Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπισχύω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπισχύω ἐπισχύσω

Structure: ἐπ (Prefix) + ἰσχύ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to make strong or powerful
  2. to prevail, be urgent

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπισχύω ἐπισχύεις ἐπισχύει
Dual ἐπισχύετον ἐπισχύετον
Plural ἐπισχύομεν ἐπισχύετε ἐπισχύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπισχύω ἐπισχύῃς ἐπισχύῃ
Dual ἐπισχύητον ἐπισχύητον
Plural ἐπισχύωμεν ἐπισχύητε ἐπισχύωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπισχύοιμι ἐπισχύοις ἐπισχύοι
Dual ἐπισχύοιτον ἐπισχυοίτην
Plural ἐπισχύοιμεν ἐπισχύοιτε ἐπισχύοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπίσχυε ἐπισχυέτω
Dual ἐπισχύετον ἐπισχυέτων
Plural ἐπισχύετε ἐπισχυόντων, ἐπισχυέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπισχύειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπισχυων ἐπισχυοντος ἐπισχυουσα ἐπισχυουσης ἐπισχυον ἐπισχυοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπισχύομαι ἐπισχύει, ἐπισχύῃ ἐπισχύεται
Dual ἐπισχύεσθον ἐπισχύεσθον
Plural ἐπισχυόμεθα ἐπισχύεσθε ἐπισχύονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπισχύωμαι ἐπισχύῃ ἐπισχύηται
Dual ἐπισχύησθον ἐπισχύησθον
Plural ἐπισχυώμεθα ἐπισχύησθε ἐπισχύωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπισχυοίμην ἐπισχύοιο ἐπισχύοιτο
Dual ἐπισχύοισθον ἐπισχυοίσθην
Plural ἐπισχυοίμεθα ἐπισχύοισθε ἐπισχύοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπισχύου ἐπισχυέσθω
Dual ἐπισχύεσθον ἐπισχυέσθων
Plural ἐπισχύεσθε ἐπισχυέσθων, ἐπισχυέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπισχύεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπισχυομενος ἐπισχυομενου ἐπισχυομενη ἐπισχυομενης ἐπισχυομενον ἐπισχυομενου

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

  • τῆσ δὲ φλογὸσ ἐπισχυούσησ ὀλίγοι μὲν κατασβέσαντεσ ἐπανῆλθον σὺν τοῖσ σκάφεσιν, οἱ πλεῖστοι δὲ καιομένων τῶν ἀκατίων ἐξεκολύμβησαν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 86 4:1)
  • τῆσ δὲ κατὰ τὸ πεπρωμένον ἀνάγκησ ἐπισχυούσησ, ὁ μὲν Κατρεὺσ ἀπέβη μετά τινων ἐπὶ τὴν Ῥοδίαν νυκτόσ, καὶ γενομένησ συμπλοκῆσ καὶ μάχησ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἐγχωρίουσ ὁ Ἀλθαιμένησ ἐκβοηθῶν ἠκόντισε λόγχῃ καὶ δι’ ἄγνοιαν παίσασ ἀπέκτεινε τὸν πατέρα. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 59 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. to make strong or powerful

  2. to prevail

Derived

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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