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ἐπιλέγω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιλέγω ἐπιλέξω

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

Sense

  1. to choose, pick out, select, he chose him, chosen men
  2. to say in addition, add further
  3. to call by name
  4. to think upon, think over, nihil curare, to deem or expect that
  5. to con over, read

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιλέγω ἐπιλέγεις ἐπιλέγει
Dual ἐπιλέγετον ἐπιλέγετον
Plural ἐπιλέγομεν ἐπιλέγετε ἐπιλέγουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιλέγω ἐπιλέγῃς ἐπιλέγῃ
Dual ἐπιλέγητον ἐπιλέγητον
Plural ἐπιλέγωμεν ἐπιλέγητε ἐπιλέγωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπιλέγοιμι ἐπιλέγοις ἐπιλέγοι
Dual ἐπιλέγοιτον ἐπιλεγοίτην
Plural ἐπιλέγοιμεν ἐπιλέγοιτε ἐπιλέγοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπιλέγε ἐπιλεγέτω
Dual ἐπιλέγετον ἐπιλεγέτων
Plural ἐπιλέγετε ἐπιλεγόντων, ἐπιλεγέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιλέγειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιλεγων ἐπιλεγοντος ἐπιλεγουσα ἐπιλεγουσης ἐπιλεγον ἐπιλεγοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιλέγομαι ἐπιλέγει, ἐπιλέγῃ ἐπιλέγεται
Dual ἐπιλέγεσθον ἐπιλέγεσθον
Plural ἐπιλεγόμεθα ἐπιλέγεσθε ἐπιλέγονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιλέγωμαι ἐπιλέγῃ ἐπιλέγηται
Dual ἐπιλέγησθον ἐπιλέγησθον
Plural ἐπιλεγώμεθα ἐπιλέγησθε ἐπιλέγωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπιλεγοίμην ἐπιλέγοιο ἐπιλέγοιτο
Dual ἐπιλέγοισθον ἐπιλεγοίσθην
Plural ἐπιλεγοίμεθα ἐπιλέγοισθε ἐπιλέγοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπιλέγου ἐπιλεγέσθω
Dual ἐπιλέγεσθον ἐπιλεγέσθων
Plural ἐπιλέγεσθε ἐπιλεγέσθων, ἐπιλεγέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιλέγεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιλεγομενος ἐπιλεγομενου ἐπιλεγομενη ἐπιλεγομενης ἐπιλεγομενον ἐπιλεγομενου

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 ἐγένετο ἅμα τῷ ἀνατεῖλαι τὸν ἥλιον καὶ προσέταξεν ὁ Θεὸσ πνεύματι καύσωνι συγκαίοντι, καὶ ἐπάταξεν ὁ ἥλιοσ ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν τοῦ Ἰωνᾶ. καὶ ὠλιγοψύχησε καὶ ἐπελέγετο τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπε. καλόν μοι ἀποθανεῖν με ἢ ζῆν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ionae 4:8)
  • καὶ μετ’ ὀλίγα πάλιν ἐπιλέγεισ ταυτί· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 2 12:1)
  • ἐπιλέγει δὲ ἀμφοῖν τὰ ὀνόματα καὶ τὸ ἐκείνου καὶ τὸ σόν. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 5:2)
  • ὃσ τὸ Ὁμηρικὸν ἐκεῖνο εἰώθει ἐπιλέγειν, ἤ μ̓ ἀνάειῤ ἢ ἐγὼ σέ. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 1:2)
  • καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα πλείστων τῶν μὲν Ἀγαθοῦ Δαίμονοσ αἰτούντων ποτήριον, τῶν δὲ Διὸσ Σωτῆροσ, ἄλλων δὲ Ὑγιείασ καὶ ἑτέρων ἑτέρουσ ἐπιλεγόντων, τοὺσ τούτων τῶν κράσεων μεμνημένουσ τῶν ποιητῶν ἔδοξεν παρατίθεσθαι, ὧν καὶ αὐτῶν μνησθήσομαι, ’ι Ἀντιφάνησ μὲν γὰρ ἐν Ἀγροικίσιν ἔφη· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 472)
  • αἴ κα δ’ ἐντύχω τοῖσ περιπόλοισ, τοῦθ’ οἱο͂ν ἀγαθὸν ἐπιλέγω τοῖσ θεοῖσ ὅτι οὐ λῶντι πλεῖον, ἀλλὰ μαστιγῶντί με. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 28 2:4)
  • ἐπιλέγω τοῖσ ἀπροαιρέτοισ, ὅτι οὐδὲν πρὸσ ἐμέ; (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 15:5)

Synonyms

  1. to choose

    • λέγω (to choose for oneself, pick out, to be chosen)
  2. to say in addition

  3. to call by name

  4. to think upon

Related

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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