ἐμφύω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐμ- (em-) +‎ φύω (phúō, to bring forth, beget).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /em.pʰý.ɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /emˈpʰy.o/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /emˈɸy.o/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /emˈfy.o/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /emˈfi.o/

Verb

ἐμφῠ́ω • (emphŭ́ō)

to implant, graft; fix firmly, securely, deeply
(passive voice) to grow in or on
(passive voice, with dative) to hang on to, cling closely; be rooted in
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Cato the Younger 4:
  τοῖς ἠθικοῖς μάλιστα καὶ πολιτικοῖς ἐνεφύετο δόγμασι
  toîs ēthikoîs málista kaì politikoîs enephúeto dógmasi
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Present: ἐμφῠ́ω, ἐμφῠ́ομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐμφῠ́ω	ἐμφῠ́εις	ἐμφῠ́ει	ἐμφῠ́ετον	ἐμφῠ́ετον	ἐμφῠ́ομεν	ἐμφῠ́ετε	ἐμφῠ́ουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐμφῠ́ω	ἐμφῠ́ῃς	ἐμφῠ́ῃ	ἐμφῠ́ητον	ἐμφῠ́ητον	ἐμφῠ́ωμεν	ἐμφῠ́ητε	ἐμφῠ́ωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐμφῠ́οιμῐ	ἐμφῠ́οις	ἐμφῠ́οι	ἐμφῠ́οιτον	ἐμφῠοίτην	ἐμφῠ́οιμεν	ἐμφῠ́οιτε	ἐμφῠ́οιεν
	imperative		ἔμφῠε	ἐμφῠέτω	ἐμφῠ́ετον	ἐμφῠέτων		ἐμφῠ́ετε	ἐμφῠόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐμφῠ́ομαι	ἐμφῠ́ῃ / ἐμφῠ́ει	ἐμφῠ́εται	ἐμφῠ́εσθον	ἐμφῠ́εσθον	ἐμφῠόμεθᾰ	ἐμφῠ́εσθε	ἐμφῠ́ονται
	subjunctive	ἐμφῠ́ωμαι	ἐμφῠ́ῃ	ἐμφῠ́ηται	ἐμφῠ́ησθον	ἐμφῠ́ησθον	ἐμφῠώμεθᾰ	ἐμφῠ́ησθε	ἐμφῠ́ωνται
	optative	ἐμφῠοίμην	ἐμφῠ́οιο	ἐμφῠ́οιτο	ἐμφῠ́οισθον	ἐμφῠοίσθην	ἐμφῠοίμεθᾰ	ἐμφῠ́οισθε	ἐμφῠ́οιντο
	imperative		ἐμφῠ́ου	ἐμφῠέσθω	ἐμφῠ́εσθον	ἐμφῠέσθων		ἐμφῠ́εσθε	ἐμφῠέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἐμφῠ́ειν				ἐμφῠ́εσθαι
participle	m	ἐμφῠ́ων				ἐμφῠόμενος
	f	ἐμφῠ́ουσᾰ				ἐμφῠομένη
	n	ἐμφῠ́ον				ἐμφῠόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: ἐνέφῠον, ἐνεφῠόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐνέφῠον	ἐνέφῠες	ἐνέφῠε(ν)	ἐνεφῠ́ετον	ἐνεφῠέτην	ἐνεφῠ́ομεν	ἐνεφῠ́ετε	ἐνέφῠον
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐνεφῠόμην	ἐνεφῠ́ου	ἐνεφῠ́ετο	ἐνεφῠ́εσθον	ἐνεφῠέσθην	ἐνεφῠόμεθᾰ	ἐνεφῠ́εσθε	ἐνεφῠ́οντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Future: ἐμφῡ́σω, ἐμφῡ́σομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐμφῡ́σω	ἐμφῡ́σεις	ἐμφῡ́σει	ἐμφῡ́σετον	ἐμφῡ́σετον	ἐμφῡ́σομεν	ἐμφῡ́σετε	ἐμφῡ́σουσῐ(ν)
active	optative	ἐμφῡ́σοιμῐ	ἐμφῡ́σοις	ἐμφῡ́σοι	ἐμφῡ́σοιτον	ἐμφῡσοίτην	ἐμφῡ́σοιμεν	ἐμφῡ́σοιτε	ἐμφῡ́σοιεν
middle	indicative	ἐμφῡ́σομαι	ἐμφῡ́σῃ / ἐμφῡ́σει	ἐμφῡ́σεται	ἐμφῡ́σεσθον	ἐμφῡ́σεσθον	ἐμφῡσόμεθᾰ	ἐμφῡ́σεσθε	ἐμφῡ́σονται
middle	optative	ἐμφῡσοίμην	ἐμφῡ́σοιο	ἐμφῡ́σοιτο	ἐμφῡ́σοισθον	ἐμφῡσοίσθην	ἐμφῡσοίμεθᾰ	ἐμφῡ́σοισθε	ἐμφῡ́σοιντο
		active			middle
infinitive		ἐμφῡ́σειν			ἐμφῡ́σεσθαι
participle	m	ἐμφῡ́σων			ἐμφῡσόμενος
	f	ἐμφῡ́σουσᾰ			ἐμφῡσομένη
	n	ἐμφῦσον			ἐμφῡσόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Perfect: ἐμπέφῡκᾰ, ἐμπέφῡμαι (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐμπέφῡκᾰ	ἐμπέφῡκᾰς	ἐμπέφῡκε(ν)	ἐμπεφῡ́κᾰτον	ἐμπεφῡ́κᾰτον	ἐμπεφῡ́κᾰμεν	ἐμπεφῡ́κᾰτε	ἐμπεφῡ́κᾱσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐμπεφῡ́κω	ἐμπεφῡ́κῃς	ἐμπεφῡ́κῃ	ἐμπεφῡ́κητον	ἐμπεφῡ́κητον	ἐμπεφῡ́κωμεν	ἐμπεφῡ́κητε	ἐμπεφῡ́κωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐμπεφῡ́κοιμῐ / ἐμπεφῡκοίην	ἐμπεφῡ́κοις / ἐμπεφῡκοίης	ἐμπεφῡ́κοι / ἐμπεφῡκοίη	ἐμπεφῡ́κοιτον	ἐμπεφῡκοίτην	ἐμπεφῡ́κοιμεν	ἐμπεφῡ́κοιτε	ἐμπεφῡ́κοιεν
	imperative		ἐμπέφῡκε	ἐμπεφῡκέτω	ἐμπεφῡ́κετον	ἐμπεφῡκέτων		ἐμπεφῡ́κετε	ἐμπεφῡκόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐμπέφῡμαι	ἐμπέφῡσαι	ἐμπέφῡται	ἐμπέφῡσθον	ἐμπέφῡσθον	ἐμπεφῡ́μεθᾰ	ἐμπέφῡσθε	ἐμπέφῡνται
	subjunctive	ἐμπεφῡμένος ὦ	ἐμπεφῡμένος ᾖς	ἐμπεφῡμένος ᾖ	ἐμπεφῡμένω ἦτον	ἐμπεφῡμένω ἦτον	ἐμπεφῡμένοι ὦμεν	ἐμπεφῡμένοι ἦτε	ἐμπεφῡμένοι ὦσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐμπεφῡμένος εἴην	ἐμπεφῡμένος εἴης	ἐμπεφῡμένος εἴη	ἐμπεφῡμένω εἴητον / εἶτον	ἐμπεφῡμένω εἰήτην / εἴτην	ἐμπεφῡμένοι εἴημεν / εἶμεν	ἐμπεφῡμένοι εἴητε / εἶτε	ἐμπεφῡμένοι εἴησᾰν / εἶεν
	imperative		ἐμπέφῡσο	ἐμπεφῡ́σθω	ἐμπέφῡσθον	ἐμπεφῡ́σθων		ἐμπέφῡσθε	ἐμπεφῡ́σθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἐμπεφῡκέναι				ἐμπεφῦσθαι
participle	m	ἐμπεφῡκώς				ἐμπεφῡμένος
	f	ἐμπεφῡκυῖᾰ				ἐμπεφῡμένη
	n	ἐμπεφῡκός				ἐμπεφῡμένον
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.

References

“ἐμφύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἐμφύω in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἐμφύω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
“ἐμφύω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἐμφύω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“ἐμφύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἐμφύω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011