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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

  • τὰ μέγιστα δὲ καὶ ὧν ἕνεκα ἐπεθύμησα τῆσ αὐλητικῆσ, οὐχ ὁρῶ πῶσ ἂν ἀπ̓ αὐτῆσ μοι προσγένοιτο, ἡ δόξα ἡ παρὰ τῶν πολλῶν καὶ τὸ ἐπίσημον εἶναι ἐν πλήθεσι καὶ δείκνυσθαι τῷ δακτύλῳ, καὶ ἤν που φανῶ, εὐθὺσ ἐπιστρέφεσθαι πάντασ εἰσ ἐμὲ καὶ λέγειν τοὔνομα, οὗτοσ Ἁρμονίδησ ἐκεῖνόσ ἐστιν ὁ ἄριστοσ αὐλητήσ, ὥσπερ ὅτε καὶ σύ, ὦ Τιμόθεε, τὸ πρῶτον ἐλθὼν οἴκοθεν ἐκ Βοιωτίασ ὑπηύλησασ τῇ Πανδιονίδι καὶ ἐνίκησασ ἐν τῷ Αἰάντι τῷ ἐμμανεῖ, τοῦ ὁμωνύμου σοι ποιήσαντοσ τὸ μέλοσ, οὐδεὶσ ἦν ὃσ ἠγνόει τοὔνομα, Τιμόθεον ἐκ Θηβῶν· (Lucian, Harmonides 2:1)
  • ̔ ἀποδημοῦντα ἐπὶ τοῖσ ὁρ́οισ μὴ ἐπιστρέφεσθαι (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 77 1:4)
  • "μὴ ἐπιστρέφεσθαι ἐπὶ τοὺσ ὁρ́ουσ ἐλθόντασ," τουτέστι μέλλοντασ ἀποθνήσκειν καὶ τὸν ὁρ́ον τοῦ βίου πλησίον ὄντα ὁρῶντασ φέρειν εὐκόλωσ καὶ μὴ ἀθυμεῖν. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 17 6:4)
  • ποτὲ δὲ μήτ’ ἐλλείψεων ἐπιστρέφεσθαι καὶ ἀσαφειῶν μήτε σολοικίζοντασ αἰσχύνεσθαι τελέωσ ὅ τι ἂν ἐπίῃ λέγοντόσ ἐστιν. (Plutarch, De Stoicorum repugnantiis, section 28 3:1)
  • ὅσοισ δ’ οὔτε θεραπεύειν τὴν τῶν κρατούντων ἐξουσίαν βουλομένοισ ἦν οὔτε μηδενὸσ ἐπιστρέφεσθαι τῶν κοινῶν οὐδ’ ἐν ἀπράκτῳ ζῆν ἡσυχίᾳ καλὸν ἐδόκει, πολεμεῖν τ’ ἀνὰ κράτοσ οὐ ῥᾴδιον, ἐπεὶ καθαιρεθῆναι δυναστείαν τηλικαύτην ἀνόητον ἐφαίνετο εἶναι, κατέλιπον τὴν πόλιν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 22 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. to turn about

  2. to turn towards

  3. to turn oneself towards

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Derived

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