Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

καθέψω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: καθέψω καθεψήσω

Structure: κατ (Prefix) + έ̔ψ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to boil down
  2. to soften, temper

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular καθέψω καθέψεις καθέψει
Dual καθέψετον καθέψετον
Plural καθέψομεν καθέψετε καθέψουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular καθέψω καθέψῃς καθέψῃ
Dual καθέψητον καθέψητον
Plural καθέψωμεν καθέψητε καθέψωσιν*
OptativeSingular καθέψοιμι καθέψοις καθέψοι
Dual καθέψοιτον καθεψοίτην
Plural καθέψοιμεν καθέψοιτε καθέψοιεν
ImperativeSingular καθέψε καθεψέτω
Dual καθέψετον καθεψέτων
Plural καθέψετε καθεψόντων, καθεψέτωσαν
Infinitive καθέψειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
καθεψων καθεψοντος καθεψουσα καθεψουσης καθεψον καθεψοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular καθέψομαι καθέψει, καθέψῃ καθέψεται
Dual καθέψεσθον καθέψεσθον
Plural καθεψόμεθα καθέψεσθε καθέψονται
SubjunctiveSingular καθέψωμαι καθέψῃ καθέψηται
Dual καθέψησθον καθέψησθον
Plural καθεψώμεθα καθέψησθε καθέψωνται
OptativeSingular καθεψοίμην καθέψοιο καθέψοιτο
Dual καθέψοισθον καθεψοίσθην
Plural καθεψοίμεθα καθέψοισθε καθέψοιντο
ImperativeSingular καθέψου καθεψέσθω
Dual καθέψεσθον καθεψέσθων
Plural καθέψεσθε καθεψέσθων, καθεψέσθωσαν
Infinitive καθέψεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
καθεψομενος καθεψομενου καθεψομενη καθεψομενης καθεψομενον καθεψομενου

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

  • ταχὺ γοῦν καθέψεισ τἀργύριον, ἦ δ’ ὃσ λέγων. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode36)
  • αἱ δὲ πιστεύσασαι τὸν πατέρα κρεουργοῦσι καὶ καθέψουσιν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 9 27:9)
  • ἀντήσασ ποταμοῖο πέλασ, πεφρικότα χαίτασ, ἄρτι καὶ ἐξ ὕλασ πάγχυ λιπόντα βάθοσ, χαλκῷ Ξεινόφιλοσ κατενήρατο, καὶ παρὰ φηγῷ θηρὸσ ἀθωπεύτου Πανὶ καθῆψε δέρασ, Κώμαυλοσ τὸν ἐχῖνον ἰδὼν ἐπὶ νῶτα φέροντα ῥᾶγασ, ἀπέκτεινεν τῷδ’ ἐπὶ θειλοπέδῳ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 168 1:1)
  • μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα τὴν Μήδειάν φασι τοῦ μὲν τὸ σῶμα κατακόπτειν ἢ καθέψειν ἀποστῆναι, προσποιησαμένην δὲ δεῖν πρότερον εὐχὰσ ποιήσασθαι τῇ σελήνῃ, τὰσ μὲν παρθένουσ ἀναβιβάσαι μετὰ λαμπάδων ἐπὶ τὸ μετεωρότατον τέγοσ τῶν βασιλείων, αὐτὴν δὲ τῇ Κολχίδι διαλέκτῳ κατευχήν τινα μακρὰν διερχομένην ἐγχρονίζειν, ἀναστροφὴν διδοῦσαν τοῖσ μέλλουσι ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἐπίθεσιν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 52 3:1)
  • συστρέψαντοσ δὲ τοῦ Παύλου φρυγάνων τι πλῆθοσ καὶ ἐπιθέντοσ ἐπὶ τὴν πυράν, ἔχιδνα ἀπὸ τῆσ θέρμησ ἐξελθοῦσα καθῆψε τῆσ χειρὸσ αὐτοῦ. (, chapter 19 337:1)

Synonyms

  1. to boil down

  2. to soften

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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