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ἐπικνάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπικνάω

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

Etym.: epic 3rd sg. imperf. e)piknh= for e)pe/knae

Sense

  1. to scrape or grate over

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπικνῶ ἐπικνᾷς ἐπικνᾷ
Dual ἐπικνᾶτον ἐπικνᾶτον
Plural ἐπικνῶμεν ἐπικνᾶτε ἐπικνῶσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπικνῶ ἐπικνῇς ἐπικνῇ
Dual ἐπικνῆτον ἐπικνῆτον
Plural ἐπικνῶμεν ἐπικνῆτε ἐπικνῶσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπικνῷμι ἐπικνῷς ἐπικνῷ
Dual ἐπικνῷτον ἐπικνῴτην
Plural ἐπικνῷμεν ἐπικνῷτε ἐπικνῷεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπικνᾶ ἐπικνᾱ́τω
Dual ἐπικνᾶτον ἐπικνᾱ́των
Plural ἐπικνᾶτε ἐπικνώντων, ἐπικνᾱ́τωσαν
Infinitive ἐπικνᾶν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπικνων ἐπικνωντος ἐπικνωσα ἐπικνωσης ἐπικνων ἐπικνωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπικνῶμαι ἐπικνᾷ ἐπικνᾶται
Dual ἐπικνᾶσθον ἐπικνᾶσθον
Plural ἐπικνώμεθα ἐπικνᾶσθε ἐπικνῶνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπικνῶμαι ἐπικνῇ ἐπικνῆται
Dual ἐπικνῆσθον ἐπικνῆσθον
Plural ἐπικνώμεθα ἐπικνῆσθε ἐπικνῶνται
OptativeSingular ἐπικνῴμην ἐπικνῷο ἐπικνῷτο
Dual ἐπικνῷσθον ἐπικνῴσθην
Plural ἐπικνῴμεθα ἐπικνῷσθε ἐπικνῷντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπικνῶ ἐπικνᾱ́σθω
Dual ἐπικνᾶσθον ἐπικνᾱ́σθων
Plural ἐπικνᾶσθε ἐπικνᾱ́σθων, ἐπικνᾱ́σθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπικνᾶσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπικνωμενος ἐπικνωμενου ἐπικνωμενη ἐπικνωμενης ἐπικνωμενον ἐπικνωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπέκνων ἐπέκνᾱς ἐπέκνᾱν*
Dual ἐπεκνᾶτον ἐπεκνᾱ́την
Plural ἐπεκνῶμεν ἐπεκνᾶτε ἐπέκνων
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπεκνώμην ἐπεκνῶ ἐπεκνᾶτο
Dual ἐπεκνᾶσθον ἐπεκνᾱ́σθην
Plural ἐπεκνώμεθα ἐπεκνᾶσθε ἐπεκνῶντο

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

  • κοὐδ’ οὖν, εἴπερ ταῦτα δοκεῖ δρᾶν, ὀπτησάμενοι παρέθενθ’ ὑμᾶσ, ἀλλ’ ἐπικνῶσιν τυρὸν ἔλαιον σίλφιον ὄξοσ καὶ τρίψαντεσ κατάχυσμ’ ἕτερον γλυκὺ καὶ λιπαρόν, κἄπειτα κατεσκέδασαν θερμὸν τοῦτο καθ’ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν ὥσπερ κενεβρείων. (Aristophanes, Birds, Agon, pnigos4)

Synonyms

  1. to scrape or grate over

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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