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ἐπιφλέγω?

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration: epiphlegō

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 ἐπιφλέγουσι(ν)
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιφλέγω ἐπιφλέγῃς ἐπιφλέγῃ
Dual ἐπιφλέγητον ἐπιφλέγητον
Plural ἐπιφλέγωμεν ἐπιφλέγητε ἐπιφλέγωσι(ν)
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

  • εἰ δὲ μέγα τὸ καῦμα ἐπιφλέγοι, ᾠὸν ἐμβαλόντα ἐς τὴν χεῖρα καὶ ἀνατείναντα τῆς κυνὸς τὸ στόμα καθεῖναι, ὡς ἀθρόον καταπιεῖν. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 13 3:1)
  • "ἴστε δήπουθεν ἀκοῇ Λαϊ´δα τὴν ἀοίδιμον ἐκείνην καὶ πολυήρατον, ὡς ἐπέφλεγε πόθῳ τὴν Ἑλλάδα, μᾶλλον δὲ ταῖς δυσὶν ἦν περιμάχητος θαλάσσαις: (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 2123)
  • ἐγνώκει γὰρ, ὡς ἐοίκε, νεανίας ὢν ἔτι τὴν Σερβιλίαν ἐπιμανεῖσαν αὐτῷ, καὶ καθ οὓς μάλιστα χρόνους ὁ ἔρως ἐπέφλεγε γενόμενον τὸν Βροῦτον ἐπέπειστό πως ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ γεγονέναι. (Plutarch, Brutus, chapter 5 2:1)
  • φησὶ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἑπτακαίδεκα γεγονὼς ἔτη τὴν πρώτην στρατεύσασθαι στρατείαν περὶ ὃν Ἀννίβας χρόνον εὐτυχῶν ἐπέφλεγε τὴν Ἰταλίαν. (Plutarch, Marcus Cato, chapter 1 6:1)
  • ἐτησίων ἐπικρατήσωσι τὰ νέφη πρὸς τὴν Αἰθιοπίαν ἐλαυνόντων, καὶ κωλύσωσι τοὺς τὸν Νεῖλον αὔξοντας ὄμβρους καταρραγῆναι, κατέχων ὁ Τυφὼν ἐπιφλέγει, καὶ τότε κρατήσας παντάπασι τὸν Νεῖλον εἰς ἑαυτὸν ὑπ ἀσθενείας συσταλέντα καὶ ῥυέντα κοῖλον καὶ ταπεινὸν ἐξέωσεν εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν. (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 39 1:1)

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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