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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

  • οὗτοσ δὲ οὐδὲ οὕτωσ ἐπιστρέφεται πρὸσ ἐμέ, ἀλλὰ πρὸσ τὸν ἐρώμενον βλέπει, τί, ὦ θεοί, χρηστὸν παρ’ αὐτοῦ λήψεσθαι προσδοκῶν, ὃν οἶδε τοῦ τρίβωνοσ οὐδὲν πλέον ἔχοντα; (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 29:4)
  • ἣ μὲν ἔσω καταβήσεται, ἣ δὲ θύραζε ἔρχεται, οὐδέ ποτ’ ἀμφοτέρασ δόμοσ ἐντὸσ ἐέργει, ἀλλ’ αἰεὶ ἑτέρη γε δόμων ἔκτοσθεν ἐοῦσα γαῖαν ἐπιστρέφεται, ἣ δ’ αὖ δόμου ἐντὸσ ἐοῦσα μίμνει τὴν αὐτῆσ ὡρ́ην ὁδοῦ, ἔστ’ ἂν ἵκηται, ἣ μὲν ἐπιχθονίοισι φάοσ πολυδερκὲσ ἔχουσα, ἣ δ’ Ὕπνον μετὰ χερσί, κασίγνητον Θανάτοιο. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 70:5)
  • τῶν δ’ ἄλλων, ὅσοι ἐν τῷ τῶν δώδεκα θεῶν ἀριθμῷ τεταγμένοι θεοὶ ἄρχοντεσ ἡγοῦνται κατὰ τάξιν, ἣν ἕκαστοσ ἐτάχθη, πολλαὶ μὲν οὖν καὶ μακάριαι θέαι τε καὶ ἔξοδοι ἐντὸσ οὐρανοῦ, ἃσ θεῶν γένοσ εὐδαιμόνων ἐπιστρέφεται, πράττων ἕκαστοσ δι’ αὑτοῦ τὰ αὐτῶν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 7 3:6)
  • ἣ δ’ ἄλκιμον ἦτορ ἔχουσα πάντη ἐπιστρέφεται θηρῶν ὀλέκουσα γενέθλην. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:3)
  • Νῦν ὅτε μηδὲν Ἄλεξισ ὅσον μόνον εἶφ’ ὅτι καλόσ, ὦπται καὶ πάντη πᾶσ τισ ἐπιστρέφεται. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 16)
  • καὶ ἀγαθὴ καὶ λόγον ἔχουσα τοῦ κόσμου κίνησισ ἐπιστρέφεταί τε καὶ προσάγεται καὶ μαλακωτέραν ποιεῖ, πείθουσα τὴν σκληρὰν ἐκείνην καὶ τυφώνειον, εἶτ’ αὖθισ ἀνασχεθεῖσα εἰσ ἑαυτὴν ἀνέστρεψε καὶ κατέδυσεν εἰσ τὴν ἀπειρίαν. (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 62 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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