ἐπέρχομαι

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐπῐ- (epi-, on, against) +‎ ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, to go)

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἐπέρχομαι (epérkhomai)

  1. to approach
  2. to go against, attack, invade
  3. to come forward to speak
  4. to suddenly come upon, befall, happen to
  5. to come into one's head, occur to
  6. (of a period of or point in time) to arrive
  7. to go over, traverse, cross
  8. to go through, discuss, recount

Conjugation

ἔπειμι (épeimi) serves as the future tense in Attic, and supplies imperfect forms as well.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ἐπέρχομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἐπέρχομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἐπέρχομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ἐπέρχομαι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • ἐπέρχομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers