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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

  • 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 Λαΐδα 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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