλεγομενης ἐπιφλεγομενον ἐπιφλεγομενου

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

  • Μιθριδάτην δέ, τοῦ Μαρσικοῦ πολέμου τὴν Ῥώμην ἐπιφλέγοντοσ, οἱ Σαρματικοὶ καὶ Βασταρνικοὶ πόλεμοι κατεῖχον· (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 11 5:3)
  • ἰέναι μὲν τὴν στρατιὰν διὰ ψάμμου τε καὶ τοῦ καύματοσ ἤδη ἐπιφλέγοντοσ, ὅτι πρὸσ ὕδωρ ἐχρῆν ἐξανύσαι· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 6, chapter 26 1:2)
  • Ἄλλη δ’ ἦν ἐκ τοῦδε ὄψισ ἑτέρων κακῶν, τοῦ μὲν πυρὸσ ἐπιφλέγοντοσ πάντα καὶ καταφέροντοσ, τῶν δε ἀνδρῶν τὰ οἰκοδομηματα οὐ διαιρούντων ἐσ ὀλίγον, ἀλλ’ ἀθρόα βιαζομένων ἀνατρέπειν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 19 3:1)
  • διὸ καὶ συχνὰσ ἡμέρασ συνεχῶσ πυρὸσ ἐπιφλέγοντοσ καῆναι τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ τὰ μὲν ὄρη διὰ τὸ συμβεβηκὸσ κληθῆναι Πυρηναῖα, τὴν δ’ ἐπιφάνειαν τῆσ κατακεκαυμένησ χώρασ ἀργύρῳ ῥυῆναι πολλῷ, καὶ χωνευθείσησ τῆσ φύσεωσ, ἐξ ἧσ ὁ ἄργυροσ κατασκευάζεται, ῥύακασ γενέσθαι πολλοὺσ ἀργύρου καθαροῦ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 35 3:2)
  • ἃ Θεμιστοκλῆσ πόρρωθεν προορώμενοσ οὐκ ἐξεπλάγη τότε, ἀλλ’ εἰσχεομένων ἀμφοτέρωθεν ἤδη τῶν βαρβάρων, καὶ τῶν τε νεῶν κοινῷ στόλῳ προσαγουσῶν καὶ τοῦ πεζοῦ κατὰ τὴν Βοιωτίαν εἰσβαλόντοσ, καὶ τοῦ πυρὸσ πάντα ἐπιφλέγοντοσ καὶ δηλοῦντοσ ἀντὶ φρυκτῶν προσάγειν βασιλέα, γράφει τὸ ψήφισμα τοῦτο, τὴν μὲν πόλιν παρακαταθέσθαι Ἀθηνᾷ, Ἀθηνῶν μεδεούσῃ παῖδασ δὲ καὶ γυναῖκασ εἰσ Τροιζῆνα ὑπεκθέσθαι, τοὺσ δὲ πρεσβύτασ εἰσ Σαλαμῖνα, τοὺσ δ’ ἄλλουσ ἐμβάντασ εἰσ τὰσ τριήρεισ ὑπὲρ τῆσ ἐλευθερίασ ἀγωνίζεσθαι. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 76:8)

Synonyms

  1. to burn up

  2. to inflame

  3. to be scorching hot

Derived

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

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