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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)
  • πάντων δὲ τῶν διαφθαρέντων τὰσ οὐσίασ σφετερισάμενοσ ἐπελέγετο καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τοὺσ εὐπόρουσ, καὶ ψευδεῖσ αἰτίασ ἐπιρρίπτων οὓσ μὲν ἀπέκτεινεν, οὓσ δ’ ἐφυγάδευσε. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiv, chapter 11 14:3)
  • εὐθὺσ οὖν μετεπέμπετο τὰσ πανταχόθεν δυνάμεισ καὶ προσέταξεν ἀπαντᾶν εἰσ Βαβυλῶνα καὶ τῶν φίλων καὶ τῶν συγγενῶν ἐπελέγετο τοὺσ εὐθέτουσ, ὧν τοῖσ μὲν τὰσ ἁρμοζούσασ ἡγεμονίασ κατεμέριζε, τοὺσ δὲ μεθ’ αὑτοῦ κινδυνεύειν προσέταττεν. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xvii, chapter 31 1:1)
  • εὑρὼν δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ τὸ βυβλίον ἐνεὸν λαβὼν ἐπελέγετο, τὰ δὲ γράμματα ἔλεγε τάδε. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 124 2:2)
  • Ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺσ Σολόμων τοὺσ ἔτι τῶν Χαναναίων οὐχ ὑπακούοντασ, οἳ ἐν τῷ Λιβάνῳ διέτριβον ὄρει καὶ μέχρι πόλεωσ Ἀμάθησ, ὑποχειρίουσ ποιησάμενοσ φόρον αὐτοῖσ προσέταξε καὶ πρὸσ τὸ θητεύειν αὐτῷ καὶ τὰσ οἰκετικὰσ χρείασ ἐκτελεῖν καὶ πρὸσ γεωργίαν κατ’ ἔτοσ ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐπελέγετο. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 8 202:1)

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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