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ἐπιθέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιθέω ἐπιθεύσομαι

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

Sense

  1. to run at or after

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπίθω ἐπίθεις ἐπίθει
Dual ἐπίθειτον ἐπίθειτον
Plural ἐπίθουμεν ἐπίθειτε ἐπίθουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπίθω ἐπίθῃς ἐπίθῃ
Dual ἐπίθητον ἐπίθητον
Plural ἐπίθωμεν ἐπίθητε ἐπίθωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπίθοιμι ἐπίθοις ἐπίθοι
Dual ἐπίθοιτον ἐπιθοίτην
Plural ἐπίθοιμεν ἐπίθοιτε ἐπίθοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπίθει ἐπιθεῖτω
Dual ἐπίθειτον ἐπιθεῖτων
Plural ἐπίθειτε ἐπιθοῦντων, ἐπιθεῖτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπίθειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιθων ἐπιθουντος ἐπιθουσα ἐπιθουσης ἐπιθουν ἐπιθουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπίθουμαι ἐπίθει, ἐπίθῃ ἐπίθειται
Dual ἐπίθεισθον ἐπίθεισθον
Plural ἐπιθοῦμεθα ἐπίθεισθε ἐπίθουνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπίθωμαι ἐπίθῃ ἐπίθηται
Dual ἐπίθησθον ἐπίθησθον
Plural ἐπιθώμεθα ἐπίθησθε ἐπίθωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπιθοίμην ἐπίθοιο ἐπίθοιτο
Dual ἐπίθοισθον ἐπιθοίσθην
Plural ἐπιθοίμεθα ἐπίθοισθε ἐπίθοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπίθου ἐπιθεῖσθω
Dual ἐπίθεισθον ἐπιθεῖσθων
Plural ἐπίθεισθε ἐπιθεῖσθων, ἐπιθεῖσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπίθεισθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιθουμενος ἐπιθουμενου ἐπιθουμενη ἐπιθουμενης ἐπιθουμενον ἐπιθουμενου

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

  • ἔτυχε δὲ ἀναψύχων κατὰ τὸ ἄντρον, καὶ αὐτῷ τῶν σφαγέων ἔτι μακρόθεν ἐπιθεόντων θεράπων αὐτὸν ἐσ τὸν μυχὸν τοῦ ἄντρου προπέμψασ ἐνέδυ τὸν τοῦ δεσπότου χιτωνίσκον καὶ ὑπεκρίνετο ἐκεῖνοσ εἶναι καὶ δεδιέναι· (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 4, chapter 4 13:3)
  • Ἄππιον δὲ ἀναπαυόμενον ἐν ἐπαύλει, τῶν ὁπλιτῶν ἐπιθεόντων, οἰκέτησ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἐσθῆτα ἐνέδυσε, καὶ αὐτὸσ εἰσ τὴν εὐνὴν οἱᾶ δεσπότησ ἀνακλιθεὶσ ἑκὼν ἀπέθανεν ἀντὶ τοῦ δεσπότου, παρεστῶτοσ ὡσ οἰκέτου. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 4, chapter 6 9:1)
  • Ξανθίων δὲ σὺν μεγάλῃ πάνυ βοῇ τοῖσ ἀμφὶ τὸ Σαρπηδόνειον οὖσι Ῥωμαίοισ ἐπιθεόντων, δείσαντεσ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν, ὅσοι περὶ τὰσ πύλασ ἔνδοθέν τε καὶ ἔξωθεν αὐτὰσ ἔκοπτον, ὑπὸ μανιώδουσ ὁρμῆσ ἐβιάζοντο καὶ διαρρήξαντεσ ἐσέδραμον ἀθρόοι, δύνοντοσ ἄρτι τοῦ θεοῦ, μετὰ ἀλαλαγῆσ, ἵνα σύμβολον εἰή τοῖσ ἐντὸσ οὖσιν. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 4, chapter 10 5:5)
  • αὐτὸν μὲν γὰρ ἐκ φύσεωσ ἐστερῆσθαι παίδων ἀρρένων, τὸν δ’ ἀδελφὸν εὐλαβεῖσθαι μήποτε συνεργὸν ἔχων τὸν υἱὸν ἐπίθηται τῇ βασιλείᾳ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 40 3:1)
  • κωλυόμενοι δ’ ὑπὸ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων προϊέναι μακρότερον ἀπὸ τῆσ πατρίδοσ, μή τισ ἐπίθηται, ἐπείσθησαν τὴν ἡσυχίαν ἄγειν καὶ τῇ πόλει παρέχεσθαι τὴν ἀσφάλειαν. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xv, chapter 63 13:2)

Synonyms

  1. to run at or after

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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