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ἐπιμαίομαι

Non-contract Verb; 이상동사 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιμαίομαι ἐπεμασσάμην

Structure: ἐπι (Prefix) + μαί (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Sense

to strive after, seek to obtain, aim at, make for, steer for), strive after
to lay hold of, grasp, he clutched, having clutched
to handle, feel, will probe

Conjugation

Present tense

Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐπιμαίομαι	ἐπιμαίει, ἐπιμαίῃ	ἐπιμαίεται
	Dual		ἐπιμαίεσθον	ἐπιμαίεσθον
	Plural	ἐπιμαιόμεθα	ἐπιμαίεσθε	ἐπιμαίονται
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐπιμαίωμαι	ἐπιμαίῃ	ἐπιμαίηται
	Dual		ἐπιμαίησθον	ἐπιμαίησθον
	Plural	ἐπιμαιώμεθα	ἐπιμαίησθε	ἐπιμαίωνται
Optative	Singular	ἐπιμαιοίμην	ἐπιμαίοιο	ἐπιμαίοιτο
	Dual		ἐπιμαίοισθον	ἐπιμαιοίσθην
	Plural	ἐπιμαιοίμεθα	ἐπιμαίοισθε	ἐπιμαίοιντο
Imperative	Singular		ἐπιμαίου	ἐπιμαιέσθω
	Dual		ἐπιμαίεσθον	ἐπιμαιέσθων
	Plural		ἐπιμαίεσθε	ἐπιμαιέσθων, ἐπιμαιέσθωσαν
Infinitive		ἐπιμαίεσθαι
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		ἐπιμαιομενος ἐπιμαιομενου	ἐπιμαιομενη ἐπιμαιομενης	ἐπιμαιομενον ἐπιμαιομενου

Imperfect tense

Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐπεμαιόμην	ἐπεμαίου	ἐπεμαίετο
	Dual		ἐπεμαίεσθον	ἐπεμαιέσθην
	Plural	ἐπεμαιόμεθα	ἐπεμαίεσθε	ἐπεμαίοντο

Aorist tense

Middle
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐπεμασσάμην	ἐπεμάσσω	ἐπεμάσσατο
	Dual		ἐπεμάσσασθον	ἐπεμασσάσθην
	Plural	ἐπεμασσάμεθα	ἐπεμάσσασθε	ἐπεμάσσαντο
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐπιμάσσωμαι	ἐπιμάσσῃ	ἐπιμάσσηται
	Dual		ἐπιμάσσησθον	ἐπιμάσσησθον
	Plural	ἐπιμασσώμεθα	ἐπιμάσσησθε	ἐπιμάσσωνται
Optative	Singular	ἐπιμασσαίμην	ἐπιμάσσαιο	ἐπιμάσσαιτο
	Dual		ἐπιμάσσαισθον	ἐπιμασσαίσθην
	Plural	ἐπιμασσαίμεθα	ἐπιμάσσαισθε	ἐπιμάσσαιντο
Imperative	Singular		ἐπιμάσσαι	ἐπιμασσάσθω
	Dual		ἐπιμάσσασθον	ἐπιμασσάσθων
	Plural		ἐπιμάσσασθε	ἐπιμασσάσθων
Infinitive		ἐπιμάσσεσθαι
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		ἐπιμασσαμενος ἐπιμασσαμενου	ἐπιμασσαμενη ἐπιμασσαμενης	ἐπιμασσαμενον ἐπιμασσαμενου

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 τότε Μάντισ μὲν δεσμὸν βοὸσ αἴνυτο χερσίν, Ἴφικλοσ δ’ ἐπὶ νῶτ’ ἐπεμαίετο. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 99 1:3)
σὺν δ’ ἐφόρει ξύλα πολλά, πυρὸσ δ’ ἐπεμαίετο τέχνην. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 12:8)
ὁ δ’ αὖτ’ ὠίξε θύρασ καὶ τὸν νεκρὸν εἶδεν αὐλᾶσ ἐξ ἰδίασ ἠρτημένον, οὐδ’ ἐλυγίχθη τὰν ψυχάν, οὐ κλαῦσε νέον φόνον, ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ νεκρῷ εἵματα πάντ’ ἐμίανεν, ἐφαβικὰ βαῖνε δ’ ἐσ ἄθλα γυμναστῶν, καὶ τῆλε φίλων ἐπεμαίετο λουτρῶν, καὶ ποτὶ τὸν θεὸν ἦλθε, τὸν ὕβρισε· (Theocritus, Idylls, 37)
ἄναξ δ’ ὀδύνῃσι κακῇσι τειρόμενοσ πάντων ὀίων ἐπεμαίετο νῶτα ὀρθῶν ἑσταότων· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 44:3)
ὁ δέ γε μάλα πόλλ’ ἱκέτευεν ἱππόθεν ἐξέμεναι, ξίφεοσ δ’ ἐπεμαίετο κώπην καὶ δόρυ χαλκοβαρέσ, κακὰ δὲ Τρώεσσι μενοίνα. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 11 62:11)

Synonyms

to strive after
- σπεύδω (I seek eagerly, strive after)
to lay hold of
- δράσσομαι (to grasp, clutching a handsful of)
- ἐπιδράσσομαι (to lay hold of)
- καθάπτω (to lay hold of)
- καθάπτω (to lay hold of)
- πιέζω (to lay hold of, by)
to handle
- ἀφάσσω (to handle, feel)

Derived

εἰσμαίομαι (to touch to the quick, affect greatly, to put in the hand to feel)
μαίομαι (to seek, to endeavour, strive)
μεταμαίομαι (to search after, chase)

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

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ἐπιμαίομαι

Sense

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Present tense

Imperfect tense

Aorist tense

Examples

Synonyms

to strive after

to lay hold of

to handle

Derived

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ἐπιμαίομαι

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Aorist tense

Examples

Synonyms

to strive after

to lay hold of

to handle

Derived

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