πρέπω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *prep- (“to appear, be conspicuous”). Cognates include Old Armenian երեւիմ (erewim, “to become visible, appear”), Old Irish richt (“shape”), Welsh rhith (“species”), and perhaps Old High German furben (“to clean”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pré.pɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpre.po/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpre.po/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpre.po/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpre.po/
Verb
[edit]πρέπω • (prépō)
- to be clearly seen, to be visible or conspicuous among a number
- to be heard
- to smell strong
- to be conspicuously like, to be like, to resemble
- to be conspicuously fit, to become, beseem, suit
- (in participle)
- (rarely with a person as the subject) fit
- (mostly impersonal) it is fitting, it beseems, suits, becomes
- 6th century BC, Theognis of Megara, 235
- (with personal accusative and infinitive)
- (with infinitive only)
- when an accusative alone follows, an infinitive must be supplied
- (transitive) to liken
Inflection
[edit] Present: πρέπω
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | πρέπω | πρέπεις | πρέπει | πρέπετον | πρέπετον | πρέπομεν | πρέπετε | πρέπουσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | πρέπω | πρέπῃς | πρέπῃ | πρέπητον | πρέπητον | πρέπωμεν | πρέπητε | πρέπωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | πρέποιμῐ | πρέποις | πρέποι | πρέποιτον | πρεποίτην | πρέποιμεν | πρέποιτε | πρέποιεν | |||||
imperative | πρέπε | πρεπέτω | πρέπετον | πρεπέτων | πρέπετε | πρεπόντων | |||||||
active | |||||||||||||
infinitive | πρέπειν | ||||||||||||
participle | m | πρέπων | |||||||||||
f | πρέπουσᾰ | ||||||||||||
n | πρέπον | ||||||||||||
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: ἔπρεπον
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔπρεπον | ἔπρεπες | ἔπρεπε(ν) | ἐπρέπετον | ἐπρεπέτην | ἐπρέπομεν | ἐπρέπετε | ἔπρεπον | ||||
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: πρέψω
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | πρέψω | πρέψεις | πρέψει | πρέψετον | πρέψετον | πρέψομεν | πρέψετε | πρέψουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | πρέψοιμῐ | πρέψοις | πρέψοι | πρέψοιτον | πρεψοίτην | πρέψοιμεν | πρέψοιτε | πρέψοιεν | |||||
active | |||||||||||||
infinitive | πρέψειν | ||||||||||||
participle | m | πρέψων | |||||||||||
f | πρέψουσᾰ | ||||||||||||
n | πρέψον | ||||||||||||
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: ἔπρεψᾰ
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔπρεψᾰ | ἔπρεψᾰς | ἔπρεψε(ν) | ἐπρέψᾰτον | ἐπρεψᾰ́την | ἐπρέψᾰμεν | ἐπρέψᾰτε | ἔπρεψᾰν | ||||
subjunctive | πρέψω | πρέψῃς | πρέψῃ | πρέψητον | πρέψητον | πρέψωμεν | πρέψητε | πρέψωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | πρέψαιμῐ | πρέψειᾰς, πρέψαις |
πρέψειε(ν), πρέψαι |
πρέψαιτον | πρεψαίτην | πρέψαιμεν | πρέψαιτε | πρέψειᾰν, πρέψαιεν | |||||
imperative | πρέψον | πρεψᾰ́τω | πρέψᾰτον | πρεψᾰ́των | πρέψᾰτε | πρεψᾰ́ντων | |||||||
active | |||||||||||||
infinitive | πρέψαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | πρέψᾱς | |||||||||||
f | πρέψᾱσᾰ | ||||||||||||
n | πρέψᾰν | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
[edit]- θεοπρόπος (theoprópos)
- -πρέπεια f (-prépeia)
- -πρεπής (-prepḗs)
- ἀξιοπρεπής (axioprepḗs)
- εὐπρεπής (euprepḗs)
- -πρεπόντως (-prepóntōs, adverbs)
- -πρεπῶς (-prepôs, adverbs)
Compounds of the verb:
- δῐᾰπρέπω (diaprépō, “be prominent”)
- ἐκπρέπω (ekprépō, “be excellent”)
- ἐμπρέπω (emprépō, “be conspicuous in”)
- ἐνδῐᾰπρέπω (endiaprépō, “be distinguished in”)
- ἐπῐπρέπω (epiprépō, “be conspicuous”)
- εὐπρεπέω (euprepéō, “be acceptable”)
- εὐπρεπῐ́ζω (euprepízō, “be acceptable”)
- μετᾰπρέπω (metaprépō, “distinguish oneself”)
- σῠμπρέπω (sumprépō, “befit”)
Descendants
[edit]- Greek: πρέπει (prépei) (this term descends in the impersonal form and as compound verbs)
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πρέπω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1230-1
Further reading
[edit]- “πρέπω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πρέπω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πρέπω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πρέπω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πρέπω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πρέπω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G4241 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible