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ἐπινεύω?

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration: epineuō

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 ἐπινεύουσι(ν)
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπινεύω ἐπινεύῃς ἐπινεύῃ
Dual ἐπινεύητον ἐπινεύητον
Plural ἐπινεύωμεν ἐπινεύητε ἐπινεύωσι(ν)
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

  • χείλεσι πάντα ἐπινεύει ἀποκλαιόμενος ἐχθρός, ἐν δὲ τῇ καρδίᾳ τεκταίνεται δόλους. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 26:25)
  • ἔστι μὲν ἴδιον τὸ αἰδεῖσθαι τὰ τοιαῦτα ὑμῶν τῶν παρθένων ἐπινεύεις δ ὅμως. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 2:9)
  • κατὰ ταὐτὰ δὴ καὶ ὁ κυβερνᾶν οὐκ εἰδὼς καὶ ἱππεύειν μὴ μεμελετηκὼς εἰ ὁ μὲν ναῦν καλλίστην παραλάβοι, τοῖς πᾶσι καὶ εἰς κάλλος καὶ εἰς ἀσφάλειαν κάλλιστα ἐξειργασμένην, ὁ δὲ ἵππον κτήσαιτο Μῆδον ἢ κενταυρίδην ἢ κοππαφόρον, ἐλέγχοιτο ἄν, οἶμαι, ἑκάτερος οὐκ εἰδὼς ὅ τι χρήσαιτο ἑκατέρῳ, ἐπινεύεις καὶ τοῦτο· (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 5:11)
  • τί ὀκνεῖς καὶ τοῦτο ἐπινεύειν· (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 5:13)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ κατελιπάρησε δακρύων καὶ ἡ μήτηρ Κλυμένη μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ, ἀναβιβασάμενος ἐπὶ τὸ ἁρ´μα ὑπεθέμην, ὅπως μὲν χρὴ βεβηκέναι αὐτόν, ἐφ᾿ 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)

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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