Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπιμύω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιμύω ἐπιμύσω

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

Sense

  1. to wink

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιμύω ἐπιμύεις ἐπιμύει
Dual ἐπιμύετον ἐπιμύετον
Plural ἐπιμύομεν ἐπιμύετε ἐπιμύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιμύω ἐπιμύῃς ἐπιμύῃ
Dual ἐπιμύητον ἐπιμύητον
Plural ἐπιμύωμεν ἐπιμύητε ἐπιμύωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπιμύοιμι ἐπιμύοις ἐπιμύοι
Dual ἐπιμύοιτον ἐπιμυοίτην
Plural ἐπιμύοιμεν ἐπιμύοιτε ἐπιμύοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπιμύε ἐπιμυέτω
Dual ἐπιμύετον ἐπιμυέτων
Plural ἐπιμύετε ἐπιμυόντων, ἐπιμυέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιμύειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιμυων ἐπιμυοντος ἐπιμυουσα ἐπιμυουσης ἐπιμυον ἐπιμυοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιμύομαι ἐπιμύει, ἐπιμύῃ ἐπιμύεται
Dual ἐπιμύεσθον ἐπιμύεσθον
Plural ἐπιμυόμεθα ἐπιμύεσθε ἐπιμύονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιμύωμαι ἐπιμύῃ ἐπιμύηται
Dual ἐπιμύησθον ἐπιμύησθον
Plural ἐπιμυώμεθα ἐπιμύησθε ἐπιμύωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπιμυοίμην ἐπιμύοιο ἐπιμύοιτο
Dual ἐπιμύοισθον ἐπιμυοίσθην
Plural ἐπιμυοίμεθα ἐπιμύοισθε ἐπιμύοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπιμύου ἐπιμυέσθω
Dual ἐπιμύεσθον ἐπιμυέσθων
Plural ἐπιμύεσθε ἐπιμυέσθων, ἐπιμυέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιμύεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιμυομενος ἐπιμυομενου ἐπιμυομενη ἐπιμυομενης ἐπιμυομενον ἐπιμυομενου

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

  • γοεραί μὲν ἐπιμύουσιν ὀπωπαί, πυκνὰ δὲ μυρομένησ θαλεραὶ μινύθουσι παρειαί. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1168)
  • νὴ τὸν Δί’ ἐπιμύει γέ τοι. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode 1:29)
  • ἀτὰρ καὶ τὸ δέρμα πᾶν καρφαλέον καὶ τρηχὺ περιτέταται, τὰ πρόσθεν εὔτροχα βλέφαρα μόγισ τοῖσι ὀφθαλμοῖσι ἐπιμύει. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 227)

Synonyms

  1. to wink

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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