Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπιποθέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιποθέω ἐπιποθήσω

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

Sense

  1. to yearn after

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιπόθω ἐπιπόθεις ἐπιπόθει
Dual ἐπιπόθειτον ἐπιπόθειτον
Plural ἐπιπόθουμεν ἐπιπόθειτε ἐπιπόθουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιπόθω ἐπιπόθῃς ἐπιπόθῃ
Dual ἐπιπόθητον ἐπιπόθητον
Plural ἐπιπόθωμεν ἐπιπόθητε ἐπιπόθωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπιπόθοιμι ἐπιπόθοις ἐπιπόθοι
Dual ἐπιπόθοιτον ἐπιποθοίτην
Plural ἐπιπόθοιμεν ἐπιπόθοιτε ἐπιπόθοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπιπο͂θει ἐπιποθεῖτω
Dual ἐπιπόθειτον ἐπιποθεῖτων
Plural ἐπιπόθειτε ἐπιποθοῦντων, ἐπιποθεῖτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιπόθειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιποθων ἐπιποθουντος ἐπιποθουσα ἐπιποθουσης ἐπιποθουν ἐπιποθουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιπόθουμαι ἐπιπόθει, ἐπιπόθῃ ἐπιπόθειται
Dual ἐπιπόθεισθον ἐπιπόθεισθον
Plural ἐπιποθοῦμεθα ἐπιπόθεισθε ἐπιπόθουνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιπόθωμαι ἐπιπόθῃ ἐπιπόθηται
Dual ἐπιπόθησθον ἐπιπόθησθον
Plural ἐπιποθώμεθα ἐπιπόθησθε ἐπιπόθωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπιποθοίμην ἐπιπόθοιο ἐπιπόθοιτο
Dual ἐπιπόθοισθον ἐπιποθοίσθην
Plural ἐπιποθοίμεθα ἐπιπόθοισθε ἐπιπόθοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπιπόθου ἐπιποθεῖσθω
Dual ἐπιπόθεισθον ἐπιποθεῖσθων
Plural ἐπιπόθεισθε ἐπιποθεῖσθων, ἐπιποθεῖσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιπόθεισθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιποθουμενος ἐπιποθουμενου ἐπιποθουμενη ἐπιποθουμενης ἐπιποθουμενον ἐπιποθουμενου

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

  • μετὰ δὲ τοὺσ λόγουσ τούτουσ ἄρχεσθαι μὲν τὸν γεραίτατον ἀνακρίνοντα, ἰόντα εἰσ τὴν τῶν λεχθέντων σκέψιν ἱκανήν, μετὰ δὲ τὸν πρεσβύτατον ἑξῆσ ἅπαντασ χρὴ διεξελθεῖν ὅτι ἂν παρ’ ἑκατέρου τισ τῶν ἀντιδίκων ῥηθὲν ἢ μὴ ῥηθὲν ἐπιποθῇ τινα τρόπον· (Plato, Laws, book 9 18:1)

Synonyms

  1. to yearn after

Derived

  • ποθέω (to long for, yearn after, to miss or regret)

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

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