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.
- Καὶ τούτου θανόντοσ ἀδελφοπρεπῶσ, τὸν τέταρτον ἐπεσπῶντο λέγοντεσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 10:12)
- αὖθισ οὖν τὰσ χεῖρασ ὀρέγοντεσ εἰσ Μακεδονίαν ἐπεσπῶντο καὶ κατῆγον ἐπὶ τὰσ Ἑλληνικὰσ πράξεισ τὸν Φίλιππον, οὐχ ἥκιστα διὰ τὴν πρὸσ τὸν Ἄρατον εὔνοιαν αὐτοῦ καὶ πίστιν ἐλπίζοντεσ εὐκόλῳ περὶ πάντα χρήσεσθαι καὶ χειροήθει. (Plutarch, Aratus, chapter 47 4:1)
- τὸν δ’ Ἄππιον ἐπεσπῶντο καὶ τούτῳ τὴν πόλιν ἐνεχείριζον. (Polybius, Histories, book 1, chapter 11 4:2)
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)
