Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπιστρέφω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιστρέφω ἐπιστρέψω

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

Sense

  1. to turn about, turn round, wheel about
  2. to turn towards
  3. (intransitive) to turn oneself towards

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιστρέφω ἐπιστρέφεις ἐπιστρέφει
Dual ἐπιστρέφετον ἐπιστρέφετον
Plural ἐπιστρέφομεν ἐπιστρέφετε ἐπιστρέφουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιστρέφω ἐπιστρέφῃς ἐπιστρέφῃ
Dual ἐπιστρέφητον ἐπιστρέφητον
Plural ἐπιστρέφωμεν ἐπιστρέφητε ἐπιστρέφωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπιστρέφοιμι ἐπιστρέφοις ἐπιστρέφοι
Dual ἐπιστρέφοιτον ἐπιστρεφοίτην
Plural ἐπιστρέφοιμεν ἐπιστρέφοιτε ἐπιστρέφοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπιστρέφε ἐπιστρεφέτω
Dual ἐπιστρέφετον ἐπιστρεφέτων
Plural ἐπιστρέφετε ἐπιστρεφόντων, ἐπιστρεφέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιστρέφειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιστρεφων ἐπιστρεφοντος ἐπιστρεφουσα ἐπιστρεφουσης ἐπιστρεφον ἐπιστρεφοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπιστρέφομαι ἐπιστρέφει, ἐπιστρέφῃ ἐπιστρέφεται
Dual ἐπιστρέφεσθον ἐπιστρέφεσθον
Plural ἐπιστρεφόμεθα ἐπιστρέφεσθε ἐπιστρέφονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπιστρέφωμαι ἐπιστρέφῃ ἐπιστρέφηται
Dual ἐπιστρέφησθον ἐπιστρέφησθον
Plural ἐπιστρεφώμεθα ἐπιστρέφησθε ἐπιστρέφωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπιστρεφοίμην ἐπιστρέφοιο ἐπιστρέφοιτο
Dual ἐπιστρέφοισθον ἐπιστρεφοίσθην
Plural ἐπιστρεφοίμεθα ἐπιστρέφοισθε ἐπιστρέφοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπιστρέφου ἐπιστρεφέσθω
Dual ἐπιστρέφεσθον ἐπιστρεφέσθων
Plural ἐπιστρέφεσθε ἐπιστρεφέσθων, ἐπιστρεφέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπιστρέφεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπιστρεφομενος ἐπιστρεφομενου ἐπιστρεφομενη ἐπιστρεφομενης ἐπιστρεφομενον ἐπιστρεφομενου

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

  • οἱ μὲν ἐγέλων, οἱ δ’ ἐβλασφήμουν, ἐνίουσ δὲ καὶ πάνυ τὸ λεχθὲν ἐπέστρεφεν. (Plutarch, , chapter 16 6:2)
  • ἀλλὰ οὐ γὰρ δυνηθῆναι ὑπὸ δυσχωρίασ οὕτωσ ἐλάσαι ξὺν τῇ στρατιᾷ, ὅτι τὰ ἀπὸ δυσμῶν τῆσ πόλεωσ εἰσιόντι, εἰ ταύτῃ πρὸσ ἑώ ἐπέστρεφεν, ἑλώδη τε καὶ τεναγώδη ἦν. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 7, chapter 17 6:1)
  • ᾧ δὴ καὶ μάλιστα καταπλαγέντεσ οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι μετ’ αὐτοὺσ ἔφευγον, ἔστε καὶ τούσδε Μουρήνασ ὑπαντήσασ ἐπέστρεφεν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 5 5:5)
  • ἀπορῶν δ’ ἀγορᾶσ ἐσ Καππαδοκίαν ἔπεμπεν ἐπὶ σῖτον, καὶ ἐσ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ ἠκροβολίζετο, μέχρι, φευγόντων ποτὲ τῶν βασιλικῶν, ὁ Μιθριδάτησ ἀπὸ τοῦ χάρακοσ ἐπιδραμὼν καὶ ἐπιπλήξασ ἐπέστρεφεν αὐτούσ, καὶ Ῥωμαίουσ οὕτω κατεφόβησεν ὡσ ἄνω διὰ τῶν ὀρῶν φεύγοντασ οὐδ’ ἀποστάντων αἰσθέσθαι τῶν πολεμίων ἐσ πολύ, ἀλλ’ ἕκαστον ἡγεῖσθαι τὸν συμφεύγοντά οἱ καὶ ἐπιόντα ὄπισθεν εἶναι πολέμιον· (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 12 2:1)
  • περιελθὼν δὲ ταχέωσ Ἡρώδησ ἐκ τοῦ καθ’ ἑαυτὸν δεξιοῦ προσεβοήθει καὶ τὸ μὲν οἰκεῖον ἐπέστρεφεν ἐκ τῆσ φυγῆσ, τοῖσ δὲ διώκουσιν ἐμπίπτων ἀνέκοπτεν τὴν ὁρμὴν μέχρι τὰσ κατὰ στόμα προσβολὰσ μὴ φέροντεσ ἐξέκλιναν. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 442:2)

Synonyms

  1. to turn about

  2. to turn towards

  3. to turn oneself towards

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Derived

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