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ἐπορέγω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπορέγω ἐπορέξω

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

Sense

  1. to hold out to, give yet more
  2. to stretch oneself towards, reaching forward
  3. to rise in one's demands

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπορέγω ἐπορέγεις ἐπορέγει
Dual ἐπορέγετον ἐπορέγετον
Plural ἐπορέγομεν ἐπορέγετε ἐπορέγουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπορέγω ἐπορέγῃς ἐπορέγῃ
Dual ἐπορέγητον ἐπορέγητον
Plural ἐπορέγωμεν ἐπορέγητε ἐπορέγωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐπορέγοιμι ἐπορέγοις ἐπορέγοι
Dual ἐπορέγοιτον ἐπορεγοίτην
Plural ἐπορέγοιμεν ἐπορέγοιτε ἐπορέγοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπόρεγε ἐπορεγέτω
Dual ἐπορέγετον ἐπορεγέτων
Plural ἐπορέγετε ἐπορεγόντων, ἐπορεγέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπορέγειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπορεγων ἐπορεγοντος ἐπορεγουσα ἐπορεγουσης ἐπορεγον ἐπορεγοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπορέγομαι ἐπορέγει, ἐπορέγῃ ἐπορέγεται
Dual ἐπορέγεσθον ἐπορέγεσθον
Plural ἐπορεγόμεθα ἐπορέγεσθε ἐπορέγονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπορέγωμαι ἐπορέγῃ ἐπορέγηται
Dual ἐπορέγησθον ἐπορέγησθον
Plural ἐπορεγώμεθα ἐπορέγησθε ἐπορέγωνται
OptativeSingular ἐπορεγοίμην ἐπορέγοιο ἐπορέγοιτο
Dual ἐπορέγοισθον ἐπορεγοίσθην
Plural ἐπορεγοίμεθα ἐπορέγοισθε ἐπορέγοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπορέγου ἐπορεγέσθω
Dual ἐπορέγεσθον ἐπορεγέσθων
Plural ἐπορέγεσθε ἐπορεγέσθων, ἐπορεγέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπορέγεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπορεγομενος ἐπορεγομενου ἐπορεγομενη ἐπορεγομενης ἐπορεγομενον ἐπορεγομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπῶρεγον ἐπῶρεγες ἐπῶρεγεν*
Dual ἐπώρεγετον ἐπωρε͂γετην
Plural ἐπώρεγομεν ἐπώρεγετε ἐπῶρεγον
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπωρε͂γομην ἐπώρεγου ἐπώρεγετο
Dual ἐπώρεγεσθον ἐπωρε͂γεσθην
Plural ἐπωρε͂γομεθα ἐπώρεγεσθε ἐπώρεγοντο

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

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ ταύτησ καρτερὸσ ἐγένετο καὶ ἀνθρώπουσ πολλοὺσ εἶχεν ὑπηκόουσ αὑτῷ, αὐτίκα τῶν ἐχομένων ἐπορέγεσθαι καὶ πόλεισ συνάγεσθαι πολλάσ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 35 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. to hold out to

  2. to stretch oneself towards

  3. to rise in one's demands

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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