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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

  • 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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