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ἐπιστίλβω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιστίλβω

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

Sense

  1. to glisten on the surface

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιστίλβω ἐπιστίλβεις ἐπιστίλβει
Dual ἐπιστίλβετον ἐπιστίλβετον
Plural ἐπιστίλβομεν ἐπιστίλβετε ἐπιστίλβουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιστίλβω ἐπιστίλβῃς ἐπιστίλβῃ
Dual ἐπιστίλβητον ἐπιστίλβητον
Plural ἐπιστίλβωμεν ἐπιστίλβητε ἐπιστίλβωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπιστίλβοιμι ἐπιστίλβοις ἐπιστίλβοι
Dual ἐπιστίλβοιτον ἐπιστιλβοίτην
Plural ἐπιστίλβοιμεν ἐπιστίλβοιτε ἐπιστίλβοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπιστίλβε ἐπιστιλβέτω
Dual ἐπιστίλβετον ἐπιστιλβέτων
Plural ἐπιστίλβετε ἐπιστιλβόντων, ἐπιστιλβέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιστίλβειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιστιλβων ἐπιστιλβοντος ἐπιστιλβουσα ἐπιστιλβουσης ἐπιστιλβον ἐπιστιλβοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιστίλβομαι ἐπιστίλβει, ἐπιστίλβῃ ἐπιστίλβεται
Dual ἐπιστίλβεσθον ἐπιστίλβεσθον
Plural ἐπιστιλβόμεθα ἐπιστίλβεσθε ἐπιστίλβονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιστίλβωμαι ἐπιστίλβῃ ἐπιστίλβηται
Dual ἐπιστίλβησθον ἐπιστίλβησθον
Plural ἐπιστιλβώμεθα ἐπιστίλβησθε ἐπιστίλβωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπιστιλβοίμην ἐπιστίλβοιο ἐπιστίλβοιτο
Dual ἐπιστίλβοισθον ἐπιστιλβοίσθην
Plural ἐπιστιλβοίμεθα ἐπιστίλβοισθε ἐπιστίλβοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπιστίλβου ἐπιστιλβέσθω
Dual ἐπιστίλβεσθον ἐπιστιλβέσθων
Plural ἐπιστίλβεσθε ἐπιστιλβέσθων, ἐπιστιλβέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιστίλβεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιστιλβομενος ἐπιστιλβομενου ἐπιστιλβομενη ἐπιστιλβομενης ἐπιστιλβομενον ἐπιστιλβομενου

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

  • ὡσ τούσ γεἝλληνασ ὁρᾷσ ὁποῖοί εἰσι, χαρίεντεσ μὲν καὶ εὐπρόσωποι καὶ κατὰ τέχνην ἐσχηματισμένοι, λίθινοι δὲ ἢ χαλκοῖ ὅμωσ ἅπαντεσ ἢ οἵ γε πολυτελέστατοι αὐτῶν ἐλεφάντινοι ὀλίγον ὅσον τοῦ χρυσοῦ ἐπιστίλβον ἔχοντεσ, ὡσ ἐπικεχράνθαι καὶ ἐπηυγάσθαι μόνον, τὰ δὲ ἔνδον ὑπόξυλοι καὶ οὗτοι, μυῶν ἀγέλασ ὅλασ ἐμπολιτευομένασ σκέποντεσ· (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 8:1)

Derived

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

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