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ἐπίσχω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίσχω

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

Etym.: e)pe/xw의 강조형. ,

Sense

  1. to hold or direct towards
  2. to restrain, withhold, check, to restrain from
  3. to leave off, stop, wait, hold

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπίσχω ἐπίσχεις ἐπίσχει
Dual ἐπίσχετον ἐπίσχετον
Plural ἐπίσχομεν ἐπίσχετε ἐπίσχουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπίσχω ἐπίσχῃς ἐπίσχῃ
Dual ἐπίσχητον ἐπίσχητον
Plural ἐπίσχωμεν ἐπίσχητε ἐπίσχωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπίσχοιμι ἐπίσχοις ἐπίσχοι
Dual ἐπίσχοιτον ἐπισχοίτην
Plural ἐπίσχοιμεν ἐπίσχοιτε ἐπίσχοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπίσχε ἐπισχέτω
Dual ἐπίσχετον ἐπισχέτων
Plural ἐπίσχετε ἐπισχόντων, ἐπισχέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπίσχειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπισχων ἐπισχοντος ἐπισχουσα ἐπισχουσης ἐπισχον ἐπισχοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπίσχομαι ἐπίσχει, ἐπίσχῃ ἐπίσχεται
Dual ἐπίσχεσθον ἐπίσχεσθον
Plural ἐπισχόμεθα ἐπίσχεσθε ἐπίσχονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπίσχωμαι ἐπίσχῃ ἐπίσχηται
Dual ἐπίσχησθον ἐπίσχησθον
Plural ἐπισχώμεθα ἐπίσχησθε ἐπίσχωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπισχοίμην ἐπίσχοιο ἐπίσχοιτο
Dual ἐπίσχοισθον ἐπισχοίσθην
Plural ἐπισχοίμεθα ἐπίσχοισθε ἐπίσχοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπίσχου ἐπισχέσθω
Dual ἐπίσχεσθον ἐπισχέσθων
Plural ἐπίσχεσθε ἐπισχέσθων, ἐπισχέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπίσχεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπισχομενος ἐπισχομενου ἐπισχομενη ἐπισχομενης ἐπισχομενον ἐπισχομενου

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

  • ἢν γὰρ ἀκρασίη καὶ πάρεσισ τὰ ὑγρὰ ἴσχῃ καὶ γόνιμα μέρεα, ὅκωσ δι’ ἀψύχων Ῥέει ἡ θορὴ, οὐδὲ ἐπίσχειν αὐτέην ἐστὶ οὐδὲ ἐν ὕπνοισι. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 127)
  • οὐ γάρ πωσ ἦν οἰο͂ν ἐόνθ’ ἱερῷ ἐνὶ δίφρῳ ἔγχει ἐφορμᾶσθαι καὶ ἐπίσχειν ὠκέασ ἵππουσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 17 48:6)
  • καὶ δεῖ τὰ πολλὰ αὐτῶν ἐπισχεῖν, ὡσ μὴ ἐπὶ πλεῖον ἂν γίγνηται. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 14:4)
  • μῶν ἐπισχεῖν σοι δοκῶ; (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, iambics7)
  • καὶ μελλόντων ἤδη δειπνεῖν ἐπισχεῖν ἐκέλευσεν ὁ Δάφνοσ, ἐπειπὼν τὸ ἐκ Μαμμακύθου ἢ Αὐρῶν Μεταγένουσ ἰαμβεῖον ὥσπερ ἐπειδὰν δειπνῶμέν που, τότε πλεῖστα λαλοῦμεν ἅπαντεσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 51 1:1)
  • καίτοι εἰ ἐπισχεῖν ἔδει τὴν αἱμορραγίαν, τὸ ψυχρὸν ἐπιτήδειον ἦν συστρέφον καὶ συσφίγγον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 142)
  • οὐκοῦν ἐκ μὲν τοῦ καλεῖν ἤδη τὸ δεῖσθαι κἂν μὴ τύχητε ἐφαμαρτεῖν, ἐκ δὲ τοῦ μετὰ τοῦ παρασκευάσασθαι τὰ ὑμέτερα αὐτῶν ἐπισχεῖν δεομένουσ σῴζειν καὶ εὖ εἰδέναι πάντασ ἥξοντασ ἔστι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 54 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. to restrain

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Derived

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

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