ἐπαίω (epaio): all forms
ἐπαίω means “hear, understand”. Below is its full conjugation in Ancient Greek.
Present active
Present active | Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | ἐπαί̈ω | ἐπαί̈ω | ἐπαί̈οιμι | |
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| 2nd singular | ἐπαί̈εις | ἐπαί̈ῃς | ἐπαί̈οις | |
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| 3rd singular | ἐπαί̈ει | ἐπαί̈ῃ | ἐπαί̈οι | ἐπαϊέτω |
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| 1st plural | ἐπαί̈ομεν | ἐπαί̈ωμεν | ἐπαί̈οιμεν | |
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| 2nd plural | ἐπαί̈ετε | ἐπαί̈ητε | ἐπαί̈οιτε | ἐπαί̈ετε |
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| 3rd plural | ἐπαί̈ουσι | ἐπαί̈ωσι | ἐπαί̈οιεν | ἐπαϊόντων · ἐπαϊέτωσαν |
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Present middle/passive
Present middle/passive | Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | ἐπαί̈ομαι | ἐπαί̈ωμαι | ἐπαϊοίμην | |
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| 2nd singular | ἐπαί̈ει · ἐπαί̈ῃ | ἐπαί̈ῃ | ἐπαί̈οιο | ἐπαί̈ου |
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| 3rd singular | ἐπαί̈εται | ἐπαί̈ηται | ἐπαί̈οιτο | ἐπαϊέσθω |
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| 1st plural | ἐπαϊόμεθα | | ἐπαϊοίμεθα | |
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| 2nd plural | ἐπαί̈εσθε | ἐπαί̈ησθε | ἐπαί̈οισθε | ἐπαί̈εσθε |
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| 3rd plural | ἐπαί̈ονται | ἐπαί̈ωνται | ἐπαί̈οιντο | ἐπαϊέσθων · ἐπαϊέσθωσαν |
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Imperfect active
Imperfect active | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | ἐπήϊον |
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| 2nd singular | ἐπήϊες |
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| 3rd singular | ἐπήϊε |
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| 1st plural | ἐπαί̈ομεν · ἐπηί̈ομεν |
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| 2nd plural | ἐπαί̈ετε · ἐπηί̈ετε |
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| 3rd plural | ἐπήϊον |
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Imperfect middle/passive
Imperfect middle/passive | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | ἐπαϊόμην · ἐπηϊόμην |
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| 2nd singular | ἐπαί̈ου |
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| 3rd singular | ἐπαί̈ετο · ἐπηί̈ετο |
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| 1st plural | ἐπαϊόμεθα · ἐπηϊόμεθα |
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| 2nd plural | ἐπαί̈εσθε · ἐπηί̈εσθε |
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| 3rd plural | ἐπαί̈οντο · ἐπηί̈οντο |
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Infinitives
Infinitives | Active | Middle/passive |
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| Present | ἐπαί̈ειν | ἐπαί̈εσθαι |
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Participles
Present active participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐπαί̈ων | ἐπαί̈ουσα | ἐπαί̈ον |
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| Genitive | ἐπαί̈οντος | ἐπαϊούσης | ἐπαί̈οντος |
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| Dative | ἐπαί̈οντι | ἐπαϊούσῃ | ἐπαί̈οντι |
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| Accusative | ἐπαί̈οντα | ἐπαί̈ουσαν | ἐπαί̈ον |
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| Vocative | ἐπαί̈ον | ἐπαί̈ουσα | ἐπαί̈ον |
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Present active participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐπαί̈οντες | ἐπαί̈ουσαι | ἐπαί̈οντα |
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| Genitive | ἐπαϊόντων | ἐπαϊουσῶν | ἐπαϊόντων |
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| Dative | ἐπαί̈ουσι | ἐπαϊούσαις | ἐπαί̈ουσι |
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| Accusative | ἐπαί̈οντας | ἐπαϊούσας | ἐπαί̈οντα |
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| Vocative | ἐπαί̈οντες | ἐπαί̈ουσαι | ἐπαί̈οντα |
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Present middle/passive participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐπαϊόμενος | ἐπαϊομένη | ἐπαϊόμενον |
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| Genitive | ἐπαϊομένου | ἐπαϊομένης | ἐπαϊομένου |
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| Dative | ἐπαϊομένῳ | ἐπαϊομένῃ | ἐπαϊομένῳ |
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| Accusative | ἐπαϊόμενον | ἐπαϊομένην | ἐπαϊόμενον |
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| Vocative | ἐπαϊόμενε | ἐπαϊομένη | ἐπαϊόμενον |
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Present middle/passive participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐπαϊόμενοι | ἐπαϊόμεναι | ἐπαϊόμενα |
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| Genitive | ἐπαϊομένων | ἐπαϊομένων | ἐπαϊομένων |
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| Dative | ἐπαϊομένοις | ἐπαϊομέναις | ἐπαϊομένοις |
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| Accusative | ἐπαϊομένους | ἐπαϊομένας | ἐπαϊόμενα |
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| Vocative | ἐπαϊόμενοι | ἐπαϊόμεναι | ἐπαϊόμενα |
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Meaning and examples of ἐπαίω
Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.