ἀγρυπνέω
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ἄγρυπνος (ágrupnos, “sleepless, wakeful”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ɡry.pné.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.ɡryˈpne.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ɣryˈpne.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ɣryˈpne.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ɣriˈpne.o/
Verb
[edit]ἀγρυπνέω • (agrupnéō) (Epic, Attic, Koine)
- (intransitive) to lie awake, be wakeful, to suffer from sleeplessness
- Antonym: καθεύδω (katheúdō)
- 6th century BC, Theognis of Megara, Elegies 471
- (figuratively, intransitive) to be watchful
- New Testament, Epistle to the Ephesians 6:18
- New Testament, Epistle to the Hebrews 13:17
Inflection
[edit] Present: ἀγρυπνέω, ἀγρυπνέομαι (Uncontracted)
Imperfect: ἠγρύπνεον, ἠγρυπνεόμην (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἠγρύπνεον | ἠγρύπνεες | ἠγρύπνεε(ν) | ἠγρυπνέετον | ἠγρυπνεέτην | ἠγρυπνέομεν | ἠγρυπνέετε | ἠγρύπνεον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠγρυπνεόμην | ἠγρυπνέου | ἠγρυπνέετο | ἠγρυπνέεσθον | ἠγρυπνεέσθην | ἠγρυπνεόμεθᾰ | ἠγρυπνέεσθε | ἠγρυπνέοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἠγρύπνουν | ἠγρύπνεις | ἠγρύπνει | ἠγρυπνεῖτον | ἠγρυπνείτην | ἠγρυπνοῦμεν | ἠγρυπνεῖτε | ἠγρύπνουν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠγρυπνούμην | ἠγρυπνοῦ | ἠγρυπνεῖτο | ἠγρυπνεῖσθον | ἠγρυπνείσθην | ἠγρυπνούμεθᾰ | ἠγρυπνεῖσθε | ἠγρυπνοῦντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: ἠγρύπνηκᾰ, ἠγρύπνημαι
Pluperfect: ἠγρυπνήκειν, ἠγρυπνήμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἠγρυπνήκειν, ἠγρυπνήκη |
ἠγρυπνήκεις, ἠγρυπνήκης |
ἠγρυπνήκει(ν) | ἠγρυπνήκετον | ἠγρυπνηκέτην | ἠγρυπνήκεμεν | ἠγρυπνήκετε | ἠγρυπνήκεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠγρυπνήμην | ἠγρύπνησο | ἠγρύπνητο | ἠγρύπνησθον | ἠγρυπνήσθην | ἠγρυπνήμεθᾰ | ἠγρύπνησθε | ἠγρύπνηντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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References
[edit]- “ἀγρυπνέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀγρυπνέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀγρυπνέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀγρυπνέω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- G69 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible