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ἕπομαι
ἕπομαι
Ancient Greek
Verb
ἕπομαι • (hépomai)
- I follow, obey [+dative = someone]
- I stand by, support, help
- I attend, escort
- I pursue
- I keep pace with
- I come near, approach
- I cling, stick
- I belong to, am inseparable from
- I follow suit, agree with
- I follow, result, am a consequence of
- I understand
Inflection
Present: ἕπομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἕπομαι | ἕπῃ, ἕπει |
ἕπεται | ἕπεσθον | ἕπεσθον | ἑπόμεθᾰ | ἕπεσθε | ἕπονται | ||||
| subjunctive | ἕπωμαι | ἕπῃ | ἕπηται | ἕπησθον | ἕπησθον | ἑπώμεθᾰ | ἕπησθε | ἕπωνται | |||||
| optative | ἑποίμην | ἕποιο | ἕποιτο | ἕποισθον | ἑποίσθην | ἑποίμεθᾰ | ἕποισθε | ἕποιντο | |||||
| imperative | ἕπου | ἑπέσθω | ἕπεσθον | ἑπέσθων | ἕπεσθε | ἑπέσθων | |||||||
| middle/passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἕπεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἑπόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ἑπομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἑπόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Imperfect: εἱπόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | εἱπόμην | εἵπου | εἵπετο | εἵπεσθον | εἱπέσθην | εἱπόμεθᾰ | εἵπεσθε | εἵποντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἑπόμην | ἕπου | ἕπετο | ἕπεσθον | ἑπέσθην | ἑπόμεθᾰ | ἕπεσθε | ἕποντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Future: ἕψομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἕψομαι | ἕψῃ, ἕψει |
ἕψεται | ἕψεσθον | ἕψεσθον | ἑψόμεθᾰ | ἕψεσθε | ἕψονται | ||||
| optative | ἑψοίμην | ἕψοιο | ἕψοιτο | ἕψοισθον | ἑψοίσθην | ἑψοίμεθᾰ | ἕψοισθε | ἕψοιντο | |||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἕψεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἑψόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ἑψομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἑψόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Aorist: ἑσπόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἑσπόμην | ἕσπου | ἕσπετο | ἕσπεσθον | ἑσπέσθην | ἑσπόμεθᾰ | ἕσπεσθε | ἕσποντο | ||||
| subjunctive | σπῶμαι | σπῇ | σπῆται | σπῆσθον | σπῆσθον | σπώμεθᾰ | σπῆσθε | σπῶνται | |||||
| optative | σποίμην | σποῖο | σποῖτο | σποῖσθον | σποίσθην | σποίμεθᾰ | σποῖσθε | σποῖντο | |||||
| imperative | σποῦ | σπέσθω | σπέσθον | σπέσθων | σπέσθε | σπέσθων | |||||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | σπέσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | σπόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | σπομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | σπόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
References
- ἕπομαι in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἕπομαι in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «ἕπομαι» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἕπομαι in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter