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ἐπιφθονέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιφθονέω ἐπιφθονήσω

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

Sense

  1. to bear grudge against

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιφθονῶ ἐπιφθονεῖς ἐπιφθονεῖ
Dual ἐπιφθονεῖτον ἐπιφθονεῖτον
Plural ἐπιφθονοῦμεν ἐπιφθονεῖτε ἐπιφθονοῦσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιφθονῶ ἐπιφθονῇς ἐπιφθονῇ
Dual ἐπιφθονῆτον ἐπιφθονῆτον
Plural ἐπιφθονῶμεν ἐπιφθονῆτε ἐπιφθονῶσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπιφθονοῖμι ἐπιφθονοῖς ἐπιφθονοῖ
Dual ἐπιφθονοῖτον ἐπιφθονοίτην
Plural ἐπιφθονοῖμεν ἐπιφθονοῖτε ἐπιφθονοῖεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπιφθόνει ἐπιφθονείτω
Dual ἐπιφθονεῖτον ἐπιφθονείτων
Plural ἐπιφθονεῖτε ἐπιφθονούντων, ἐπιφθονείτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιφθονεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιφθονων ἐπιφθονουντος ἐπιφθονουσα ἐπιφθονουσης ἐπιφθονουν ἐπιφθονουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιφθονοῦμαι ἐπιφθονεῖ, ἐπιφθονῇ ἐπιφθονεῖται
Dual ἐπιφθονεῖσθον ἐπιφθονεῖσθον
Plural ἐπιφθονούμεθα ἐπιφθονεῖσθε ἐπιφθονοῦνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιφθονῶμαι ἐπιφθονῇ ἐπιφθονῆται
Dual ἐπιφθονῆσθον ἐπιφθονῆσθον
Plural ἐπιφθονώμεθα ἐπιφθονῆσθε ἐπιφθονῶνται
OptativeSingular ἐπιφθονοίμην ἐπιφθονοῖο ἐπιφθονοῖτο
Dual ἐπιφθονοῖσθον ἐπιφθονοίσθην
Plural ἐπιφθονοίμεθα ἐπιφθονοῖσθε ἐπιφθονοῖντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπιφθονοῦ ἐπιφθονείσθω
Dual ἐπιφθονεῖσθον ἐπιφθονείσθων
Plural ἐπιφθονεῖσθε ἐπιφθονείσθων, ἐπιφθονείσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιφθονεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιφθονουμενος ἐπιφθονουμενου ἐπιφθονουμενη ἐπιφθονουμενης ἐπιφθονουμενον ἐπιφθονουμενου

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

  • οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐπιφθόνου τινὸσ ἀντιποιούμεθα πράγματοσ τὸν αὑτῶν τιμῶντεσ νομοθέτην καὶ τοῖσ ὑπ’ ἐκείνου προφητευθεῖσι περὶ τοῦ θεοῦ πεπιστευκότεσ· (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 260:1)
  • ἀκούσασ δὲ κεκυρῶσθαι τὸν νόμον εἰσῆλθε νύκτωρ εἰσ τὴν πόλιν, ὡσ ἐπιφθόνου τῆσ πρὸσ αὐτὸν ἀπαντήσεωσ καὶ συνδρομῆσ ἐσομένησ. (Plutarch, Pompey, chapter 26 1:2)
  • ἐὰν δὲ ἄρα μηθὲν αὐτῷ τούτων κατὰ νοῦν χωρῇ, τηνικαῦτα Σαβίνουσ τε πανστρατιᾷ καλεῖν ἐδέδοκτο καὶ Οὐολούσκουσ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων πλησιοχώρων ὅσοισ ἂν ᾖ βουλομένοισ ἀπηλλάχθαι τῆσ Ῥωμαίων ἐπιφθόνου ἀρχῆσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 10, chapter 14 6:1)
  • ὁ δ’ ἀναίνεσθαι μὲν προσεποιεῖτο κατ’ ἀρχὰσ καὶ ἀπολύειν αὐτὸν ἠξίου λειτουργίασ καὶ ὀχληρᾶσ καὶ ἐπιφθόνου. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 10, chapter 58 5:2)
  • ταῖσ δὲ γυναιξὶ βουλευσαμέναισ εἰσῆλθεν ἐπιφθόνου μὲν δωρεᾶσ μηδεμιᾶσ δεῖσθαι, ἀξιοῦν δ’ ἐπιτρέψαι σφίσι τὴν βουλὴν ἐπὶ τύχησ γυναικῶν ἱδρύσασθαι ἱερόν, ἐν ᾧ τὰσ περὶ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἐποιήσαντο λιτὰσ χωρίῳ, θυσίασ τε καθ’ ἕκαστον ἔτοσ αὐτῇ συνιούσασ ἐπιτελεῖν ἐν ᾗ τὸν πόλεμον ἔλυσαν ἡμέρᾳ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 55 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. to bear grudge against

Derived

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

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