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ἐπισπένδω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπισπένδω ἐπισπείσω

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

Sense

  1. to pour upon or over, to make a libation
  2. to make a fresh treaty

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπισπένδω ἐπισπένδεις ἐπισπένδει
Dual ἐπισπένδετον ἐπισπένδετον
Plural ἐπισπένδομεν ἐπισπένδετε ἐπισπένδουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπισπένδω ἐπισπένδῃς ἐπισπένδῃ
Dual ἐπισπένδητον ἐπισπένδητον
Plural ἐπισπένδωμεν ἐπισπένδητε ἐπισπένδωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπισπένδοιμι ἐπισπένδοις ἐπισπένδοι
Dual ἐπισπένδοιτον ἐπισπενδοίτην
Plural ἐπισπένδοιμεν ἐπισπένδοιτε ἐπισπένδοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπισπένδε ἐπισπενδέτω
Dual ἐπισπένδετον ἐπισπενδέτων
Plural ἐπισπένδετε ἐπισπενδόντων, ἐπισπενδέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπισπένδειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπισπενδων ἐπισπενδοντος ἐπισπενδουσα ἐπισπενδουσης ἐπισπενδον ἐπισπενδοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπισπένδομαι ἐπισπένδει, ἐπισπένδῃ ἐπισπένδεται
Dual ἐπισπένδεσθον ἐπισπένδεσθον
Plural ἐπισπενδόμεθα ἐπισπένδεσθε ἐπισπένδονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπισπένδωμαι ἐπισπένδῃ ἐπισπένδηται
Dual ἐπισπένδησθον ἐπισπένδησθον
Plural ἐπισπενδώμεθα ἐπισπένδησθε ἐπισπένδωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπισπενδοίμην ἐπισπένδοιο ἐπισπένδοιτο
Dual ἐπισπένδοισθον ἐπισπενδοίσθην
Plural ἐπισπενδοίμεθα ἐπισπένδοισθε ἐπισπένδοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπισπένδου ἐπισπενδέσθω
Dual ἐπισπένδεσθον ἐπισπενδέσθων
Plural ἐπισπένδεσθε ἐπισπενδέσθων, ἐπισπενδέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπισπένδεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπισπενδομενος ἐπισπενδομενου ἐπισπενδομενη ἐπισπενδομενης ἐπισπενδομενον ἐπισπενδομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπέσπενδον ἐπέσπενδες ἐπέσπενδεν*
Dual ἐπεσπένδετον ἐπεσπενδέτην
Plural ἐπεσπένδομεν ἐπεσπένδετε ἐπέσπενδον
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπεσπενδόμην ἐπεσπένδου ἐπεσπένδετο
Dual ἐπεσπένδεσθον ἐπεσπενδέσθην
Plural ἐπεσπενδόμεθα ἐπεσπένδεσθε ἐπεσπένδοντο

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

  • τοιαῖσδ’ ἐπ’ εὐχαῖσ τάσδ’ ἐπισπένδω χοάσ. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode 5:1)
  • τί δ’ οὐκ ἀθρόαν αὐτὴν ταύτην ἀποδίδωσ, κατὰ μέροσ δ’ ἐπισπένδω τοὐμὸν αἷμα τοῖσ μιαιφονηθεῖσιν; (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 13 390:2)

Synonyms

  1. to pour upon or over

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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