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ἐπιρρώομαι

Non-contract Verb; 이상동사 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιρρώομαι ἐπερρωσάμην

Structure: ἐπι (Prefix) + ῥώ (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Sense

  1. to flow or stream upon, flowed waving
  2. to move nimbly, urge the rapid
  3. to apply one's strength to, work lustily at

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Aorist 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

  • γενομένησ δὲ ταραχῆσ τὸ πρῶτον, εἶτα φυγῆσ καὶ φόνου πολλοῦ τῶν ψιλῶν, βουλόμενοσ ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐπιρρῶσαι τοὺσ βασιλικοὺσ καὶ προσμῖξαι κατὰ τάχοσ θορυβουμένοισ τοῖσ πολεμίοισ τὸν μὲν ἵππον ἀφῆκεν, αὐτὸσ δὲ πρὸσ χωρία σκολιὰ καὶ μεστὰ ῥείθρων καὶ φαράγγων πεζὸσ ἐν ἱππικῷ θώρακι καὶ σκευῇ βαρυτέρᾳ χαλεπῶσ καὶ ταλαιπώρωσ ἁμιλλώμενοσ διελαύνεται διαμπερὲσ ὁμοῦ τοὺσ μηροὺσ ἑκατέρουσ ἑνὶ μεσαγκύλῳ, καιρίασ μὲν οὐ γενομένησ, ἰσχυρᾶσ δὲ τῆσ πληγῆσ, ὥστε τὴν αἰχμὴν ἐπὶ θάτερα διῶσαι. (Plutarch, Philopoemen, chapter 6 4:1)
  • τοὺσ γὰρ ἱππεῖσ ἀνακαλούμενοσ ἐκ τῆσ τροπῆσ καὶ βοῶν καὶ διακελευόμενοσ κινδυνεύοντι τῷ στρατηγῷ βοηθεῖν, ἐποίησεν ἀναστρέψαντασ ἐπιρρῶσαι τὸ νίκημα τῶν ὁπλιτῶν. (Plutarch, chapter 13 3:3)
  • ἐπιρρῶσαι γὰρ ταῦτα ἱκανὰ ἀνδρὸσ σώφρονοσ ψυχήν καὶ περὶ τοῦ Λυδίου δ’ οὐκ ἠγνόει καὶ περὶ τῆσ Ιἄδοσ· (Pseudo-Plutarch, De musica, section 17 6:1)
  • λέγεται γὰρ ἔτι παῖσ ὢν ἐν τῇ μάχῃ τῇ πρὸσ Λατίνουσ ἅμα καὶ Τυρρηνοὺσ ἐμβαλεῖν εἰσ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ, ἀπορρυεὶσ δὲ τοῦ ἵππου καὶ τοὺσ ἐπιφερομένουσ ἰταμῶσ ὑποστὰσ ἐπιρρῶσαι τοὺσ Ῥωμαίουσ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 1014)
  • γὰρ ἔτι παῖσ ὢν ἐν τῇ μάχῃ τῇ πρὸσ Λατίνουσ ἅμα καὶ Τυρρηνοὺσ ἐμβαλεῖν εἰσ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ, ἀπορρυεὶσ δὲ τοῦ ἵππου καὶ τοὺσ ἐπιφερομένουσ ἰταμῶσ ὑποστὰσ ἐπιρρῶσαι τοὺσ Ῥωμαίουσ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 101 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. to flow or stream upon

  2. to move nimbly

Derived

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

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