Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπιφύω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιφύω ἐπιφύσω

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

Sense

  1. to produce on or besides
  2. to grow upon, to stick close to
  3. to be born after

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιφύω ἐπιφύεις ἐπιφύει
Dual ἐπιφύετον ἐπιφύετον
Plural ἐπιφύομεν ἐπιφύετε ἐπιφύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιφύω ἐπιφύῃς ἐπιφύῃ
Dual ἐπιφύητον ἐπιφύητον
Plural ἐπιφύωμεν ἐπιφύητε ἐπιφύωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπιφύοιμι ἐπιφύοις ἐπιφύοι
Dual ἐπιφύοιτον ἐπιφυοίτην
Plural ἐπιφύοιμεν ἐπιφύοιτε ἐπιφύοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπιφύε ἐπιφυέτω
Dual ἐπιφύετον ἐπιφυέτων
Plural ἐπιφύετε ἐπιφυόντων, ἐπιφυέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιφύειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιφυων ἐπιφυοντος ἐπιφυουσα ἐπιφυουσης ἐπιφυον ἐπιφυοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιφύομαι ἐπιφύει, ἐπιφύῃ ἐπιφύεται
Dual ἐπιφύεσθον ἐπιφύεσθον
Plural ἐπιφυόμεθα ἐπιφύεσθε ἐπιφύονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιφύωμαι ἐπιφύῃ ἐπιφύηται
Dual ἐπιφύησθον ἐπιφύησθον
Plural ἐπιφυώμεθα ἐπιφύησθε ἐπιφύωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπιφυοίμην ἐπιφύοιο ἐπιφύοιτο
Dual ἐπιφύοισθον ἐπιφυοίσθην
Plural ἐπιφυοίμεθα ἐπιφύοισθε ἐπιφύοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπιφύου ἐπιφυέσθω
Dual ἐπιφύεσθον ἐπιφυέσθων
Plural ἐπιφύεσθε ἐπιφυέσθων, ἐπιφυέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιφύεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιφυομενος ἐπιφυομενου ἐπιφυομενη ἐπιφυομενης ἐπιφυομενον ἐπιφυομενου

Future tense

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

  • κοτύλη δὲ καλεῖται καὶ ἡ τοῦ ἰσχίου κοιλότησ, καὶ αἱ τοῦ πολύποδοσ ἐν ταῖσ πλεκτάναισ ἐπιφύσεισ παραγώγωσ κοτυληδόνεσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 57 4:7)

Synonyms

  1. to produce on or besides

  2. to grow upon

  3. to be born after

Derived

Similar forms

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

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