ἐπορούω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) +‎ ὀρούω (oroúō, “rush”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rew- (“to rush”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.po.rǔː.ɔː/ → /e.poˈru.o/ → /e.poˈru.o/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.po.rǔː.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.poˈru.o/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.poˈru.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.poˈru.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.poˈru.o/

Verb

ἐπορούω • (eporoúō) (Epic)

1. to attack, rush upon
2. to come upon

Conjugation

   Aorist: ἐπόρουσᾰ (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπόρουσᾰ	ἐπόρουσᾰς	ἐπόρουσε(ν)	ἐπορούσᾰτον	ἐπορουσᾰ́την	ἐπορούσᾰμεν	ἐπορούσᾰτε	ἐπόρουσᾰν
	subjunctive	ἐπορούσω, ἐπορούσωμῐ	ἐπορούσῃς, ἐπορούσῃσθᾰ	ἐπορούσῃ, ἐπορούσῃσῐ	ἐπορούσητον	ἐπορούσητον	ἐπορούσωμεν	ἐπορούσητε	ἐπορούσωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐπορούσαιμῐ	ἐπορούσαις, ἐπορούσαισθᾰ, ἐπορούσειᾰς	ἐπορούσειε(ν), ἐπορούσαι	ἐπορουσεῖτον	ἐπορουσείτην	ἐπορουσεῖμεν	ἐπορουσεῖτε	ἐπορουσεῖεν
	imperative		ἐπόρουσον	ἐπορουσᾰ́τω	ἐπορούσᾰτον	ἐπορουσᾰ́των		ἐπορούσᾰτε	ἐπορουσᾰ́ντων
		active
infinitive		ἐποροῦσαι/ἐπορουσᾰ́μεν/ἐπορουσᾰμέναι
participle	m	ἐπορούσᾱς
	f	ἐπορούσᾱσᾰ
	n	ἐποροῦσᾰν
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.

Further reading

• “ἐπορούω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐπορούω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἐπορούω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press