ἐπιτεχνάομαι
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπι- (epi-) + τεχνάομαι (tekhnáomai).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pi.te.kʰná.o.mai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.pi.teˈkʰna.o.mɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.pi.teˈxna.o.mɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.pi.teˈxna.o.me/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.pi.teˈxna.o.me/
Verb
ἐπῐτεχνάομαι • (epĭtekhnáomai) (deponent)
- to contrive, scheme
- to plot against
- 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 4.55:
- πάσας δὲ πείρας ἐπιτεχνωμένου καὶ δόλους παντοδαποὺς συντιθέντος
- pásas dè peíras epitekhnōménou kaì dólous pantodapoùs suntithéntos
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- πάσας δὲ πείρας ἐπιτεχνωμένου καὶ δόλους παντοδαποὺς συντιθέντος
- to plan for an emergency
- to invent
Conjugation
Present: ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́ομαι (Uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́ομαι | ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́ῃ / ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́ει | ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́εται | ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́εσθον | ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́εσθον | ἐπῐτεχνᾰόμεθᾰ | ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́εσθε | ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́ονται | ||||
| subjunctive | ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́ωμαι | ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́ῃ | ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́ηται | ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́ησθον | ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́ησθον | ἐπῐτεχνᾰώμεθᾰ | ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́ησθε | ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́ωνται | |||||
| optative | ἐπῐτεχνᾰοίμην | ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́οιο | ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́οιτο | ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́οισθον | ἐπῐτεχνᾰοίσθην | ἐπῐτεχνᾰοίμεθᾰ | ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́οισθε | ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́οιντο | |||||
| imperative | ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́ου | ἐπῐτεχνᾰέσθω | ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́εσθον | ἐπῐτεχνᾰέσθων | ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́εσθε | ἐπῐτεχνᾰέσθων | |||||||
| middle/passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἐπῐτεχνᾰ́εσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἐπῐτεχνᾰόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ἐπῐτεχνᾰομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἐπῐτεχνᾰόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Present: ἐπῐτεχνῶμαι (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐπῐτεχνῶμαι | ἐπῐτεχνᾷ | ἐπῐτεχνᾶται | ἐπῐτεχνᾶσθον | ἐπῐτεχνᾶσθον | ἐπῐτεχνώμεθᾰ | ἐπῐτεχνᾶσθε | ἐπῐτεχνῶνται | ||||
| subjunctive | ἐπῐτεχνῶμαι | ἐπῐτεχνᾷ | ἐπῐτεχνᾶται | ἐπῐτεχνᾶσθον | ἐπῐτεχνᾶσθον | ἐπῐτεχνώμεθᾰ | ἐπῐτεχνᾶσθε | ἐπῐτεχνῶνται | |||||
| optative | ἐπῐτεχνῴμην | ἐπῐτεχνῷο | ἐπῐτεχνῷτο | ἐπῐτεχνῷσθον | ἐπῐτεχνῴσθην | ἐπῐτεχνῴμεθᾰ | ἐπῐτεχνῷσθε | ἐπῐτεχνῷντο | |||||
| imperative | ἐπῐτεχνῶ | ἐπῐτεχνᾱ́σθω | ἐπῐτεχνᾶσθον | ἐπῐτεχνᾱ́σθων | ἐπῐτεχνᾶσθε | ἐπῐτεχνᾱ́σθων | |||||||
| middle/passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἐπῐτεχνᾶσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἐπῐτεχνώμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ἐπῐτεχνωμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἐπῐτεχνώμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Future: ἐπῐτεχνήσομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| passive | indicative | ἐπῐτεχνήσομαι | ἐπῐτεχνήσῃ | ἐπῐτεχνήσεται | ἐπῐτεχνήσεσθον | ἐπῐτεχνήσεσθον | ἐπῐτεχνησόμεθᾰ | ἐπῐτεχνήσεσθε | ἐπῐτεχνήσονται | ||||
| optative | ἐπῐτεχνησοίμην | ἐπῐτεχνήσοιο | ἐπῐτεχνήσοιτο | ἐπῐτεχνήσοισθον | ἐπῐτεχνησοίσθην | ἐπῐτεχνησοίμεθᾰ | ἐπῐτεχνήσοισθε | ἐπῐτεχνήσοιντο | |||||
| passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἐπῐτεχνήσεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἐπῐτεχνησόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ἐπῐτεχνησομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἐπῐτεχνησόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Related terms
- ἐπιτεχνάζω (epitekhnázō)
- ἐπιτεχνάζομαι (epitekhnázomai)
References
- “ἐπιτεχνάομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐπιτεχνάομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐπιτεχνάομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Pape, Wilhelm (1914), “ἐπιτεχνάομαι”, in Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- ἐπιτεχνάομαι, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011