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ἐπιγελάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιγελάω ἐπιγελάσομαι

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

Sense

  1. to laugh approvingly

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιγελῶ ἐπιγελᾷς ἐπιγελᾷ
Dual ἐπιγελᾶτον ἐπιγελᾶτον
Plural ἐπιγελῶμεν ἐπιγελᾶτε ἐπιγελῶσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιγελῶ ἐπιγελῇς ἐπιγελῇ
Dual ἐπιγελῆτον ἐπιγελῆτον
Plural ἐπιγελῶμεν ἐπιγελῆτε ἐπιγελῶσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπιγελῷμι ἐπιγελῷς ἐπιγελῷ
Dual ἐπιγελῷτον ἐπιγελῴτην
Plural ἐπιγελῷμεν ἐπιγελῷτε ἐπιγελῷεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπιγέλᾱ ἐπιγελᾱ́τω
Dual ἐπιγελᾶτον ἐπιγελᾱ́των
Plural ἐπιγελᾶτε ἐπιγελώντων, ἐπιγελᾱ́τωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιγελᾶν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιγελων ἐπιγελωντος ἐπιγελωσα ἐπιγελωσης ἐπιγελων ἐπιγελωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιγελῶμαι ἐπιγελᾷ ἐπιγελᾶται
Dual ἐπιγελᾶσθον ἐπιγελᾶσθον
Plural ἐπιγελώμεθα ἐπιγελᾶσθε ἐπιγελῶνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιγελῶμαι ἐπιγελῇ ἐπιγελῆται
Dual ἐπιγελῆσθον ἐπιγελῆσθον
Plural ἐπιγελώμεθα ἐπιγελῆσθε ἐπιγελῶνται
OptativeSingular ἐπιγελῴμην ἐπιγελῷο ἐπιγελῷτο
Dual ἐπιγελῷσθον ἐπιγελῴσθην
Plural ἐπιγελῴμεθα ἐπιγελῷσθε ἐπιγελῷντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπιγελῶ ἐπιγελᾱ́σθω
Dual ἐπιγελᾶσθον ἐπιγελᾱ́σθων
Plural ἐπιγελᾶσθε ἐπιγελᾱ́σθων, ἐπιγελᾱ́σθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιγελᾶσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιγελωμενος ἐπιγελωμενου ἐπιγελωμενη ἐπιγελωμενης ἐπιγελωμενον ἐπιγελωμενου

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

  • Μὰ Δί̓, ὅσ γε καὶ ἐπιγελᾷ ἐφεστὼσ αὐτοῖσ. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 3:6)
  • Ἐπειδὰν ἡμεῖσ οἰμώζωμεν καὶ στένωμεν ἐκείνων μεμνημένοι τῶν ἄνω, Μίδασ μὲν οὑτοσὶ τοῦ χρυσίου, Σαρδανάπαλλοσ δὲ τῆσ πολλῆσ τρυφῆσ, ἐγὼ δὲ Κροῖσοσ τῶν θησαυρῶν, ἐπιγελᾷ καὶ ἐξονειδίζει ἀνδράποδα καὶ καθάρματα ἡμᾶσ ἀποκαλῶν, ἐνίοτε δὲ καὶ ᾅδων ἐπιταράττει ἡμῶν τὰσ οἰμωγάσ, καὶ ὅλωσ λυπηρόσ ἐστι. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 2:4)

Synonyms

  1. to laugh approvingly

Derived

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

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