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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

  • καὶ ἐπιστρέψω πάντα τὸν λαὸν πρόσ σε, ὃν τρόπον ἐπιστρέφει ἡ νύμφη πρὸσ τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆσ. πλὴν ψυχὴν ἀνδρὸσ ἑνὸσ σὺ ζητεῖσ καὶ παντὶ τῷ λαῷ ἔσται εἰρήνη. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 17:3)
  • αὐτὸσ ἀνατέλλων ἐκεῖ πορεύεται πρὸσ νότον καὶ κυκλοῖ πρὸσ βορρᾶν. κυκλοῖ κυκλῶν, πορεύεται τὸ πνεῦμα, καὶ ἐπὶ κύκλουσ αὐτοῦ ἐπιστρέφει τὸ πνεῦμα. (Septuagint, Liber Ecclesiastes 1:6)
  • ἐπιστρέφει γοῦν ἑαυτὸν καὶ περιάγει καὶ ἐμπομπεύει τῷ κάλλει· (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 11:2)
  • εἶτα ἐκ τοῦ κόλπου προκομίσασα ῥόμβου ἐπιστρέφει ἐπῳδήν τινα λέγουσα ἐπιτρόχῳ τῇ γλώττῃ, βαρβαρικὰ καὶ φρικώδη ὀνόματα. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 5:3)
  • μόνιμοσ ἦν καὶ ἀκίνητοσ, ἐγγενόμενοσ δὲ τῇ ψυχῇ καὶ κρατήσασ εἰσ ἑαυτὸν ἐπιστρέφει καὶ συμπεραίνει τὴν ἐγκύκλιον φοράν, περὶ τὸ μένον ἀεὶ μάλιστα ψαύουσαν τοῦ ὄντοσ. (Plutarch, Compendium libri de animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 5 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. to turn about

  2. to turn towards

  3. to turn oneself towards

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Derived

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