ἐπιτηδεύω
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editἐπιτηδές (epitēdés) + -εύω (-eúō)
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pi.tɛː.děu̯.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.pi.te̝ˈde.wo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.pi.tiˈðe.βo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.pi.tiˈðe.vo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.pi.tiˈðe.vo/
Verb
editἐπῐτηδεύω • (epitēdeúō)
- to pursue, practice, make a practice of, make one's business
- to invent for a purpose
- (passive voice) to be done with pains and practice, be made by art
- to train (an animal)
- to make sure to (do something)
Conjugation
edit Present: ἐπῐτηδεύω, ἐπῐτηδεύομαι
Imperfect: ἐπετήδευον, ἐπετηδευόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐπετήδευον | ἐπετήδευες | ἐπετήδευε(ν) | ἐπετηδεύετον | ἐπετηδευέτην | ἐπετηδεύομεν | ἐπετηδεύετε | ἐπετήδευον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐπετηδευόμην | ἐπετηδεύου | ἐπετηδεύετο | ἐπετηδεύεσθον | ἐπετηδευέσθην | ἐπετηδευόμεθᾰ | ἐπετηδεύεσθε | ἐπετηδεύοντο | ||||
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: ἐπῐτετήδευκᾰ, ἐπῐτετήδευμαι
Derived terms
edit- ἐπιτήδευμα (epitḗdeuma)
Further reading
edit- ἐπιτηδεύω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “ἐπιτηδεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.