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ἐπισκήπτω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπισκήπτω ἐπισκήψω

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

Sense

  1. to make to lean upon, make to fall upon, impose on
  2. to fall upon, came to
  3. to lay it upon, to enjoin, lay a strict charge upon
  4. to denounce, to be denounced as guilty of

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπισκήπτω ἐπισκήπτεις ἐπισκήπτει
Dual ἐπισκήπτετον ἐπισκήπτετον
Plural ἐπισκήπτομεν ἐπισκήπτετε ἐπισκήπτουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπισκήπτω ἐπισκήπτῃς ἐπισκήπτῃ
Dual ἐπισκήπτητον ἐπισκήπτητον
Plural ἐπισκήπτωμεν ἐπισκήπτητε ἐπισκήπτωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπισκήπτοιμι ἐπισκήπτοις ἐπισκήπτοι
Dual ἐπισκήπτοιτον ἐπισκηπτοίτην
Plural ἐπισκήπτοιμεν ἐπισκήπτοιτε ἐπισκήπτοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπισκήπτε ἐπισκηπτέτω
Dual ἐπισκήπτετον ἐπισκηπτέτων
Plural ἐπισκήπτετε ἐπισκηπτόντων, ἐπισκηπτέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπισκήπτειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπισκηπτων ἐπισκηπτοντος ἐπισκηπτουσα ἐπισκηπτουσης ἐπισκηπτον ἐπισκηπτοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπισκήπτομαι ἐπισκήπτει, ἐπισκήπτῃ ἐπισκήπτεται
Dual ἐπισκήπτεσθον ἐπισκήπτεσθον
Plural ἐπισκηπτόμεθα ἐπισκήπτεσθε ἐπισκήπτονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπισκήπτωμαι ἐπισκήπτῃ ἐπισκήπτηται
Dual ἐπισκήπτησθον ἐπισκήπτησθον
Plural ἐπισκηπτώμεθα ἐπισκήπτησθε ἐπισκήπτωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπισκηπτοίμην ἐπισκήπτοιο ἐπισκήπτοιτο
Dual ἐπισκήπτοισθον ἐπισκηπτοίσθην
Plural ἐπισκηπτοίμεθα ἐπισκήπτοισθε ἐπισκήπτοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπισκήπτου ἐπισκηπτέσθω
Dual ἐπισκήπτεσθον ἐπισκηπτέσθων
Plural ἐπισκήπτεσθε ἐπισκηπτέσθων, ἐπισκηπτέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπισκήπτεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπισκηπτομενος ἐπισκηπτομενου ἐπισκηπτομενη ἐπισκηπτομενης ἐπισκηπτομενον ἐπισκηπτομενου

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

  • ὅταν δ’ ἐσ Ἑλλάδ’ ἵππιόν τ’ Ἄργοσ μόλῃσ, πρὸσ δεξιᾶσ σε τῆσδ’ ἐπισκήπτω τάδε· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, lyric 2:8)
  • ὡσ ἔκ γ’ ἐμοῦ σοι πάντα σιγηθήσεται ‐ ἴστω μέγασ Ζεύσ ‐ ὧν ἐπισκήπτεισ πέρι. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, iambic 6:13)
  • πόλει δὲ καὶ σοὶ ταῦτ’ ἐπισκήπτω, Κρέον· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 2:4)
  • ταῦτ’ οὖν, ὦ γονεῖσ καὶ παῖδεσ τῶν τελευτησάντων, ἐκεῖνοί τ’ ἐπέσκηπτον ὑμῖν ἀπαγγέλλειν κἀγὼ ὡσ δύναμαι προθυμότατα ἀπαγγέλλω. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 30 7:2)
  • ὥστ’ ἐγὼ ὑμῖν πολὺ μᾶλλον τῶν κατηγόρων πρὸσ τοῖν θεοῖν ἐπισκήπτω, ὑπέρ τε τῶν ἱερῶν ἃ εἴδετε, καὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν Ἑλλήνων οἳ τῆσ ἑορτῆσ ἕνεκα ἔρχονται δεῦρο· (Andocides, Speeches, 59:2)
  • ἀλλ’, ἄνδρεσ ἀσπιστῆρεσ, ἐνάλιοσ λεώσ, ὑμῖν τε κοινὴν τήνδ’ ἐπισκήπτω χάριν, κείνῳ τ’ ἐμὴν ἀγγείλατ’ ἐντολήν, ὅπωσ τὸν παῖδα τόνδε πρὸσ δόμουσ ἐμοὺσ ἄγων Τελαμῶνι δείξει μητρί τ’, Ἐριβοίᾳ λέγω, ὥσ σφιν γένηται γηροβοσκὸσ εἰσαεί, μέχρισ οὗ μυχοὺσ κίχωσι τοῦ κάτω θεοῦ, καὶ τἀμὰ τεύχη μήτ’ ἀγωνάρχαι τινὲσ θήσουσ’ Ἀχαιοῖσ μήθ’ ὁ λυμεὼν ἐμόσ. (Sophocles, Ajax, episode 3:12)
  • τοσοῦτον δή σ’ ἐπισκήπτω, τέκνον· (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 7:2)

Synonyms

  1. to make to lean upon

  2. to fall upon

  3. to denounce

Related

Derived

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

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