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ἐπιθυμέω

ε-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιθυμέω

Structure: ἐπιθυμέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: qumo/s

Sense

  1. to set one's heart upon, lust after, long for, covet, desire, to desire to, to desire, covet, eagerness

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιθυμῶ ἐπιθυμεῖς ἐπιθυμεῖ
Dual ἐπιθυμεῖτον ἐπιθυμεῖτον
Plural ἐπιθυμοῦμεν ἐπιθυμεῖτε ἐπιθυμοῦσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιθυμῶ ἐπιθυμῇς ἐπιθυμῇ
Dual ἐπιθυμῆτον ἐπιθυμῆτον
Plural ἐπιθυμῶμεν ἐπιθυμῆτε ἐπιθυμῶσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπιθυμοῖμι ἐπιθυμοῖς ἐπιθυμοῖ
Dual ἐπιθυμοῖτον ἐπιθυμοίτην
Plural ἐπιθυμοῖμεν ἐπιθυμοῖτε ἐπιθυμοῖεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπιθύμει ἐπιθυμείτω
Dual ἐπιθυμεῖτον ἐπιθυμείτων
Plural ἐπιθυμεῖτε ἐπιθυμούντων, ἐπιθυμείτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιθυμεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιθυμων ἐπιθυμουντος ἐπιθυμουσα ἐπιθυμουσης ἐπιθυμουν ἐπιθυμουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιθυμοῦμαι ἐπιθυμεῖ, ἐπιθυμῇ ἐπιθυμεῖται
Dual ἐπιθυμεῖσθον ἐπιθυμεῖσθον
Plural ἐπιθυμούμεθα ἐπιθυμεῖσθε ἐπιθυμοῦνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιθυμῶμαι ἐπιθυμῇ ἐπιθυμῆται
Dual ἐπιθυμῆσθον ἐπιθυμῆσθον
Plural ἐπιθυμώμεθα ἐπιθυμῆσθε ἐπιθυμῶνται
OptativeSingular ἐπιθυμοίμην ἐπιθυμοῖο ἐπιθυμοῖτο
Dual ἐπιθυμοῖσθον ἐπιθυμοίσθην
Plural ἐπιθυμοίμεθα ἐπιθυμοῖσθε ἐπιθυμοῖντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπιθυμοῦ ἐπιθυμείσθω
Dual ἐπιθυμεῖσθον ἐπιθυμείσθων
Plural ἐπιθυμεῖσθε ἐπιθυμείσθων, ἐπιθυμείσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιθυμεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιθυμουμενος ἐπιθυμουμενου ἐπιθυμουμενη ἐπιθυμουμενης ἐπιθυμουμενον ἐπιθυμουμενου

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

  • εἰ δὲ πλοῦτόσ ἐστιν ἐπιθυμητὸν κτῆμα ἐν βίῳ, τί σοφίασ πλουσιώτερον τῆσ τὰ πάντα ἐργαζομένησ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 8:5)
  • καί γε τοὺσ θεοὺσ αὐτῶν μετὰ τῶν χωνευτῶν αὐτῶν, πᾶν σκεῦοσ ἐπιθυμητὸν αὐτῶν ἀργυρίου καὶ χρυσίου, μετὰ αἰχμαλωσίασ οἴσει εἰσ Αἴγυπτον. καὶ αὐτὸσ στήσεται ὑπὲρ βασιλέα τοῦ βορρᾶ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 11:8)
  • τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἐρώμενον καὶ ἐπιθυμητὸν πᾶσιν εἶναι φίλον, ἐπιθυμεῖ δὲ οὐ τὸ ξηρὸν τοῦ ξηροῦ, ἀλλ’ ὑγροῦ, ὅθεν εἴρηται "ἐρᾷ μὲν ὄμβρου γαῖα" καὶ τὸμεταβολὴ πάντων γλυκύ. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 7 11:4)
  • διὸ δεσπότησ δούλου δεῖται καὶ δοῦλοσ δεσπότου, καὶ γυνὴ καὶ ἀνὴρ ἀλλήλων, καὶ ἡδὺ καὶ ἐπιθυμητὸν τὸ ἐναντίον ὡσ χρήσιμον, καὶ οὐχ ὡσ ἐν τέλει ἀλλ’ ὡσ πρὸσ τὸ τέλοσ. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 7 116:5)
  • ἐν μὲν γὰρ τῷ θαυμάζειν τὸ ἐπιθυμεῖν μαθεῖν ἐστιν, ὥστε τὸ θαυμαστὸν ἐπιθυμητόν, ἐν δὲ τῷ μανθάνειν <τὸ> εἰσ τὸ κατὰ φύσιν καθίστασθαι. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 11 21:2)

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

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