Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπικλάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπικλάω ἐπικλάσω

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

Sense

  1. to bend to or besides, to be bent double
  2. to bow down, to be broken in spirit, to be bent or turned to pity

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπικλῶ ἐπικλᾷς ἐπικλᾷ
Dual ἐπικλᾶτον ἐπικλᾶτον
Plural ἐπικλῶμεν ἐπικλᾶτε ἐπικλῶσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπικλῶ ἐπικλῇς ἐπικλῇ
Dual ἐπικλῆτον ἐπικλῆτον
Plural ἐπικλῶμεν ἐπικλῆτε ἐπικλῶσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπικλῷμι ἐπικλῷς ἐπικλῷ
Dual ἐπικλῷτον ἐπικλῴτην
Plural ἐπικλῷμεν ἐπικλῷτε ἐπικλῷεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπικλᾶ ἐπικλᾱ́τω
Dual ἐπικλᾶτον ἐπικλᾱ́των
Plural ἐπικλᾶτε ἐπικλώντων, ἐπικλᾱ́τωσαν
Infinitive ἐπικλᾶν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπικλων ἐπικλωντος ἐπικλωσα ἐπικλωσης ἐπικλων ἐπικλωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπικλῶμαι ἐπικλᾷ ἐπικλᾶται
Dual ἐπικλᾶσθον ἐπικλᾶσθον
Plural ἐπικλώμεθα ἐπικλᾶσθε ἐπικλῶνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπικλῶμαι ἐπικλῇ ἐπικλῆται
Dual ἐπικλῆσθον ἐπικλῆσθον
Plural ἐπικλώμεθα ἐπικλῆσθε ἐπικλῶνται
OptativeSingular ἐπικλῴμην ἐπικλῷο ἐπικλῷτο
Dual ἐπικλῷσθον ἐπικλῴσθην
Plural ἐπικλῴμεθα ἐπικλῷσθε ἐπικλῷντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπικλῶ ἐπικλᾱ́σθω
Dual ἐπικλᾶσθον ἐπικλᾱ́σθων
Plural ἐπικλᾶσθε ἐπικλᾱ́σθων, ἐπικλᾱ́σθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπικλᾶσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπικλωμενος ἐπικλωμενου ἐπικλωμενη ἐπικλωμενης ἐπικλωμενον ἐπικλωμενου

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

  • καὶ μηδ’ ὣσ ἐπικλωμένησ, οὐ φέρων τὴν ἀτυχίαν τοῦ ἔρωτοσ ἐνδείᾳ σιτίων θάνατον ἐπιτιμᾶν αὑτῷ καλῶσ ἔχειν ἐνόμισεν ἐπὶ παύλῃ κακοῦ τοῦ κατειληφότοσ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 18 86:1)

Synonyms

  1. to bend to or besides

Derived

Similar forms

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION