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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

Present tense

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
Participle		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
Participle		ἐπισπωμενος ἐπισπωμενου	ἐπισπωμενη ἐπισπωμενης	ἐπισπωμενον ἐπισπωμενου

Imperfect tense

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

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

ἢ γὰρ ὡσ ἐπισεμνυνόμενοι προσποιοῦνται τὴν συγγένειαν ἢ κοινωνοὺσ ἡμᾶσ ἐπισπῶνται τῆσ αὑτῶν κακοδοξίασ. (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 34:2)
ὅσον ἂν οὖν εἰσ τὴν κοιλότητα διαστελλομένων αὐτῶν αἵματοσ μεταληφθῇ, τούτου τὸ οἰκειότατόν τε καὶ μάλιστα τρέφειν δυνάμενον οἱ χιτῶνεσ αὐτοὶ τῶν ἀγγείων ἐπισπῶνται. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 155)
ἀτμὸν οὖν ἕλκουσαι καὶ πνεῦμα καὶ λεπτὸν αἷμα κατὰ τὰσ διαστάσεισ αἱ ἀρτηρίαι τῶν κατὰ τὴν κοιλίαν καὶ τὰ ἔντερα περιεχομένων χυμῶν ἢ οὐδ’ ὅλωσ ἢ παντάπασιν ἐπισπῶνται βραχύ. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 1544)
Ἐνίοτε δὲ καὶ ὠμὰ ἐπισπῶνται ἀπὸ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ καὶ τοῦ περὶ τὸν θώρηκα τόπου χολώδεα‧ ἀγρυπνίαι τε ξυνεμπίπτουσιν αὐτέοισι, δι’ ἃσ οὐ πέσσεται ἡ νοῦσοσ, περίλυποί τε καὶ πικροὶ γίγνονται, καὶ παραφρονέουσι, καὶ μαρμαρυγώδεα σφέων τὰ ὄμματα, καὶ αἱ ἀκοαὶ ἤχου μεσταὶ, καὶ τὰ ἀκρωτήρια κατεψυγμένα, καὶ οὖρα ἄπεπτα, καὶ πτύσματα λεπτὰ καὶ ἁλυκὰ καὶ κεχρωσμένα ἀκρήτῳ χρώματι σμικρὰ, καὶ ἱδρῶτεσ περὶ τὸν τράχηλον, καὶ διαπορήματα, καὶ πνεῦμα προσπταῖον ἐν τῇ ἄνω φορῇ πυκνὸν ἢ μέγα λίην, ὀφρύεσ δεινώσιοσ μετέχουσαι, λειποψυχώδεα πονηρὰ, καὶ τῶν ἱματίων ἀποῤῬίψιεσ ἀπὸ τοῦ στήθεοσ, καὶ χεῖρεσ τρομώδεεσ, ἐνίοτε δὲ καὶ χεῖλοσ τὸ κάτω σείεται. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 11.9)
Ὁκόταν ἀλγήματα προγένηται, μελαίνησ χολῆσ καὶ δριμέων Ῥευμάτων ἐπιῤῬύσιεσ γίγνονται‧ ἀλγέει δὲ τὰ ἐντὸσ δακνόμενοσ‧ δηχθεῖσαι δὲ καὶ λίην ξηραὶ γενόμεναι αἱ φλέβεσ ἐντείνονταί τε καὶ φλεγμαίνουσαι ἐπισπῶνται τὰ ἐπιῤῬέοντα‧ ὅθεν διαφθαρέντοσ τοῦ αἵματοσ, καὶ τῶν πνευμάτων οὐ δυναμένων ἐν αὐτῷ τὰσ κατὰ φύσιν ὁδοὺσ βαδίζειν, καταψύξιέσ τε γίγνονται ὑπὸ τῆσ στάσιοσ, καὶ σκοτώσιεσ, καὶ ἀφωνίη, καὶ καρηβαρίη, καὶ σπασμοὶ, ἢν ἤδη ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίην ἢ τὸ ἧπαρ ἢ ἐπὶ τὴν φλέβα ἔλθῃ‧ ἔνθεν ἐπίληπτοι γίγνονται ἢ παραπλῆγεσ, ἢν ἐσ τοὺσ περιέχοντασ τόπουσ ἐμπέσῃ τὰ Ῥεύματα, καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν πνευμάτων οὐ δυναμένων διεξιέναι καταξηρανθῇ. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 5.1)

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)

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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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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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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