ἐπισπάω
α-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἐπισπάω
ἐπισπάσω
Structure:
ἐπι
(Prefix)
+
σπά
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to draw or drag after, by, having dragged, to bring on, cause
- to pull to, being drawn tight
- to attract, gain, win
- to draw on, allure, persuade, induce
- returning with a rush
- to become uncircumcised
Conjugation
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.
- ἡ μὲν οὖν ἁρμάμαξα, τοιαύτην ἔχουσα τὴν κατασκευὴν καὶ διὰ τῆσ ὁράσεωσ μᾶλλον ἢ τῆσ ἀπαγγελίασ φαινομένη μεγαλοπρεπεστέρα, πολλοὺσ ἐπεσπᾶτο θεωροὺσ διὰ τὴν περιβόητον δόξαν· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 18, chapter 28 1:1)
- Τοιαῦτα λέγων καὶ παράπαν ἐμφαίνων τὸ τῆσ ψυχῆσ ἐλευθέριον οὐ μετρίωσ ἐπεσπᾶτο τὸν Καίσαρα φιλότιμον ὄντα καὶ λαμπρόν, ὥστ’ αὐτῷ τὰσ τῶν ἐγκλημάτων αἰτίασ σύστασιν ἤδη τῆσ πρὸσ ἐκεῖνον εὐνοίασ πραγματεύεσθαι. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 15 234:1)
- τὸ γὰρ ἄπιστον τῆσ διαβολῆσ καὶ τὸ περὶ τοὺσ νεανίσκουσ ἐν ἀκμῇ καὶ κάλλει σωμάτων ἐλεεινὸν ἐπεσπᾶτο βοήθειαν· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 16 140:1)
Synonyms
-
to draw or drag after
-
to pull to
- σπάω (to draw tight, pull)
-
to attract
-
to draw on
- προάγω (to lead on, induce, persuade)
-
returning with a rush
Derived
- ἀνασπάω (to draw up, pull up, he drew his)
- ἀποσπάω (to tear or drag away from, to tear, from)
- διασπάω (to tear asunder, part forcibly, to tear down)
- ἐκσπάω (to draw out, having drawn, their)
- ἐξανασπάω (to tear away from, to tear up from)
- κατασπάω (to draw or pull down, to haul, down to the sea)
- μετασπάω (to draw over from one side to another)
- παρασπάω (to draw forcibly aside, wrest aside, to detach)
- περισπάω (I draw off from around, strip off, I strip myself of)
- σπάω (to draw, to be drawn, having their)
- συνανασπάω (to draw up together)
- συνεπισπάω (to draw on together, to draw on along with one)
- συσπάω (to draw together, draw up, contract)
- ὑποσπάω (to draw away from under, to withdraw secretly, withdrew)