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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

  • ἀλλ̓ εἰ μὲν ἐγὼ ἔνδον εἰήν, ἅμα ἐμοὶ διατρίβει, καὶ προϊόντα ποι παραπέμπει, καὶ ἐπὶ γυμνάσιον ἰόντι ἐφομαρτεῖ, καὶ γυμναζομένῳ παρακάθηται, καὶ ἐπανιόντοσ πρόεισιν, θαμινὰ ἐπιστρεφομένη, ὡσ καταμανθάνειν μή πη ἄρα ἐξετράπην τῆσ ὁδοῦ· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 5 3:1)
  • ἡ δὲ ἄρα οὐ τοὺσ ἀδελφοὺσ ποθοῦσα τὰσ ἀσυνήθεισ ἐτόλμησεν ἐξελθεῖν ὁδούσ, ἀλλ’ ἔρωτι κρατουμένη τῶν ἀνεψιῶν ἑνόσ, ᾧ καθωμολόγητο ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸσ ἐπὶ γάμῳ, καὶ κρύπτουσα τὸ πάθοσ ἀπόρρητον ἐπειδὴ τῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ στρατοπέδου τινὸσ ἤκουσεν ἀπαγγέλλοντοσ τὰ περὶ τὴν μάχην, οὐκέτι κατέσχεν, ἀλλ’ ἐκλιποῦσα τὴν οἰκίαν ὥσπερ αἱ μαινάδεσ ἐφέρετο πρὸσ τὰσ πύλασ οὐδὲν ἐπιστρεφομένη τῆσ ἀνακαλούσησ τε καὶ μεταδιωκούσησ τροφοῦ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 3, chapter 21 4:1)
  • Καὶ ἤρα τοῦ Κράτητοσ καὶ τῶν λόγων καὶ τοῦ βίου, οὐδενὸσ τῶν μνηστευομένων ἐπιστρεφομένη, οὐ πλούτου, οὐκ εὐγενείασ, οὐ κάλλουσ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. z'. IPPARXIA 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. to turn about

  2. to turn towards

  3. to turn oneself towards

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Derived

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