ἔπειμι

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Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

ἐπι- (epi-, “on, against”) +‎ εἰμῐ́ (eimĭ́, “to be”)

Verb

ἔπειμῐ • (épeimĭ)

  1. to be upon, lie upon
  2. to be imminent
  3. to remain, be left over
  4. to be added
Conjugation
   Present: ἔπειμι
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἔπειμι ἔπει ἔπεστῐ(ν) ἔπεστον ἔπεστον ἔπεσμεν ἔπεστε ἔπεισῐ(ν)
subjunctive ἐπῶ ἐπῇς ἐπῇ ἐπῆτον ἐπῆτον ἐπῶμεν ἐπῆτε ἐπῶσῐ(ν)
optative ἐπείην ἐπείης ἐπείη ἐπείητον ἐπειήτην ἐπείημεν ἐπείητε ἐπιείησαν
imperative   ἔπῐσθῐ ἐπέστω ἔπεστον ἔπεστων   ἔπεστε ἐπόντων
active
infinitive ἐπεῖναι
participle m ἐπών
f ἐποῦσᾰ
n ἐπόν
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

ἐπι- (epi-, “on, against”) +‎ εἶμῐ (eîmĭ, “to go”)

Verb

ἔπειμῐ • (épeimĭ)

  1. to come upon
  2. to approach
  3. to come after, follow
Conjugation
   Present: ἔπειμι
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἔπειμι ἔπει ἔπεισῐ(ν) ἔπῐτον ἔπῐτον ἔπῐμεν ἔπῐτε ἐπῐ́ᾱσῐ(ν)
subjunctive ἐπῐ́ω ἐπῐ́ῃς ἐπῐ́ῃ ἐπῐ́ητον ἐπῐ́ητον ἐπῐ́ωμεν ἐπῐ́ητε ἐπῐ́ωσῐ(ν)
optative ἐπῐ́οιμῐ ἐπῐ́οις ἐπῐ́οι ἐπῐ́οιτον ἐπῐοίτην ἐπῐ́οιμεν ἐπῐ́οιτε ἐπῐ́οιεν
imperative   ἔπῐθῐ ἐπῐ́τω ἔπῐτον ἔπῐτων   ἔπῐτε ἐπῐόντων
active
infinitive ἐπῐέναι
participle m ἐπῐών
f ἐπῐοῦσᾰ
n ἐπῐόν
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: ἐπῇᾰ/ἐπῄειν
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἐπῇᾰ/ἐπῄειν ἐπῄεισθᾰ/ἐπῄεις ἐπῄειν/ἐπῄει ἐπῇτον ἐπῄτην ἐπῄμεν ἐπῇτε ἐπῇσᾰν/ἐπῄεσᾰν
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

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