ἔπειμι

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.peː.mi/ → /ˈe.pi.mi/ → /ˈe.pi.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.peː.mi/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pi.mi/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pi.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pi.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pi.mi/

Etymology 1

ἐπι- (epi-, “on, against”) +‎ εἰμῐ́ (eimí, “to be”)

Verb

ἔπειμῐ • (épeimi)

1. to be upon, lie upon
2. to be imminent
3. to remain, be left over
4. to be added

Conjugation

   Present: ἔπειμι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔπειμι	ἔπει	ἔπεστῐ(ν)	ἔπεστον	ἔπεστον	ἔπεσμεν	ἔπεστε	ἔπεισῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐπῶ	ἐπῇς	ἐπῇ	ἐπῆτον	ἐπῆτον	ἐπῶμεν	ἐπῆτε	ἐπῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐπείην	ἐπείης	ἐπείη	ἐπείητον	ἐπειήτην	ἐπείημεν	ἐπείητε	ἐπιείησαν
	imperative		ἔπῐσθῐ	ἐπέστω	ἔπεστον	ἔπεστων		ἔπεστε	ἐπόντων
		active
infinitive		ἐπεῖναι
participle	m	ἐπών
	f	ἐποῦσᾰ
	n	ἐπόν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

• “ἔπειμι (A)”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔπειμι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἔπειμι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “ἔπειμι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἔπειμι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963

Etymology 2

ἐπι- (epi-, “on, against”) +‎ εἶμῐ (eîmi, “to go”)

Verb

ἔπειμῐ • (épeimi)

1. to come upon
2. to approach
3. to come after, follow

Conjugation

   Present: ἔπειμι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔπειμι	ἔπει	ἔπεισῐ(ν)	ἔπῐτον	ἔπῐτον	ἔπῐμεν	ἔπῐτε	ἐπῐ́ᾱσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐπῐ́ω	ἐπῐ́ῃς	ἐπῐ́ῃ	ἐπῐ́ητον	ἐπῐ́ητον	ἐπῐ́ωμεν	ἐπῐ́ητε	ἐπῐ́ωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐπῐ́οιμῐ	ἐπῐ́οις	ἐπῐ́οι	ἐπῐ́οιτον	ἐπῐοίτην	ἐπῐ́οιμεν	ἐπῐ́οιτε	ἐπῐ́οιεν
	imperative		ἔπῐθῐ	ἐπῐ́τω	ἔπῐτον	ἔπῐτων		ἔπῐτε	ἐπῐόντων
		active
infinitive		ἐπῐέναι
participle	m	ἐπῐών
	f	ἐπῐοῦσᾰ
	n	ἐπῐόν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἐπῇᾰ/ἐπῄειν

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπῇᾰ/ἐπῄειν	ἐπῄεισθᾰ/ἐπῄεις	ἐπῄειν/ἐπῄει	ἐπῇτον	ἐπῄτην	ἐπῄμεν	ἐπῇτε	ἐπῇσᾰν/ἐπῄεσᾰν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

• “ἔπειμι (B)”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔπειμι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἔπειμι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “ἔπειμι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἔπειμι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963