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ἐπιστηρίζω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιστηρίζω ἐπιστηρίξω

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

Sense

  1. to make to lean on, to lean upon

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιστηρίζω ἐπιστηρίζεις ἐπιστηρίζει
Dual ἐπιστηρίζετον ἐπιστηρίζετον
Plural ἐπιστηρίζομεν ἐπιστηρίζετε ἐπιστηρίζουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιστηρίζω ἐπιστηρίζῃς ἐπιστηρίζῃ
Dual ἐπιστηρίζητον ἐπιστηρίζητον
Plural ἐπιστηρίζωμεν ἐπιστηρίζητε ἐπιστηρίζωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπιστηρίζοιμι ἐπιστηρίζοις ἐπιστηρίζοι
Dual ἐπιστηρίζοιτον ἐπιστηριζοίτην
Plural ἐπιστηρίζοιμεν ἐπιστηρίζοιτε ἐπιστηρίζοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπιστήριζε ἐπιστηριζέτω
Dual ἐπιστηρίζετον ἐπιστηριζέτων
Plural ἐπιστηρίζετε ἐπιστηριζόντων, ἐπιστηριζέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιστηρίζειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιστηριζων ἐπιστηριζοντος ἐπιστηριζουσα ἐπιστηριζουσης ἐπιστηριζον ἐπιστηριζοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιστηρίζομαι ἐπιστηρίζει, ἐπιστηρίζῃ ἐπιστηρίζεται
Dual ἐπιστηρίζεσθον ἐπιστηρίζεσθον
Plural ἐπιστηριζόμεθα ἐπιστηρίζεσθε ἐπιστηρίζονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιστηρίζωμαι ἐπιστηρίζῃ ἐπιστηρίζηται
Dual ἐπιστηρίζησθον ἐπιστηρίζησθον
Plural ἐπιστηριζώμεθα ἐπιστηρίζησθε ἐπιστηρίζωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπιστηριζοίμην ἐπιστηρίζοιο ἐπιστηρίζοιτο
Dual ἐπιστηρίζοισθον ἐπιστηριζοίσθην
Plural ἐπιστηριζοίμεθα ἐπιστηρίζοισθε ἐπιστηρίζοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπιστηρίζου ἐπιστηριζέσθω
Dual ἐπιστηρίζεσθον ἐπιστηριζέσθων
Plural ἐπιστηρίζεσθε ἐπιστηριζέσθων, ἐπιστηριζέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιστηρίζεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιστηριζομενος ἐπιστηριζομενου ἐπιστηριζομενη ἐπιστηριζομενης ἐπιστηριζομενον ἐπιστηριζομενου

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

  • "δράκοντα ἤδη, ὡσ φήσ, γεγηρακότα, ἢ σκίπωνα ἔχων ἐκεῖνοσ ἐπεστηρίζετο; (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 12:2)
  • εἶχεν σκίπωνί τε ἐπεστηρίζετο χρυσᾶσ ἕλικασ ἐμπεπαισμένῳ χρυσοῖσ τε ἀνασπαστοῖσ ἐπέσφιγγε τῶν βλαυτῶν τοὺσ ἀναγωγέασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 62 3:2)
  • βακτηρίᾳ δ’ ἐπεστηρίζετο ἀσθενήσασ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. b'. DIOGENHS 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. to make to lean on

Derived

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

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