ἐπιγράφω
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom ἐπι- (epi-) + γράφω (gráphō).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pi.ɡrá.pʰɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.piˈɡra.pʰo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.piˈɣra.ɸo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.piˈɣra.fo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.piˈɣra.fo/
Verb
editἐπιγράφω • (epigráphō)
- to mark the surface of, barely pierce, graze
- to mark, put a mark on
- to write upon, inscribe
- (law) to set down the penalty or damages in the title of an indictment
- (middle voice) to have one's name registered
- (middle voice) to assume a name
Conjugation
edit Present: ἐπιγρᾰ́φω, ἐπιγρᾰ́φομαι
Imperfect: ἐπέγρᾰφον, ἐπεγρᾰφόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐπέγρᾰφον | ἐπέγρᾰφες | ἐπέγρᾰφε(ν) | ἐπεγρᾰ́φετον | ἐπεγρᾰφέτην | ἐπεγρᾰ́φομεν | ἐπεγρᾰ́φετε | ἐπέγρᾰφον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐπεγρᾰφόμην | ἐπεγρᾰ́φου | ἐπεγρᾰ́φετο | ἐπεγρᾰ́φεσθον | ἐπεγρᾰφέσθην | ἐπεγρᾰφόμεθᾰ | ἐπεγρᾰ́φεσθε | ἐπεγρᾰ́φοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: ἐπιγέγρᾰφᾰ, ἐπιγέγρᾰμμαι
Pluperfect: ἐπεγεγρᾰ́φειν, ἐπεγεγρᾰ́μμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐπεγεγρᾰ́φειν, ἐπεγεγρᾰ́φη |
ἐπεγεγρᾰ́φεις, ἐπεγεγρᾰ́φης |
ἐπεγεγρᾰ́φει(ν) | ἐπεγεγρᾰ́φετον | ἐπεγεγρᾰφέτην | ἐπεγεγρᾰ́φεμεν | ἐπεγεγρᾰ́φετε | ἐπεγεγρᾰ́φεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐπεγεγρᾰ́μμην | ἐπεγέγρᾰψο | ἐπεγέγρᾰπτο | ἐπεγέγρᾰφθον | ἐπεγεγρᾰ́φθην | ἐπεγεγρᾰ́μμεθᾰ | ἐπεγέγρᾰφθε | ἐπεγεγρᾰ́φᾰτο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Greek: επιγράφω (epigráfo)
- → Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ufarmēljan) (calque)
Further reading
edit- “ἐπιγράφω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐπιγράφω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐπιγράφω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἐπιγράφω in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- “ἐπιγράφω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- “ἐπιγράφω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G1924 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- inscribe idem, page 443.
- register idem, page 687.
- superscribe idem, page 839.
- write idem, page 993.