ἔπω

See also: ἕπω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably a back-formation from the aorist form εἶπον (eîpon).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.pɔː/ → /ˈe.po/ → /ˈe.po/

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

Verb

ἔπω • (épō)

1. to speak, say

Inflection

   Present: ἔπω, ἔπομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔπω	ἔπεις	ἔπει	ἔπετον	ἔπετον	ἔπομεν	ἔπετε	ἔπουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἔπω	ἔπῃς	ἔπῃ	ἔπητον	ἔπητον	ἔπωμεν	ἔπητε	ἔπωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἔποιμῐ	ἔποις	ἔποι	ἔποιτον	ἐποίτην	ἔποιμεν	ἔποιτε	ἔποιεν
	imperative		ἔπε	ἐπέτω	ἔπετον	ἐπέτων		ἔπετε	ἐπόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἔπομαι	ἔπῃ, ἔπει	ἔπεται	ἔπεσθον	ἔπεσθον	ἐπόμεθᾰ	ἔπεσθε	ἔπονται
	subjunctive	ἔπωμαι	ἔπῃ	ἔπηται	ἔπησθον	ἔπησθον	ἐπώμεθᾰ	ἔπησθε	ἔπωνται
	optative	ἐποίμην	ἔποιο	ἔποιτο	ἔποισθον	ἐποίσθην	ἐποίμεθᾰ	ἔποισθε	ἔποιντο
	imperative		ἔπου	ἐπέσθω	ἔπεσθον	ἐπέσθων		ἔπεσθε	ἐπέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἔπειν				ἔπεσθαι
participle	m	ἔπων				ἐπόμενος
	f	ἔπουσᾰ				ἐπομένη
	n	ἔπον				ἐπόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Synonyms

• (speak): λέγω (légō), εἴρω (eírō), φρᾰ́ζω (phrázō), φθέγγομαι (phthéngomai), ἀγορεύω (agoreúō)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “speak”): ἔρδω (érdō, “act”)

Derived terms

• περιέπω (periépō)

Related terms

• ἐπικός (epikós)
• ἐποποιία (epopoiía)
• ἔπος (épos)
• ἐπῠ́λλῐον (epúllion)

 

Further reading

• “ἔπω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔπω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἔπω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἔπω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011