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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

  • τοὐντεῦθεν οὖν ἐπανιὼν ἐλογιζόμην, εἴ τισ θεῶν τὴν ναῦν ἄφνω ἐμὴν ποιήσειεν εἶναι, οἱο͂ν ἄν, ὡσ εὐδαίμονα βίον ἐπεβίωσα εὖ ποιῶν τοὺσ φίλουσ καὶ ἐπιπλέων ἐνίοτε μὲν αὐτόσ, ἐνίοτε δὲ οἰκέτασ ἐκπέμπων· (Lucian, 23:3)
  • πέντε ἴσωσ δραχμῶν, ὦ Δωρίων, πάντα ταῦτα ὦ Μυρτάλη, ὅσα ναύτησ ἄνθρωποσ ἐδυνάμην μισθοῦ ἐπιπλέων. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 2:12)
  • πρῶτον μὲν γάρ ταῖσ ναυσὶ τὰ σιτηγὰ περικόπτων καὶ τοὺσ ἐμπόρουσ ληιζόμενοσ ἐκράτησε τῆσ ἀγορᾶσ, ἔπειτα τὰσ παραλίουσ πόλεισ ἐπιπλέων ᾕρει. (Plutarch, Caius Marius, chapter 42 1:2)
  • αὐτὸσ δὲ τοὺσ κυβερνήτασ καὶ τριηράρχουσ ἐπιπλέων ἀνεκαλεῖτο καὶ παρώρμα συνέχειν ἕκαστον ἐν τάξει τὸ πλήρωμα καὶ τοὺσ ναύτασ καὶ τοὺσ ἐπιβάτασ, ὅταν δὲ σημανθῇ, μετὰ προθυμίασ καὶ ῥώμησ ἐλαύνειν ἐπὶ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ. (Plutarch, , chapter 11 2:1)
  • τῶν δὲ φυλάκων ὅ τι φέροι πυνθανομένων ἀνοίξασ καὶ ἀφελὼν τὰ θρῖα σύκων ἐπίπλεων τὸ ἀγγεῖον ἔδειξε. (Plutarch, Antony, chapter 85 1:4)

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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