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ἐπισπάω

α-contract Verb;

Transliteration:

Principal Part:

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

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐπίσπω	ἐπίσπᾳς	ἐπίσπᾳ
Dual		ἐπίσπᾱτον	ἐπίσπᾱτον
Plural	ἐπίσπωμεν	ἐπίσπᾱτε	ἐπίσπωσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐπίσπω	ἐπίσπῃς	ἐπίσπῃ
Dual		ἐπίσπητον	ἐπίσπητον
Plural	ἐπίσπωμεν	ἐπίσπητε	ἐπίσπωσιν*
Optative	Singular	ἐπίσπῳμι	ἐπίσπῳς	ἐπίσπῳ
Dual		ἐπίσπῳτον	ἐπισπῷτην
Plural	ἐπίσπῳμεν	ἐπίσπῳτε	ἐπίσπῳεν
Imperative	Singular		ἐπίσπᾱ	ἐπισπᾶτω
Dual		ἐπίσπᾱτον	ἐπισπᾶτων
Plural		ἐπίσπᾱτε	ἐπισπῶντων, ἐπισπᾶτωσαν
Infinitive	ἐπίσπᾱν
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἐπισπων ἐπισπωντος	ἐπισπωσα ἐπισπωσης	ἐπισπων ἐπισπωντος
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐπίσπωμαι	ἐπίσπᾳ	ἐπίσπᾱται
Dual		ἐπίσπᾱσθον	ἐπίσπᾱσθον
Plural	ἐπισπῶμεθα	ἐπίσπᾱσθε	ἐπίσπωνται
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐπίσπωμαι	ἐπίσπῃ	ἐπίσπηται
Dual		ἐπίσπησθον	ἐπίσπησθον
Plural	ἐπισπώμεθα	ἐπίσπησθε	ἐπίσπωνται
Optative	Singular	ἐπισπῷμην	ἐπίσπῳο	ἐπίσπῳτο
Dual		ἐπίσπῳσθον	ἐπισπῷσθην
Plural	ἐπισπῷμεθα	ἐπίσπῳσθε	ἐπίσπῳντο
Imperative	Singular		ἐπίσπω	ἐπισπᾶσθω
Dual		ἐπίσπᾱσθον	ἐπισπᾶσθων
Plural		ἐπίσπᾱσθε	ἐπισπᾶσθων, ἐπισπᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive	ἐπίσπᾱσθαι
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἐπισπωμενος ἐπισπωμενου	ἐπισπωμενη ἐπισπωμενης	ἐπισπωμενον ἐπισπωμενου

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ἐπισπῶντων, ἐπισπᾶτωσαν

Infinitive

ἐπίσπᾱν

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἐπισπων ἐπισπωντος

ἐπισπωσα ἐπισπωσης

ἐπισπων ἐπισπωντος

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ἐπισπᾶσθων, ἐπισπᾶσθωσαν

Infinitive

ἐπίσπᾱσθαι

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἐπισπωμενος ἐπισπωμενου

ἐπισπωμενη ἐπισπωμενης

ἐπισπωμενον ἐπισπωμενου

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐπε͂σπων	ἐπε͂σπᾱς	ἐπε͂σπᾱν*
Dual		ἐπέσπᾱτον	ἐπεσπᾶτην
Plural	ἐπέσπωμεν	ἐπέσπᾱτε	ἐπε͂σπων
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐπεσπῶμην	ἐπέσπω	ἐπέσπᾱτο
Dual		ἐπέσπᾱσθον	ἐπεσπᾶσθην
Plural	ἐπεσπῶμεθα	ἐπέσπᾱσθε	ἐπέσπωντο

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Examples

ἕνα ἕκαστον τῶν Ἑβραίων ἐπισπᾶσθαι, καὶ κρεῶν ὑείων καὶ εἰδωλοθύτων ἀναγκάζειν ἀπογεύεσθαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 5:2)
ὥστε κἀκεῖνον ἐννοήσαντα παραχρῆμα μὲν οἴκαδε τραπέσθαι καὶ βοᾶν πρὸσ τοὺσ φίλουσ, ἀπαγαγόντα τοῦ τραχήλου τὸ ἱμάτιον, ὡσ ἕτοιμοσ εἰή τῷ βουλομένῳ τὴν σφαγὴν παρέχειν, ὕστερον δὲ προφασίζεσθαι τὴν νόσον οὐ γὰρ ἐθέλειν τὴν αἴσθησιν ἀτρεμεῖν τῶν οὕτωσ ἐχόντων, ὅταν ἱστάμενοι διαλέγωνται πρὸσ ὄχλον, ἀλλὰ σειομένην ταχὺ καὶ περιφερομένην ἰλίγγουσ ἐπισπᾶσθαι καὶ καταλαμβάνεσθαι. (Plutarch, Caesar, chapter 60 4:1)
τοῦτο δέ, αἱ σικύαι προσβαλλόμεναι ἐξ εὐρέοσ ἐσ στενώτερον συνηγμέναι πρὸσ τοῦτο τετέχνηνται, πρὸσ τὸ ἕλκειν ἐκ τῆσ σαρκὸσ καὶ ἐπισπᾶσθαι, ἄλλα τε πολλὰ τοιουτότροπα. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, , xxii.8)
τὰ γὰρ ἀποπαλλόμενα σμικρὰ σώματα τῆσ ἡρακλείασ λίθου τοιούτοισ ἑτέροισ περιπλέκεσθαι μορίοισ τοῦ σιδήρου κἄπειτα διὰ τῆσ περιπλοκῆσ ταύτησ μηδαμοῦ φαινομένησ ἐπισπᾶσθαι βαρεῖαν οὕτωσ οὐσίαν οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπωσ ἄν τισ πεισθείη. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 1417)
ἡμεῖσ δ’ ἐπειδή, καίτοι φεύγοντεσ ἀντιλέγειν τοῖσ ἐν αὐταῖσ ταῖσ ἀρχαῖσ εὐθὺσ ἐσφαλμένοισ, ὅμωσ ἠναγκάσθημεν ὑπ’ αὐτῆσ τῶν πραγμάτων τῆσ ἀκολουθίασ εἰπεῖν τινα καὶ διαλεχθῆναι πρὸσ αὐτούσ, ἔτι καὶ τοῦτο προσθήσομεν τοῖσ εἰρημένοισ, ὡσ οὐ μόνον τὰ καθαίροντα φάρμακα πέφυκεν ἐπισπᾶσθαι τὰσ οἰκείασ ποιότητασ ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ τοὺσ σκόλοπασ ἀνάγοντα καὶ τὰσ τῶν βελῶν ἀκίδασ εἰσ πολὺ βάθοσ σαρκὸσ ἐμπεπαρμένασ ἐνίοτε. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 1464)

Synonyms

to draw or drag after
- ἐξέλκω (to draw or drag out)
to pull to
- σπάω (to draw tight, pull)
to attract
- αἱρέω (to win, gain)
- ἐπικτάομαι (to gain or win besides)
- θιγγάνω (to reach, gain, win)
- ἀναλαμβάνω (to gain quite over, win over)
to draw on
- προάγω (to lead on, induce, persuade)
returning with a rush
- ἐφορμαίνω (to rush on)
- εἰσφέρω (to rush in)
- προσορμάω (to rush on)
- προσρέω (to rush up to)
- ἀναλύω (to return)
- ἐξαπονέομαι (to return out of)

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)

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

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ἐπισπάω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to draw or drag after

to pull to

to attract

to draw on

returning with a rush

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ἐπισπάω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to draw or drag after

to pull to

to attract

to draw on

returning with a rush

Derived

Similar forms

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