ἐμπίπτω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /em.pǐːp.tɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /emˈpip.to/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /emˈpip.to/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /emˈpip.to/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /emˈbip.to/
Verb
ἐμπίπτω • (empíptō)
Inflection
Present: ἐμπῑ́πτω
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐμπῑ́πτω | ἐμπῑ́πτεις | ἐμπῑ́πτει | ἐμπῑ́πτετον | ἐμπῑ́πτετον | ἐμπῑ́πτομεν | ἐμπῑ́πτετε | ἐμπῑ́πτουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | ἐμπῑ́πτω | ἐμπῑ́πτῃς | ἐμπῑ́πτῃ | ἐμπῑ́πτητον | ἐμπῑ́πτητον | ἐμπῑ́πτωμεν | ἐμπῑ́πτητε | ἐμπῑ́πτωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ἐμπῑ́πτοιμῐ | ἐμπῑ́πτοις | ἐμπῑ́πτοι | ἐμπῑ́πτοιτον | ἐμπῑπτοίτην | ἐμπῑ́πτοιμεν | ἐμπῑ́πτοιτε | ἐμπῑ́πτοιεν | |||||
| imperative | ἔμπῑπτε | ἐμπῑπτέτω | ἐμπῑ́πτετον | ἐμπῑπτέτων | ἐμπῑ́πτετε | ἐμπῑπτόντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἐμπῑ́πτειν | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἐμπῑ́πτων | |||||||||||
| f | ἐμπῑ́πτουσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | ἐμπῖπτον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: ἐνέπῑπτον
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐνέπῑπτον | ἐνέπῑπτες | ἐνέπῑπτε(ν) | ἐνεπῑ́πτετον | ἐνεπῑπτέτην | ἐνεπῑ́πτομεν | ἐνεπῑ́πτετε | ἐνέπῑπτον | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: ἔμπῑπτον (Epic)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔμπῑπτον | ἔμπῑπτες | ἔμπῑπτε(ν) | ἐμπῑ́πτετον | ἐμπῑπτέτην | ἐμπῑ́πτομεν | ἐμπῑ́πτετε | ἔμπῑπτον | ||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Future: ἐμπεσέομαι (Uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐμπεσέομαι | ἐμπεσέῃ / ἐμπεσέει | ἐμπεσέεται | ἐμπεσέεσθον | ἐμπεσέεσθον | ἐμπεσεόμεθᾰ | ἐμπεσέεσθε | ἐμπεσέονται | ||||
| optative | ἐμπεσεοίμην | ἐμπεσέοιο | ἐμπεσέοιτο | ἐμπεσέοισθον | ἐμπεσεοίσθην | ἐμπεσεοίμεθᾰ | ἐμπεσέοισθε | ἐμπεσέοιντο | |||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἐμπεσέεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἐμπεσεόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ἐμπεσεομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἐμπεσεόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Future: ἐμπεσοῦμαι (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐμπεσοῦμαι | ἐμπεσῇ | ἐμπεσεῖται | ἐμπεσεῖσθον | ἐμπεσεῖσθον | ἐμπεσούμεθᾰ | ἐμπεσεῖσθε | ἐμπεσοῦνται | ||||
| optative | ἐμπεσοίμην | ἐμπεσοῖο | ἐμπεσοῖτο | ἐμπεσοῖσθον | ἐμπεσοίσθην | ἐμπεσοίμεθᾰ | ἐμπεσοῖσθε | ἐμπεσοῖντο | |||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἐμπεσεῖσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἐμπεσούμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ἐμπεσουμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἐμπεσούμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: ἐνέπεσον
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐνέπεσον | ἐνέπεσες | ἐνέπεσε(ν) | ἐνεπέσετον | ἐνεπεσέτην | ἐνεπέσομεν | ἐνεπέσετε | ἐνέπεσον | ||||
| subjunctive | ἐμπέσω | ἐμπέσῃς | ἐμπέσῃ | ἐμπέσητον | ἐμπέσητον | ἐμπέσωμεν | ἐμπέσητε | ἐμπέσωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ἐμπέσοιμῐ | ἐμπέσοις | ἐμπέσοι | ἐμπέσοιτον | ἐμπεσοίτην | ἐμπέσοιμεν | ἐμπέσοιτε | ἐμπέσοιεν | |||||
| imperative | ἔμπεσε | ἐμπεσέτω | ἐμπέσετον | ἐμπεσέτων | ἐμπέσετε | ἐμπεσόντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἐμπεσεῖν | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἐμπεσών | |||||||||||
| f | ἐμπεσοῦσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | ἐμπεσόν | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: ἔμπεσον (Epic)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔμπεσον | ἔμπεσες | ἔμπεσε(ν) | ἐμπέσετον | ἐμπεσέτην | ἐμπέσομεν | ἐμπέσετε | ἔμπεσον | ||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Further reading
- “ἐμπίπτω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐμπίπτω in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐμπίπτω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἐμπίπτω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press