ἐμφυτεύω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐμ- (em-) +‎ φυτεύω (phuteúō, to plant).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /em.pʰy.těu̯.ɔː/ → /em.ɸyˈte.βo/ → /em.fiˈte.vo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /em.pʰy.těu̯.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /em.pʰyˈte.wo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /em.ɸyˈte.βo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /em.fyˈte.vo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /em.fiˈte.vo/

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Verb

ἐμφυτεύω • (emphuteúō)

1. to implant, graft
   • 100 BCE – 1 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historia 5.16:

     κατὰ δὲ τὴν ἀρετὴν οὖσα μετρία τὴν μὲν ἀμπελόφυτον χώραν ὀλίγην ἔχει, τὰς δ᾽ ἐλαίας ἐμπεφυτευμένας ἐν τοῖς κοτίνοις

     katà dè tḕn aretḕn oûsa metría tḕn mèn ampelóphuton khṓran olígēn ékhei, tàs d’ elaías empephuteuménas en toîs kotínois

2. (passive voice, Ancient Rome, law) to be granted tenure of an ἐμφύτευμα (emphúteuma) (type of hereditary leasehold in Roman law)

Conjugation

   Present: ἐμφῠτεύω, ἐμφῠτεύομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐμφῠτεύω	ἐμφῠτεύεις	ἐμφῠτεύει	ἐμφῠτεύετον	ἐμφῠτεύετον	ἐμφῠτεύομεν	ἐμφῠτεύετε	ἐμφῠτεύουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐμφῠτεύω	ἐμφῠτεύῃς	ἐμφῠτεύῃ	ἐμφῠτεύητον	ἐμφῠτεύητον	ἐμφῠτεύωμεν	ἐμφῠτεύητε	ἐμφῠτεύωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐμφῠτεύοιμῐ	ἐμφῠτεύοις	ἐμφῠτεύοι	ἐμφῠτεύοιτον	ἐμφῠτευοίτην	ἐμφῠτεύοιμεν	ἐμφῠτεύοιτε	ἐμφῠτεύοιεν
	imperative		ἐμφῠ́τευε	ἐμφῠτευέτω	ἐμφῠτεύετον	ἐμφῠτευέτων		ἐμφῠτεύετε	ἐμφῠτευόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐμφῠτεύομαι	ἐμφῠτεύῃ, ἐμφῠτεύει	ἐμφῠτεύεται	ἐμφῠτεύεσθον	ἐμφῠτεύεσθον	ἐμφῠτευόμεθᾰ	ἐμφῠτεύεσθε	ἐμφῠτεύονται
	subjunctive	ἐμφῠτεύωμαι	ἐμφῠτεύῃ	ἐμφῠτεύηται	ἐμφῠτεύησθον	ἐμφῠτεύησθον	ἐμφῠτευώμεθᾰ	ἐμφῠτεύησθε	ἐμφῠτεύωνται
	optative	ἐμφῠτευοίμην	ἐμφῠτεύοιο	ἐμφῠτεύοιτο	ἐμφῠτεύοισθον	ἐμφῠτευοίσθην	ἐμφῠτευοίμεθᾰ	ἐμφῠτεύοισθε	ἐμφῠτεύοιντο
	imperative		ἐμφῠτεύου	ἐμφῠτευέσθω	ἐμφῠτεύεσθον	ἐμφῠτευέσθων		ἐμφῠτεύεσθε	ἐμφῠτευέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἐμφῠτεύειν				ἐμφῠτεύεσθαι
participle	m	ἐμφῠτεύων				ἐμφῠτευόμενος
	f	ἐμφῠτεύουσᾰ				ἐμφῠτευομένη
	n	ἐμφῠτεῦον				ἐμφῠτευόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• ἐμφύτευμα (emphúteuma)
• ἐμφύτευσῐς (emphúteusĭs)

Related terms

• ἐμφυτευτικός (emphuteutikós)
• ἐμφυτεύτης (emphuteútēs)

References

• “ἐμφυτεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐμφυτεύω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐμφυτεύω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἐμφυτεύω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011