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ἐπιγελάω?

α-contract Verb; Transliteration: epigelaō

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 ἐπιγελῶσι(ν)
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιγελῶ ἐπιγελῇς ἐπιγελῇ
Dual ἐπιγελῆτον ἐπιγελῆτον
Plural ἐπιγελῶμεν ἐπιγελῆτε ἐπιγελῶσι(ν)
OptativeSingular ἐπιγελῷμι ἐπιγελῷς ἐπιγελῷ
Dual ἐπιγελῷτον ἐπιγελῴτην
Plural ἐπιγελῷμεν ἐπιγελῷτε ἐπιγελῷεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπιγέλα ἐπιγελάτω
Dual ἐπιγελᾶτον ἐπιγελάτων
Plural ἐπιγελᾶτε ἐπιγελώντων, ἐπιγελάτωσαν
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 ἐπιγελάσθω
Dual ἐπιγελᾶσθον ἐπιγελάσθων
Plural ἐπιγελᾶσθε ἐπιγελάσθων, ἐπιγελάσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιγελᾶσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιγελωμενος ἐπιγελωμενου ἐπιγελωμενη ἐπιγελωμενης ἐπιγελωμενον ἐπιγελωμενου

Future tense

Middle
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιγελάσομαι ἐπιγελάσει, ἐπιγελάσῃ ἐπιγελάσεται
Dual ἐπιγελάσεσθον ἐπιγελάσεσθον
Plural ἐπιγελασόμεθα ἐπιγελάσεσθε ἐπιγελάσονται
OptativeSingular ἐπιγελασοίμην ἐπιγελάσοιο ἐπιγελάσοιτο
Dual ἐπιγελάσοισθον ἐπιγελασοίσθην
Plural ἐπιγελασοίμεθα ἐπιγελάσοισθε ἐπιγελάσοιντο
Infinitive ἐπιγελάσεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιγελασομενος ἐπιγελασομενου ἐπιγελασομενη ἐπιγελασομενης ἐπιγελασομενον ἐπιγελασομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπεγέλων ἐπεγέλας ἐπεγέλα(ν)
Dual ἐπεγελᾶτον ἐπεγελάτην
Plural ἐπεγελῶμεν ἐπεγελᾶτε ἐπεγέλων
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπεγελώμην ἐπεγελῶ ἐπεγελᾶτο
Dual ἐπεγελᾶσθον ἐπεγελάσθην
Plural ἐπεγελώμεθα ἐπεγελᾶσθε ἐπεγελῶντο

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

  • καὶ οἱ πλησίον ἐπεγέλων λέγοντες. οὐκ ἔτι φοβεῖται φονευθῆναι περὶ τοῦ πράγματος τούτου, καὶ ἀπέδρα, καὶ ἰδοὺ πάλιν θάπτει τοὺς νεκρούς. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 2:8)
  • καίτοι τάς γε ἀπάτας, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, τὰς τοιαύτας συμποτικὰς οὔσας οὐ χρή, οἶμαι, ἀπομνημονεύειν, ἀλλ εἰ καί τι ἡμάρτηται μεταξὺ εὐωχουμένων, παιδιὰν ἡγεῖσθαι καὶ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ συμποσίῳ καταλιπεῖν τὴν ὀργὴν ἐς δὲ τὴν αὔριον ταμιεύεσθαι τὸ μῖσος καὶ μνησικακεῖν καὶ ἑώλόν τινα μῆνιν διαφυλάττειν, ἄπαγε, οὔτε θεοῖς πρέπον οὔτε ἄλλως βασιλικὸν ἢν γοῦν ἀφέλῃ τις τῶν συμποσίων τὰς κομψείας ταύτας, ἀπάτην καὶ σκώμματα καὶ τὸ διασιλλαίνειν καὶ ἐπιγελᾶν, τὸ καταλειπόμενόν ἐστι μέθη καὶ κόρος καὶ σιωπή, σκυθρωπὰ καὶ ἀτερπῆ πράγματα καὶ ἥκιστα συμποσίῳ πρέποντα. (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 8:1)
  • Μὰ Δἴ, 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)
  • καὶ μὴν οὐκ ἔδει γε ἑταίρῳ ἀνδρὶ ἐπιγελᾶν Ἀστεῖα γάρ, ὦ Καλλιδημίδη, πέπονθας. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 4:3)

Synonyms

  1. to laugh approvingly

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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