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ὑπερφρονέω

ε-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπερφρονέω ὑπερφρονήσω

Structure: ὑπερ (Prefix) + φρονέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to be over-proud, to have high thoughts, to be proud in or of
  2. to look down upon, despise, to be despised
  3. to think slightly of

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὑπερφρονῶ ὑπερφρονεῖς ὑπερφρονεῖ
Dual ὑπερφρονεῖτον ὑπερφρονεῖτον
Plural ὑπερφρονοῦμεν ὑπερφρονεῖτε ὑπερφρονοῦσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ὑπερφρονῶ ὑπερφρονῇς ὑπερφρονῇ
Dual ὑπερφρονῆτον ὑπερφρονῆτον
Plural ὑπερφρονῶμεν ὑπερφρονῆτε ὑπερφρονῶσιν*
OptativeSingular ὑπερφρονοῖμι ὑπερφρονοῖς ὑπερφρονοῖ
Dual ὑπερφρονοῖτον ὑπερφρονοίτην
Plural ὑπερφρονοῖμεν ὑπερφρονοῖτε ὑπερφρονοῖεν
ImperativeSingular ὑπερφρόνει ὑπερφρονείτω
Dual ὑπερφρονεῖτον ὑπερφρονείτων
Plural ὑπερφρονεῖτε ὑπερφρονούντων, ὑπερφρονείτωσαν
Infinitive ὑπερφρονεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὑπερφρονων ὑπερφρονουντος ὑπερφρονουσα ὑπερφρονουσης ὑπερφρονουν ὑπερφρονουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὑπερφρονοῦμαι ὑπερφρονεῖ, ὑπερφρονῇ ὑπερφρονεῖται
Dual ὑπερφρονεῖσθον ὑπερφρονεῖσθον
Plural ὑπερφρονούμεθα ὑπερφρονεῖσθε ὑπερφρονοῦνται
SubjunctiveSingular ὑπερφρονῶμαι ὑπερφρονῇ ὑπερφρονῆται
Dual ὑπερφρονῆσθον ὑπερφρονῆσθον
Plural ὑπερφρονώμεθα ὑπερφρονῆσθε ὑπερφρονῶνται
OptativeSingular ὑπερφρονοίμην ὑπερφρονοῖο ὑπερφρονοῖτο
Dual ὑπερφρονοῖσθον ὑπερφρονοίσθην
Plural ὑπερφρονοίμεθα ὑπερφρονοῖσθε ὑπερφρονοῖντο
ImperativeSingular ὑπερφρονοῦ ὑπερφρονείσθω
Dual ὑπερφρονεῖσθον ὑπερφρονείσθων
Plural ὑπερφρονεῖσθε ὑπερφρονείσθων, ὑπερφρονείσθωσαν
Infinitive ὑπερφρονεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὑπερφρονουμενος ὑπερφρονουμενου ὑπερφρονουμενη ὑπερφρονουμενης ὑπερφρονουμενον ὑπερφρονουμενου

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

  • "ἢ μή τι ὡσ γέροντοσ ὑπερφρονεῖ, καὶ τῇ βραδυτῆτι, κολάζειν δέον, καὶ παρατείνει μοι τὸν φόνον καὶ μακροτέραν μοι τὴν σφαγὴν ποιεῖ ; (Lucian, Tyrannicida, (no name) 20:8)
  • εἰ δ’ ἔστιν ὅστισ δαιμόνων ὑπερφρονεῖ, ἐσ τοῦδ’ ἀθρήσασ θάνατον ἡγείσθω θεούσ. (Euripides, episode 4:39)
  • ἔκβαιν’ ἀπήνησ τῆσδε, μηδ’ ὑπερφρόνει. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode2)
  • τὸ γὰρ ταπεινὸν καὶ ἀγεννὲσ οὐδὲν οὕτωσ ὡσ ὁ λόγοσ ἐξορίζει καὶ ὑπερφρονεῖ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 95:9)
  • ἐπειδὰν γὰρ ἐξοιδοῦν τι τῶν μερῶν φιλονεικῇ καὶ πλέον τοῦ δέοντοσ ἐπικρατῇ, δῆλον ὡσ οὐδενὸσ αὐτοτελοῦσ ὄντοσ κατὰ τὸν ἄρτι λόγον, ἀντισπᾶσθαι δὲ καὶ παραποδίζεσθαι δυναμένησ τῆσ ἑκάστου προθέσεωσ ὑπ’ ἀλλήλων, οὐδὲν ἐξοιδεῖ τῶν μερῶν οὐδ’ ὑπερφρονεῖ. (Polybius, Histories, book 6, chapter 18 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. to be over-proud

  2. to look down upon

  3. to think slightly of

Derived

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

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