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

  • ἐπεστρέφετο γοῦν εἰσ τοὐπίσω δακρύουσα καὶ μετ’ αἰδοῦσ πάνυ τὴν Ἀλήθειαν προσιοῦσαν ὑπέβλεπεν. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 5:9)
  • ὁ δὲ καὶ τοῖσ τείχεσιν αὐτοὺσ ἐπῆγε, καὶ ἐμάχετο γενναίωσ, μέχρι τῶν ἐλεφάντων τισ ἐσ τὴν κεφαλὴν λίθῳ μεγάλῳ καταπίπτοντι πληγεὶσ ἠγριώθη τε, καὶ ἐκβοήσασ μέγιστον ἐσ τοὺσ φίλουσ ἐπεστρέφετο, καὶ ἀνῄρει τὸν ἐν ποσίν, οὐ διακρίνων ἔτι φίλιον ἢ πολέμιον. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 9 3:6)
  • Οὐετίλιοσ μὲν δὴ αὐτὸν διώκων ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὴν Τριβόλαν, ὁ δ’ Οὐρίατθοσ ἐν λόχμαισ ἐνέδραν ἐπικρύψασ ἔφυγε, μέχρι τὰσ λόχμασ ὑπερελθόντοσ τοῦ Οὐετιλίου αὐτόσ τε ἐπεστρέφετο καὶ οἱ ἐκ τῆσ ἐνέδρασ ἀνεπήδων, καὶ Ῥωμαίουσ ἑκατέρωθεν ἔκτεινόν τε καὶ ἐζώγρουν καὶ ἐσ τὰσ φάραγγασ ἐώθουν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 11 3:2)
  • ἃ γὰρ οὗτοσ ἐθαύμαζεν, τούτων οὐδενὸσ εἶχεν ἐκεῖνοσ ἐξουσίαν, ὧν δ’ εἶχεν ἐκεῖνοσ οὐκ ἐπεστρέφετο οὗτοσ· (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 14:2)
  • τὸ δὲ ἀνδρείκελον ἐκ μηχανῆσ ἐπεστρέφετο πάντῃ, καὶ σφαγαὶ τρεῖσ καὶ εἴκοσιν ὤφθησαν ἀνά τε τὸ σῶμα πᾶν καὶ ἀνὰ τὸ πρόσωπον θηριωδῶσ ἐσ αὐτὸν γενόμεναι. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 20 5:3)

Synonyms

  1. to turn about

  2. to turn towards

  3. to turn oneself towards

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Derived

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