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ἐπιπλέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιπλέω ἐπιπλεύσομαι

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

Sense

  1. to sail upon or over
  2. to sail against, to attack by sea
  3. to sail on board
  4. to float on

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιπλέω ἐπιπλεῖς ἐπιπλεῖ
Dual ἐπιπλεῖτον ἐπιπλεῖτον
Plural ἐπιπλέομεν ἐπιπλεῖτε ἐπιπλέουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιπλέω ἐπιπλῇς ἐπιπλῇ
Dual ἐπιπλῆτον ἐπιπλῆτον
Plural ἐπιπλέωμεν ἐπιπλῆτε ἐπιπλέωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπιπλέοιμι ἐπιπλέοις ἐπιπλέοι
Dual ἐπιπλέοιτον ἐπιπλεοίτην
Plural ἐπιπλέοιμεν ἐπιπλέοιτε ἐπιπλέοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπιπλεῖ ἐπιπλείτω
Dual ἐπιπλεῖτον ἐπιπλείτων
Plural ἐπιπλεῖτε ἐπιπλεόντων, ἐπιπλείτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιπλεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιπλεων ἐπιπλεοντος ἐπιπλεουσα ἐπιπλεουσης ἐπιπλεον ἐπιπλεοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιπλέομαι ἐπιπλεῖ, ἐπιπλῇ ἐπιπλεῖται
Dual ἐπιπλεῖσθον ἐπιπλεῖσθον
Plural ἐπιπλεόμεθα ἐπιπλεῖσθε ἐπιπλέονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιπλέωμαι ἐπιπλῇ ἐπιπλῆται
Dual ἐπιπλῆσθον ἐπιπλῆσθον
Plural ἐπιπλεώμεθα ἐπιπλῆσθε ἐπιπλέωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπιπλεοίμην ἐπιπλέοιο ἐπιπλέοιτο
Dual ἐπιπλέοισθον ἐπιπλεοίσθην
Plural ἐπιπλεοίμεθα ἐπιπλέοισθε ἐπιπλέοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπιπλέου ἐπιπλείσθω
Dual ἐπιπλεῖσθον ἐπιπλείσθων
Plural ἐπιπλεῖσθε ἐπιπλείσθων, ἐπιπλείσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιπλεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιπλεομενος ἐπιπλεομενου ἐπιπλεομενη ἐπιπλεομενης ἐπιπλεομενον ἐπιπλεομενου

Future tense

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

  • πληρώσασ δὲ τὰσ ναῦσ καὶ κατάρασ εἰσ Προικόννησον ἐκέλευσεν ἐντὸσ περιβάλλειν τὰ λεπτὰ πλοῖα καὶ παραφυλάσσειν, ὅπωσ μηδεμία τοῖσ πολεμίοισ ἐπιπλέοντοσ αὐτοῦ γένοιτο μηδαμόθεν προαίσθησισ. (Plutarch, , chapter 28 2:2)
  • ἐπιπλέοντοσ δ’ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν ἄλλον Ιὄνιον, νῆσοσ, ᾗ ὄνομα Ἴσσα, ἐπὶ Ῥωμαίουσ κατέφυγεν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 2 1:3)
  • ἐπιπλέοντοσ δὲ τοῦ Μιθριδάτου τὰ προάστεια καθῄρουν, ἵνα μηδὲν εἰή χρήσιμα τοῖσ πολεμίοισ, καὶ ἐπὶ ναυμαχίαν ἀνήγοντο, ταῖσ μὲν ἐκ μετώπου ταῖσ δὲ πλαγίοισ. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 4 3:4)
  • ὁ δὲ Πομπήιοσ τῆσ μὲν αὐτομολίασ τοῦ Μηνοδώρου ἐπιπλέοντοσ ἤδη Καίσαροσ ᾔσθετο, πρὸσ δὲ τὸν ἑκατέρωθεν ἐπίπλουν αὐτὸσ μὲν ὑπέμεινεν ἐν Μεσσήνῃ τὸν Καίσαρα, Καλουισίῳ δὲ καὶ Μηνοδώρῳ τὸν ἔχθιστον τῷ Μηνοδώρῳ μάλιστα τῶν ἐξελευθέρων ἑαυτοῦ Μενεκράτη προσετασσεν ἀπαντᾶν ἐπὶ στολου πολλοῦ. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 5, chapter 9 5:3)
  • διωκομένη γὰρ ὑπὸ τῆσ Ἀττικῆσ φέρουσα ἐνέβαλε νηὶ φιλίῃ ἀνδρῶν τε Καλυνδέων καὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπιπλέοντοσ τοῦ Καλυνδέων βασιλέοσ Δαμασιθύμου. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 8, chapter 87 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. to sail upon or over

  2. to sail against

  3. to sail on board

  4. to float on

Related

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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