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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

  • ῥᾴδια γάρ, οἶμαι, τὰ μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ οὐδεὶσ ὑμῶν ἔτι ἐπιστρεφόμενοσ εἰσ τὴν εἴσοδον ἐξήταζεν εἰ ἀληθήσ ἐστι καὶ εἰ μὴ ἔλαθε καθ̓ ἣν οὐκ ἐχρῆν εἰσελθών, ἀλλ̓ ἠκολούθει τοῖσ τῶν προωδευκότων ἴχνεσι, καθάπερ τὰ πρόβατα πρὸσ τὸν ἡγούμενον, δέον ἐπὶ τῇ εἰσόδῳ καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἀρχὴν εὐθὺσ σκέψασθαι, εἴπερ εἰσιτητέον. (Lucian, 150:4)
  • περάσασ δὲ καὶ τόνδε, καὶ μέχρι Νίμιοσ ἑτέρου ποταμοῦ προελθών, Βρακάρων αὐτῷ φερομένην ἀγορὰν ἁρπασάντων ἐστράτευεν ἐπὶ τοὺσ Βρακάρουσ, οἵ εἰσιν ἔθνοσ μαχιμώτατον, καὶ ἅμα ταῖσ γυναιξὶν ὡπλισμέναισ καὶ οἵδε ἐμάχοντο, καὶ προθύμωσ ἔθνησκον, οὐκ ἐπιστρεφόμενοσ αὐτῶν οὐδείσ, οὐδὲ τὰ νῶτα δεικνύσ, οὐδὲ φωνὴν ἀφιέντεσ. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 12 4:2)
  • ἐὰν δὲ ὁ κυβερνήτησ καλέσῃ, τρέχε ἐπὶ τὸ πλοῖον ἀφεὶσ ἐκεῖνα ἅπαντα μηδὲ ἐπιστρεφόμενοσ. (Epictetus, Works, chapter 7 1:3)
  • ὁ δ’ ἐφ’ ἑκάτερον αὐτῶν ἐπιστρεφόμενοσ παρὰ μέροσ ἐνίκα. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 1, chapter 14 2:3)
  • τά τε τοῦ Ἀχιλλέωσ, ὑπόγυά οἱ τότε ὄντα μάλιστα, ἐσ τὴν μητέρα ὥσπερ ἐσ τὴν Θέτιν ἐπιστρεφόμενοσ ἔλεγεν· (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 3, chapter 2 5:7)

Synonyms

  1. to turn about

  2. to turn towards

  3. to turn oneself towards

Related

Derived

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