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ἐπινεύω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπινεύω ἐπινεύσω

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

Sense

  1. to nod, to nod assent, to approve, sanction, promise, he nodded in sign that
  2. to make a sign, to order
  3. to nod forwards, he nodded
  4. to incline towards

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπινεύω ἐπινεύεις ἐπινεύει
Dual ἐπινεύετον ἐπινεύετον
Plural ἐπινεύομεν ἐπινεύετε ἐπινεύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπινεύω ἐπινεύῃς ἐπινεύῃ
Dual ἐπινεύητον ἐπινεύητον
Plural ἐπινεύωμεν ἐπινεύητε ἐπινεύωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπινεύοιμι ἐπινεύοις ἐπινεύοι
Dual ἐπινεύοιτον ἐπινευοίτην
Plural ἐπινεύοιμεν ἐπινεύοιτε ἐπινεύοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπινεύε ἐπινευέτω
Dual ἐπινεύετον ἐπινευέτων
Plural ἐπινεύετε ἐπινευόντων, ἐπινευέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπινεύειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπινευων ἐπινευοντος ἐπινευουσα ἐπινευουσης ἐπινευον ἐπινευοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπινεύομαι ἐπινεύει, ἐπινεύῃ ἐπινεύεται
Dual ἐπινεύεσθον ἐπινεύεσθον
Plural ἐπινευόμεθα ἐπινεύεσθε ἐπινεύονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπινεύωμαι ἐπινεύῃ ἐπινεύηται
Dual ἐπινεύησθον ἐπινεύησθον
Plural ἐπινευώμεθα ἐπινεύησθε ἐπινεύωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπινευοίμην ἐπινεύοιο ἐπινεύοιτο
Dual ἐπινεύοισθον ἐπινευοίσθην
Plural ἐπινευοίμεθα ἐπινεύοισθε ἐπινεύοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπινεύου ἐπινευέσθω
Dual ἐπινεύεσθον ἐπινευέσθων
Plural ἐπινεύεσθε ἐπινευέσθων, ἐπινευέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπινεύεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπινευομενος ἐπινευομενου ἐπινευομενη ἐπινευομενης ἐπινευομενον ἐπινευομενου

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

  • Νώχου δὲ ταύτασ ποιησαμένου τὰσ ἱκετείασ ὁ θεὸσ ἐπὶ δικαιοσύνῃ τὸν ἄνδρα ἀγαπῶν ἐπένευεν αὐτῷ τὰσ εὐχὰσ εἰσ τέλοσ ἄξειν, οὔτε τοὺσ διεφθαρμένουσ λέγων αὐτὸσ ἀπολέσαι, κακίᾳ δὲ τῇ οἰκείᾳ ταύτην αὐτοὺσ ὑποσχεῖν τὴν δίκην, οὔτ’ ἄν, εἰ γενομένουσ ἀνθρώπουσ ἀφανίσαι διεγνώκει, παραγαγεῖν αὐτοὺσ εἰσ τὸν βίον, σῶφρον γὰρ εἶναι τὴν ἀρχὴν αὐτοῖσ μηδὲ χαρίσασθαι τὸ ζῆν ἢ δόντα τοῦτο διαφθείρειν· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 1 122:1)
  • τούτοισ Ἀρχέλαοσ καίπερ δεινῶσ φέρων ἐπένευεν τὴν ὁρμὴν αὐτῶν διὰ τὴν ἐπὶ Ῥώμησ ὁδὸν ἀνύεσθαι προκείμενον αὐτῷ τάχοσ ἐπὶ περισκοπήσει τῶν δοξάντων Καίσαρι. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 17 250:1)

Synonyms

  1. to nod

  2. to make a sign

  3. to nod forwards

  4. to incline towards

Derived

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

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