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ἐπισπάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπισπάω ἐπισπάσω

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

Sense

  1. to draw or drag after, by, having dragged, to bring on, cause
  2. to pull to, being drawn tight
  3. to attract, gain, win
  4. to draw on, allure, persuade, induce
  5. returning with a rush
  6. to become uncircumcised

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπίσπω ἐπίσπᾳς ἐπίσπᾳ
Dual ἐπίσπᾱτον ἐπίσπᾱτον
Plural ἐπίσπωμεν ἐπίσπᾱτε ἐπίσπωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπίσπω ἐπίσπῃς ἐπίσπῃ
Dual ἐπίσπητον ἐπίσπητον
Plural ἐπίσπωμεν ἐπίσπητε ἐπίσπωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπίσπῳμι ἐπίσπῳς ἐπίσπῳ
Dual ἐπίσπῳτον ἐπισπῷτην
Plural ἐπίσπῳμεν ἐπίσπῳτε ἐπίσπῳεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπίσπᾱ ἐπισπᾶτω
Dual ἐπίσπᾱτον ἐπισπᾶτων
Plural ἐπίσπᾱτε ἐπισπῶντων, ἐπισπᾶτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπίσπᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπισπων ἐπισπωντος ἐπισπωσα ἐπισπωσης ἐπισπων ἐπισπωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπίσπωμαι ἐπίσπᾳ ἐπίσπᾱται
Dual ἐπίσπᾱσθον ἐπίσπᾱσθον
Plural ἐπισπῶμεθα ἐπίσπᾱσθε ἐπίσπωνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπίσπωμαι ἐπίσπῃ ἐπίσπηται
Dual ἐπίσπησθον ἐπίσπησθον
Plural ἐπισπώμεθα ἐπίσπησθε ἐπίσπωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπισπῷμην ἐπίσπῳο ἐπίσπῳτο
Dual ἐπίσπῳσθον ἐπισπῷσθην
Plural ἐπισπῷμεθα ἐπίσπῳσθε ἐπίσπῳντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπίσπω ἐπισπᾶσθω
Dual ἐπίσπᾱσθον ἐπισπᾶσθων
Plural ἐπίσπᾱσθε ἐπισπᾶσθων, ἐπισπᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπίσπᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπισπωμενος ἐπισπωμενου ἐπισπωμενη ἐπισπωμενης ἐπισπωμενον ἐπισπωμενου

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

  • ἤδη καὶ ταῦτα ποιῶν ἐπισπᾷ τὴν νόσον καὶ ὑπομιμνήσκεισ τὸ πάθοσ. (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 32:11)
  • ὅτι γὰρ ἱέμενοσ ῥεῖ καὶ ἐφιέμενοσ τῶν πραγμάτων, καὶ οὕτω δὴ ἐπισπᾷ σφόδρα τὴν ψυχὴν διὰ τὴν ἕσιν τῆσ ῥοῆσ, ἀπὸ ταύτησ οὖν πάσησ τῆσ δυνάμεωσ "ἵμεροσ" ἐκλήθη. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 222:1)

Synonyms

  1. to draw or drag after

  2. to pull to

  3. to attract

  4. to draw on

  5. returning with a rush

Derived

Similar forms

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

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