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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

  • τί ὀκνεῖσ καὶ τοῦτο ἐπινεύειν; (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 5:13)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ κατελιπάρησε δακρύων καὶ ἡ μήτηρ Κλυμένη μετ̓ αὐτοῦ, ἀναβιβασάμενοσ ἐπὶ τὸ ἁρ́μα ὑπεθέμην, ὅπωσ μὲν χρὴ βεβηκέναι αὐτόν, ἐφ̓ ὁπόσον δὲ ἐσ τὸ ἄνω ἀφέντα ὑπερενεχθῆναι, εἶτα ἐσ τὸ κάταντεσ αὖθισ ἐπινεύειν καὶ ὡσ ἐγκρατῆ εἶναι τῶν ἡνιῶν καὶ μὴ ἐφιέναι τῷ θυμῷ τῶν ἵππων· (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 4:1)
  • ἡ μὲν τοῦ νοητικοῦ ἀπολίθωσισ, ἡ δὲ τοῦ ἐντρεπτικοῦ, ὅταν τισ παρατεταγμένοσ ᾖ μὴ ἐπινεύειν τοῖσ ἐναργέσι μηδ’ ἀπὸ τῶν μαχομένων ἀφίστασθαι. (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 3:1)
  • ὅτι ἡ φύσισ αὕτη ἐστὶ τῆσ διανοίασ τοῖσ μὲν ἀληθέσιν ἐπινεύειν, τοῖσ δὲ ψευδέσι δυσαρεστεῖν, πρὸσ δὲ τὰ ἄδηλα ἐπέχειν. (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 2:3)
  • πέφυκεν δὲ πᾶσα ψυχὴ ὥσπερ τῷ ἀληθεῖ ἐπινεύειν, πρὸσ τὸ ψεῦδοσ ἀνανεύειν, πρὸσ τὸ ἄδηλον ἐπέχειν, οὕτωσ πρὸσ μὲν τὸ ἀγαθὸν ὀρεκτικῶσ κινεῖσθαι, πρὸσ δὲ τὸ κακὸν ἐκκλιτικῶσ, πρὸσ δὲ τὸ μήτε κακὸν μήτ’ ἀγαθὸν οὐδετέρωσ. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 2:1)

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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