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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

  • καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ. ἰδοὺ γένοσ ἓν καὶ χεῖλοσ ἓν πάντων, καὶ τοῦτο ἤρξαντο ποιῆσαι, καὶ νῦν οὐκ ἐκλείψει ἀπ̓ αὐτῶν πάντα, ὅσα ἂν ἐπιθῶνται ποιεῖν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 11:6)
  • διὸ καὶ ὁ Ἀπόλλων ἡσθεὶσ ἐπὶ τούτοισ ἀναβολὴν τοῦ θανάτου τῷ Φαλάριδι ἐχαρίσατο, τοῦτο ἐμφήνασ τοῖσ πυνθανομένοισ τῆσ Πυθίασ ὅπωσαὐτῷ ἐπιθῶνται ἔχρησεν δὲ καὶ περὶ τῶν ἀμφὶ τὸν Χαρίτωνα, προτάξασ τοῦ ἑξαμέτρου τὸ πεντάμετρον, καθάπερ ὕστερον καὶ Διονύσιοσ ὁ Ἀθηναῖοσ ἐποίησε ὁ ἐπικληθεὶσ Χαλκοῦσ ἐν τοῖσ λ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 78 1:2)
  • παραταξαμένων δὲ Μαρωνιτῶν ἡμῖν ταῖσ ναυσὶν ὑπὲρ τοῦ χωρίου τούτου καὶ μελλόντων ναυμαχήσειν, καὶ τῶν στρατιωτῶν ἀπειρηκότων, πλοῦν πολὺν πεπλευκότων καὶ πλοῖα ἑλκόντων ἐκ Θάσου εἰσ Στρύμην, ἔτι δὲ χειμῶνοσ ὄντοσ καὶ τοῦ χωρίου ἀλιμένου, καὶ ἐκβῆναι οὐκ ὂν οὐδὲ δειπνοποιήσασθαι πολεμίασ τῆσ χώρασ οὔσησ καὶ περικαθημένων κύκλῳ τὸ τεῖχοσ καὶ ξένων μισθοφόρων καὶ βαρβάρων προσοίκων, ἀναγκαῖον ἦν ἐπ’ ἀγκύρασ ἀποσαλεύειν τὴν νύκτα μετεώρουσ, ἀσίτουσ καὶ ἀγρύπνουσ, φυλαττομένουσ μὴ τῆσ νυκτὸσ ἡμῖν ἐπιθῶνται αἱ Μαρωνιτῶν τριήρεισ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 27:1)
  • διὸ καὶ ὁ Ἀπόλλων ἡσθεὶσ ἐπὶ τούτοισ ἀναβολὴν τοῦ θανάτου τῷ Φαλάριδι ἐχαρίσατο, τοῦτο ἐμφήνασ τοῖσ πυνθανομένοισ τῆσ Πυθίασ ὅπωσ αὐτῷ ἐπιθῶνται· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , section9)
  • ἀγαθὸν δὲ μηχάνημα καὶ τὸ δύνασθαι, ὅταν μὲν τὰ ἑαυτοῦ ἀσθενῶσ ἔχῃ, φόβον παρασκευάζειν τοῖσ πολεμίοισ ὡσ μὴ ἐπίθωνται, ὅταν δ’ ἐρρωμένωσ, θάρσοσ αὐτοῖσ ἐμποιεῖν ὡσ ἐγχειρῶσιν. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 5 4:1)

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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