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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

  • ἀμέλει κἂν ἀπάγῃ τισ αὐτοὺσ μετὰ βίασ, ἀνακωκύουσι καὶ ἱκετεύουσι, καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ὄντεσ θρασεῖσ, δειλοὶ πρὸσ ταύτην εὑρίσκονται τὴν ἐπὶ τὸν Αἳδην φέρουσαν ὁδὸν ἐπιστρέφονται γοῦν εἰσ τοὐπίσω καὶ ὥσπερ οἱ δυσέρωτεσ κἂν πόρρωθεν ἀποβλέπειν τὰ ἐν τῷ φωτὶ βούλονται, οἱᾶ ὁ μάταιοσ ἐκεῖνοσ ἐποίει καὶ παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἀποδιδράσκων κἀνταῦθὰ σε καταλιπαρῶν. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 14:13)
  • "ἔρωτεσ γὰρ ἔτι πολλοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐπιστρέφονται, ψυχαῖσ δ’ ὁμιλοῦντεσ οὐκ εὐφυῶσ οὐδ’ ἑτοίμωσ πρὸσ μουσικὴν ἐχούσαισ, ἄναυλοι μὲν καὶ ἄλυροι λάλοι δ’ οὐδὲν ἧττόν εἰσι καὶ διάπυροι τῶν παλαιῶν· (Plutarch, De Pythiae oraculis, section 238)
  • ὅτι νυκτὸσ καὶ ἡμέρασ ἀπολαύοντεσ καὶ μεταβολῶν τοῦ ἔτουσ καὶ ἄστρων καὶ θαλάσσησ καὶ γῆσ καὶ τῆσ παρ’ ἀνθρώπων συνεργ[ε]ίασ ὑπ’ οὐδενὸσ τούτων οὐδὲ κατὰ ποσὸν ἐπιστρέφονται, ἀλλὰ μόνον ἐξεμέσαι τὸ προβλημάτιον ζητοῦσι καὶ τὸν στόμαχον γυμνάσαντεσ ἀπελθεῖν εἰσ βαλανεῖον. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 33:1)
  • πρὸσ δὲ τοὺσ περὶ τὰ ὀνείρατα ἐπτοημένουσ ἔλεγεν ὡσ ὑπὲρ ὧν μὲν πράττουσιν ὕπαρ, οὐκ ἐπιστρέφονται, ὑπὲρ ὧν δὲ καθεύδοντεσ φαντασιοῦνται, πολυπραγμονοῦσιν. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. b'. DIOGENHS 24:1)
  • ἀλλ’ οὔτ’ ἐκεῖνοι τῶν ὄνων ἐπιστρέφονται, οὔτ’ ἐγὼ ἐκείνων. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. b'. DIOGENHS 39:6)
  • ἐπιστρέφονταί μου αἱ ὀδύναι, ᾤχετό μου ἡ ἐλπὶσ ὥσπερ πνεῦμα καὶ ὥσπερ νέφοσ ἡ σωτηρία μου. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 30:15)
  • εἰ γὰρ μὴ ἐπιστρέφονταί μου, τί ἐμοὶ καὶ αὐτοῖσ; (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 13:2)

Synonyms

  1. to turn about

  2. to turn towards

  3. to turn oneself towards

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Derived

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