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ἐπιφύω?

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration: epiphyō

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 ἐπιφύουσι(ν)
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιφύω ἐπιφύῃς ἐπιφύῃ
Dual ἐπιφύητον ἐπιφύητον
Plural ἐπιφύωμεν ἐπιφύητε ἐπιφύωσι(ν)
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

  • τοιαύτης ὑπογινομένης ἀλλοτριότητος πρῶτον μὲν Ἡφαιστίων ἐπιστεύετο λέγων ὅτι συνθέμενος πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ Καλλισθένης προσκυνῆσαι ψεύσαιτο τὴν ὁμολογίαν ἔπειτα Λυσίμαχοι καὶ Ἅγνωνες ἐπεφύοντο φάσκοντες περιϊέναι τὸν σοφιστὴν ὡς ἐπὶ καταλύσει τυραννίδος μέγα φρονοῦντα, καὶ συντρέχειν πρὸς αὐτὸν τὰ μειράκια καὶ περιέπειν ὡς μόνον ἐλεύθερον ἐν τοσαύταις μυριάσι. (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 55 1:1)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ Ἁγνωνίδης ὁ ῥήτωρ εὐθὺς ἐπεφύετο τοῖς περὶ τὸν Φωκίωνα καὶ κατηγόρει προδοσίας, οἱ μὲν περὶ Καλλιμέδοντα καὶ Χαρικλέα φοβηθέντες ἀπῆλθον ἐκ τῆς πόλεως, ὁ δὲ Φωκίων καὶ μετ αὐτοῦ τῶν φίλων οἱ παραμείναντες ᾤχοντο πρὸς Πολυσπέρχοντα. (Plutarch, chapter 33 3:1)
  • πραττομένων δὲ τούτων ὁ Ἀλκιβιάδης οὔτε πρὸς ἡσυχίαν εὖ πεφυκώς, καὶ τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις ἀχθόμενος ὅτι τῷ Νικίᾳ προσέκειντο καὶ προσεῖχον, αὐτὸν δ ὑπερεώρων καὶ κατεφρόνουν, ἐν ἀρχῇ μὲν εὐθὺς ὑπεναντιωθεὶς τῇ εἰρήνῃ καὶ ἀντιστὰς οὐδὲν ἐπέραινεν, ὀλίγῳ δ ὕστερον ὁρῶν οὐκ ἔτι τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις ὁμοίως ἀρέσκοντας τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους, ἀλλ ἀδικεῖν δοκοῦντας ὅτι Βοιωτοῖς ἔθεντο συμμαχίαν καὶ Πάνακτον ἑστῶσαν οὐ παρέδωκαν οὐδ Ἀμφίπολιν, ἐπεφύετο ταῖς αἰτίαις καὶ παρώξυνε τὸν δῆμον ἐφ ἑκάστῃ. (Plutarch, , chapter 10 3:1)
  • ἐπεφύετο δὲ τῶν γεγραμμένων μάλιστα τῷ περὶ τῆς ταφῆς. (Plutarch, Antony, chapter 58 4:2)
  • ἐπεφύετο δὲ καὶ Κλέων ἤδη, διὰ τῆς πρὸς ἐκεῖνον ὀργῇς τῶν πολιτῶν πορευόμενος ἐπὶ τὴν δημαγωγίαν, ὡς τἀνάπαιστα ταῦτα δηλοῖ ποιήσαντος Ἑρμίππου: (Plutarch, , chapter 33 6:2)

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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