ἐφήκω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ ἥκω (hḗkō)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pʰɛ̌ː.kɔː/ → /eˈɸi.ko/ → /eˈfi.ko/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pʰɛ̌ː.kɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpʰe̝.ko/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈɸi.ko/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈfi.ko/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈfi.ko/

Verb

ἐφήκω • (ephḗkō)

1. to have arrived
2. to reach, extend (a certain distance)
3. to occupy (a space)

Conjugation

   Present: ἐφήκω, ἐφήκομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐφήκω	ἐφήκεις	ἐφήκει	ἐφήκετον	ἐφήκετον	ἐφήκομεν	ἐφήκετε	ἐφήκουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐφήκω	ἐφήκῃς	ἐφήκῃ	ἐφήκητον	ἐφήκητον	ἐφήκωμεν	ἐφήκητε	ἐφήκωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐφήκοιμῐ	ἐφήκοις	ἐφήκοι	ἐφήκοιτον	ἐφηκοίτην	ἐφήκοιμεν	ἐφήκοιτε	ἐφήκοιεν
	imperative		ἔφηκε	ἐφηκέτω	ἐφήκετον	ἐφηκέτων		ἐφήκετε	ἐφηκόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐφήκομαι	ἐφήκῃ, ἐφήκει	ἐφήκεται	ἐφήκεσθον	ἐφήκεσθον	ἐφηκόμεθᾰ	ἐφήκεσθε	ἐφήκονται
	subjunctive	ἐφήκωμαι	ἐφήκῃ	ἐφήκηται	ἐφήκησθον	ἐφήκησθον	ἐφηκώμεθᾰ	ἐφήκησθε	ἐφήκωνται
	optative	ἐφηκοίμην	ἐφήκοιο	ἐφήκοιτο	ἐφήκοισθον	ἐφηκοίσθην	ἐφηκοίμεθᾰ	ἐφήκοισθε	ἐφήκοιντο
	imperative		ἐφήκου	ἐφηκέσθω	ἐφήκεσθον	ἐφηκέσθων		ἐφήκεσθε	ἐφηκέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἐφήκειν				ἐφήκεσθαι
participle	m	ἐφήκων				ἐφηκόμενος
	f	ἐφήκουσᾰ				ἐφηκομένη
	n	ἐφῆκον				ἐφηκόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἐφῆκον, ἐφηκόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐφῆκον	ἐφῆκες	ἐφῆκε(ν)	ἐφήκετον	ἐφηκέτην	ἐφήκομεν	ἐφήκετε	ἐφῆκον
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐφηκόμην	ἐφήκου	ἐφήκετο	ἐφήκεσθον	ἐφηκέσθην	ἐφηκόμεθᾰ	ἐφήκεσθε	ἐφήκοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: ἐφήξω, ἐφήξομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐφήξω	ἐφήξεις	ἐφήξει	ἐφήξετον	ἐφήξετον	ἐφήξομεν	ἐφήξετε	ἐφήξουσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐφήξοιμῐ	ἐφήξοις	ἐφήξοι	ἐφήξοιτον	ἐφηξοίτην	ἐφήξοιμεν	ἐφήξοιτε	ἐφήξοιεν
middle	indicative	ἐφήξομαι	ἐφήξῃ, ἐφήξει	ἐφήξεται	ἐφήξεσθον	ἐφήξεσθον	ἐφηξόμεθᾰ	ἐφήξεσθε	ἐφήξονται
	optative	ἐφηξοίμην	ἐφήξοιο	ἐφήξοιτο	ἐφήξοισθον	ἐφηξοίσθην	ἐφηξοίμεθᾰ	ἐφήξοισθε	ἐφήξοιντο
		active			middle
infinitive		ἐφήξειν			ἐφήξεσθαι
participle	m	ἐφήξων			ἐφηξόμενος
	f	ἐφήξουσᾰ			ἐφηξομένη
	n	ἐφῆξον			ἐφηξόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἐφῆξᾰ, ἐφηξᾰ́μην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐφῆξᾰ	ἐφῆξᾰς	ἐφῆξε(ν)	ἐφήξᾰτον	ἐφηξᾰ́την	ἐφήξᾰμεν	ἐφήξᾰτε	ἐφῆξᾰν
	subjunctive	ἐφήξω	ἐφήξῃς	ἐφήξῃ	ἐφήξητον	ἐφήξητον	ἐφήξωμεν	ἐφήξητε	ἐφήξωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐφήξαιμῐ	ἐφήξειᾰς, ἐφήξαις	ἐφήξειε(ν), ἐφήξαι	ἐφήξαιτον	ἐφηξαίτην	ἐφήξαιμεν	ἐφήξαιτε	ἐφήξειᾰν, ἐφήξαιεν
	imperative		ἔφηξον	ἐφηξᾰ́τω	ἐφήξᾰτον	ἐφηξᾰ́των		ἐφήξᾰτε	ἐφηξᾰ́ντων
middle	indicative	ἐφηξᾰ́μην	ἐφήξω	ἐφήξᾰτο	ἐφήξᾰσθον	ἐφηξᾰ́σθην	ἐφηξᾰ́μεθᾰ	ἐφήξᾰσθε	ἐφήξᾰντο
	subjunctive	ἐφήξωμαι	ἐφήξῃ	ἐφήξηται	ἐφήξησθον	ἐφήξησθον	ἐφηξώμεθᾰ	ἐφήξησθε	ἐφήξωνται
	optative	ἐφηξαίμην	ἐφήξαιο	ἐφήξαιτο	ἐφήξαισθον	ἐφηξαίσθην	ἐφηξαίμεθᾰ	ἐφήξαισθε	ἐφήξαιντο
	imperative		ἔφηξαι	ἐφηξᾰ́σθω	ἐφήξᾰσθον	ἐφηξᾰ́σθων		ἐφήξᾰσθε	ἐφηξᾰ́σθων
		active			middle
infinitive		ἐφῆξαι			ἐφήξᾰσθαι
participle	m	ἐφήξᾱς			ἐφηξᾰ́μενος
	f	ἐφήξᾱσᾰ			ἐφηξᾰμένη
	n	ἐφῆξᾰν			ἐφηξᾰ́μενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

• ἐφήκω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἐφήκω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἐφήκω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • arrive idem, page 41.
  • come idem, page 144.
  • reach idem, page 675.