Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἕπομαι

Non-contract Verb; 이상동사 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕπομαι ἕψομαι ἑσπόμην

Structure: έ̔π (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Sense

  1. (with dative) I follow, obey
  2. I stand by, support, help
  3. I attend, escort
  4. I pursue
  5. I keep pace with
  6. I come near, approach
  7. I cling, stick
  8. I belong to, am inseparable from
  9. I follow suit, agree with
  10. I follow, result, am a consequence of
  11. I understand

Conjugation

Present tense

Future tense

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

  • πρέπει δ’ αὐτοῖσ ὀπτᾶσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ ἕψεσθαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 68 1:2)
  • ἐν δὲ τῇ Σπάρτῃ οἱ κράτιστοι καὶ ὑπέρχονται μάλιστα τὰσ ἀρχὰσ καὶ τῷ ταπεινοὶ εἶναι μεγαλύνονται καὶ τῷ ὅταν καλῶνται τρέχοντεσ ἀλλὰ μὴ βαδίζοντεσ ὑπακούειν, νομίζοντεσ, ἢν αὐτοὶ κατάρχωσι τοῦ σφόδρα πείθεσθαι, ἕψεσθαι καὶ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 8 3:2)
  • μήτηρ μέν μοί φησι φίλη, πινυτή περ ἐοῦσα, ἄλλῳ ἅμ’ ἕψεσθαι νοσφισσαμένη τόδε δῶμα· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 21 9:3)
  • λέγεται δὲ τὴν ναῦν, ἣ ἔφερεν αὐτό, ἰλύι τοῦ ποταμοῦ τοῦ Τιβέριοσ ἐνσχεθεῖσαν οὐδεμιᾷ μηχανῇ σαλεύεσθαι, μέχρι, τῶν μάντεων προειπόντων ἕψεσθαι μόνωσ εἰ γυνὴ καθαρεύουσα ξένων ἀνδρῶν ἑλκύσειε, Κλαυδίαν Κόινταν, μοιχείασ ἔγκλημα ἔχουσαν ἔτι ἄκριτον, καὶ δι’ ἀσωτίαν ἐσ αὐτὸ πιθανωτάτην οὖσαν, ἐπιθειάσαι τε πολλὰ περὶ τῆσ ἀναμαρτησίασ, καὶ ἀναδήσασθαι τῇ μίτρᾳ τὸ σκάφοσ. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 9 2:5)
  • καὶ αὐτὸσ ὑπισχνεῖτο, εἰ κελεύοιτο, ἕψεσθαι. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 3 2:5)

Synonyms

  1. I follow

  2. I stand by

  3. I attend

  4. I pursue

  5. I keep pace with

  6. I come near

  7. I cling

  8. I belong to

  9. I follow suit

  10. I follow

  11. I understand

Related

Derived

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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