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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

  • νὴ Δί’, ὦ Σόλων, καὶ ἐπιγελῶν γε προσέτι καὶ ἐπιχλευάζων ἅπαντα γὰρ ὁπόσα κατηριθμήσω ἐκεῖνα, τὰσ ἀρετὰσ καὶ τὰσ εὐεξίασ καὶ τὰ κάλλη καὶ τόλμαν, ὁρῶ οὐδενὸσ μεγάλου ἕνεκα παραπολλυμένασ ὑμῖν, οὔτε πατρίδοσ κινδυνευούσησ οὔτε χώρασ πορθουμένησ οὔτε φίλων ἢ οἰκείων πρὸσ ὕβριν ἀπαγομένων. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 13:1)
  • ὡσ ἔγωγε ἤν ποτε ἐπιδημήσω τῇ Σπάρτῃ καθ’ ὃν καιρὸν ταῦτα δρῶσι, δοκῶ μοι τάχιστα καταλευσθήσεσθαι δημοσίᾳ πρὸσ αὐτῶν, ἐπιγελῶν ἑκάστοισ, ὁπόταν ὁρῶ τυπτομένουσ καθάπερ κλέπτασ ἢ λωποδύτασ ἤ τι ἄλλο τοιοῦτον ἐργασαμένουσ. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 39:8)
  • ὁ γοῦν Τιμοκλῆσ καὶ ἵδρου καὶ τὴν φωνὴν ἤδη ἐξεκέκοπτο ὑπὸ τῆσ βοῆσ, ὁ Δᾶμισ δὲ τὸ σαρδάνιον ἐπιγελῶν ἔτι μᾶλλον παρώξυνε τὸν Τιμοκλέα. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 16:6)
  • ὁ δὲ τοσοῦτόν μοι δέλεαρ καταπιὼν ἐφειστήκει θαπτομένῳ πρῴην ἐπιγελῶν. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 12:2)
  • Ὅτι μετὰ τὴν νίκην ὁ Περσεύσ, εἴτ’ ἐπιγελῶν Κράσσῳ καὶ τωθάζων αὐτόν, εἴτ’ ἀποπειρώμενοσ ὅπωσ ἔτι φρονήματοσ ἔχοι, εἴτε τὴν Ῥωμαίων δύναμίν τε καὶ παρασκευὴν ὑφορώμενοσ, εἴθ’ ἑτέρῳ τῳ λογισμῷ, προσέπεμπεν αὐτῷ περὶ διαλλαγῶν, καὶ πολλὰ δώσειν ὑπισχνεῖτο ὧν ὁ πατὴρ Φίλιπποσ οὐ συνεχώρει· (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 17:8)

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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