Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπιγνάμπτω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιγνάμπτω ἐπιγνάμψω

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

Sense

  1. to bend towards, to bow or bend to one's purpose

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιγνάμπτω ἐπιγνάμπτεις ἐπιγνάμπτει
Dual ἐπιγνάμπτετον ἐπιγνάμπτετον
Plural ἐπιγνάμπτομεν ἐπιγνάμπτετε ἐπιγνάμπτουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιγνάμπτω ἐπιγνάμπτῃς ἐπιγνάμπτῃ
Dual ἐπιγνάμπτητον ἐπιγνάμπτητον
Plural ἐπιγνάμπτωμεν ἐπιγνάμπτητε ἐπιγνάμπτωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπιγνάμπτοιμι ἐπιγνάμπτοις ἐπιγνάμπτοι
Dual ἐπιγνάμπτοιτον ἐπιγναμπτοίτην
Plural ἐπιγνάμπτοιμεν ἐπιγνάμπτοιτε ἐπιγνάμπτοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπιγνάμπτε ἐπιγναμπτέτω
Dual ἐπιγνάμπτετον ἐπιγναμπτέτων
Plural ἐπιγνάμπτετε ἐπιγναμπτόντων, ἐπιγναμπτέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιγνάμπτειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιγναμπτων ἐπιγναμπτοντος ἐπιγναμπτουσα ἐπιγναμπτουσης ἐπιγναμπτον ἐπιγναμπτοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιγνάμπτομαι ἐπιγνάμπτει, ἐπιγνάμπτῃ ἐπιγνάμπτεται
Dual ἐπιγνάμπτεσθον ἐπιγνάμπτεσθον
Plural ἐπιγναμπτόμεθα ἐπιγνάμπτεσθε ἐπιγνάμπτονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιγνάμπτωμαι ἐπιγνάμπτῃ ἐπιγνάμπτηται
Dual ἐπιγνάμπτησθον ἐπιγνάμπτησθον
Plural ἐπιγναμπτώμεθα ἐπιγνάμπτησθε ἐπιγνάμπτωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπιγναμπτοίμην ἐπιγνάμπτοιο ἐπιγνάμπτοιτο
Dual ἐπιγνάμπτοισθον ἐπιγναμπτοίσθην
Plural ἐπιγναμπτοίμεθα ἐπιγνάμπτοισθε ἐπιγνάμπτοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπιγνάμπτου ἐπιγναμπτέσθω
Dual ἐπιγνάμπτεσθον ἐπιγναμπτέσθων
Plural ἐπιγνάμπτεσθε ἐπιγναμπτέσθων, ἐπιγναμπτέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιγνάμπτεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιγναμπτομενος ἐπιγναμπτομενου ἐπιγναμπτομενη ἐπιγναμπτομενης ἐπιγναμπτομενον ἐπιγναμπτομενου

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

  • ἐπεγνάμπτοντο δὲ κῶπαι ἠύτε καμπύλα τόξα, βιαζομένων ἡρώων. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 9:41)
  • χρυσὸσ ὅλουσ ῥυτῆρασ, ὅλασ κληῖδασ ἐλέγχει, χρυσὸσ ἐπιγνάμπτει τὰσ σοβαροβλεφάρουσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 217 1:1)
  • ἀλλ’ Ἀχιλεῦ πόρε καὶ σὺ Διὸσ κούρῃσιν ἕπεσθαι τιμήν, ἥ τ’ ἄλλων περ ἐπιγνάμπτει νόον ἐσθλῶν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 9 27:12)

Synonyms

  1. to bend towards

Derived

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

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