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φέρβω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φέρβω

Structure: φέρβ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: only in pres. and imperf., with plup. e)pefo/rbein.

Sense

  1. to feed, nourish, to feed, on
  2. to preserve
  3. to be fed, feed upon, I feed myself
  4. to eat, feed on
  5. to enjoy, have

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular φέρβω φέρβεις φέρβει
Dual φέρβετον φέρβετον
Plural φέρβομεν φέρβετε φέρβουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular φέρβω φέρβῃς φέρβῃ
Dual φέρβητον φέρβητον
Plural φέρβωμεν φέρβητε φέρβωσιν*
OptativeSingular φέρβοιμι φέρβοις φέρβοι
Dual φέρβοιτον φερβοίτην
Plural φέρβοιμεν φέρβοιτε φέρβοιεν
ImperativeSingular φέρβε φερβέτω
Dual φέρβετον φερβέτων
Plural φέρβετε φερβόντων, φερβέτωσαν
Infinitive φέρβειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
φερβων φερβοντος φερβουσα φερβουσης φερβον φερβοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular φέρβομαι φέρβει, φέρβῃ φέρβεται
Dual φέρβεσθον φέρβεσθον
Plural φερβόμεθα φέρβεσθε φέρβονται
SubjunctiveSingular φέρβωμαι φέρβῃ φέρβηται
Dual φέρβησθον φέρβησθον
Plural φερβώμεθα φέρβησθε φέρβωνται
OptativeSingular φερβοίμην φέρβοιο φέρβοιτο
Dual φέρβοισθον φερβοίσθην
Plural φερβοίμεθα φέρβοισθε φέρβοιντο
ImperativeSingular φέρβου φερβέσθω
Dual φέρβεσθον φερβέσθων
Plural φέρβεσθε φερβέσθων, φερβέσθωσαν
Infinitive φέρβεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
φερβομενος φερβομενου φερβομενη φερβομενης φερβομενον φερβομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular έ̓φερβον έ̓φερβες έ̓φερβεν*
Dual ἐφέρβετον ἐφερβέτην
Plural ἐφέρβομεν ἐφέρβετε έ̓φερβον
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐφερβόμην ἐφέρβου ἐφέρβετο
Dual ἐφέρβεσθον ἐφερβέσθην
Plural ἐφερβόμεθα ἐφέρβεσθε ἐφέρβοντο

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.

Synonyms

  1. to feed

  2. to preserve

  3. to be fed

  4. to eat

  5. to enjoy

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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