ἐνίημι
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐν- (en-) + ἵημι (híēmi).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.nǐː.ɛː.mi/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈni.e̝.mi/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈni.i.mi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈni.i.mi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈni.i.mi/
Verb
ἐνῑ́ημῐ • (enī́ēmĭ)
- to send in, send into
- to put in, implant, inspire
- to plunge into
- to throw in, throw upon
- to launch (ship)
- to incite
- to send into the assembly, employ
- to inject (poison)
- (intransitive) to press on
Inflection
Present: ἐνῑ́ημῐ, ἐνῑ́εμαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐνῑ́ημῐ | ἐνῑ́ης | ἐνῑ́ησῐ(ν) | ἐνῑ́ετον | ἐνῑ́ετον | ἐνῑ́εμεν | ἐνῑ́ετε | ἐνῑᾶσι(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | ἐνῑῶ | ἐνῑῇς | ἐνῑῇ | ἐνῑῆτον | ἐνῑῆτον | ἐνῑῶμεν | ἐνῑῆτε | ἐνῑῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ἐνῑείην | ἐνῑείης | ἐνῑείη | ἐνῑεῖτον / ἐνῑείητον | ἐνῑείτην / ἐνῑειήτην | ἐνῑεῖμεν / ἐνῑείημεν | ἐνῑεῖτε / ἐνῑείητε | ἐνῑεῖεν / ἐνῑείησᾰν | |||||
| imperative | ἐνῑ́ει | ἐνῑέτω | ἐνῑ́ετον | ἐνῑέτων | ἐνῑ́ετε | ἐνῑέντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐνῑ́εμαι | ἐνῑ́εσαι | ἐνῑ́εται | ἐνῑ́εσθον | ἐνῑ́εσθον | ἐνῑέμεθᾰ | ἐνῑ́εσθε | ἐνῑ́ενται | ||||
| subjunctive | ἐνῑῶμαι | ἐνῑῇ | ἐνῑῆται | ἐνῑῆσθον | ἐνῑῆσθον | ἐνῑώμεθᾰ | ἐνῑῆσθε | ἐνῑῶνται | |||||
| optative | ἐνῑείμην | ἐνῑεῖο | ἐνῑεῖτο / ἐνῑοῖτο | ἐνῑεῖσθον / ἐνῑοῖσθον | ἐνῑείσθην / ἐνῑοίσθην | ἐνῑείμεθᾰ / ἐνῑοίμεθᾰ | ἐνῑεῖσθε / ἐνῑοῖσθε | ἐνῑεῖντο / ἐνῑοῖντο | |||||
| imperative | ἐνῑ́εσο | ἐνῑέσθω | ἐνῑ́εσθον | ἐνῑέσθων | ἐνῑ́εσθε | ἐνῑέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἐνῑέναι | ἐνῑ́εσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | ἐνῑείς | ἐνῑέμενος | ||||||||||
| f | ἐνῑεῖσᾰ | ἐνῑεμένη | |||||||||||
| n | ἐνῑέν | ἐνῑέμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐνῐ́ημῐ | ἐνῐ́ης / ἐνῐ́ησθᾰ | ἐνῐ́ησῐ / ἐνῐεῖ | ἐνῐ́ετον | ἐνῐ́ετον | ἐνῐ́εμεν | ἐνῐ́ετε | ἱεῖσι (ν) (ῑ̔ᾶσι) | ||||
| subjunctive | ἐνῐῶ, ἐνῐῶμῐ |
ἐνῐῇς, ἐνῐῇσθᾰ |
ἐνῐῇ, ἐνῐῇσῐ |
ἐνῐῆτον | ἐνῐῆτον | ἐνῐῶμεν | ἐνῐῆτε | ἐνῐῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ἐνῐείην | ἐνῐείης | ἐνῐείη | ἐνῐεῖτον | ἐνῐείτην | ἐνῐεῖμεν | ἐνῐεῖτε | ἐνῐεῖεν | |||||
| imperative | ἐνῐ́ει | ἐνῐέτω | ἐνῐ́ετον | ἐνῐέτων | ἐνῐ́ετε | ἐνῐέντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐνῐ́εμαι | ἐνῐ́εσαι | ἐνῐ́εται | ἐνῐ́εσθον | ἐνῐ́εσθον | ἐνῐέμε(σ)θᾰ | ἐνῐ́εσθε | ἐνῐ́ενται | ||||
| subjunctive | ἐνῐῶμαι | ἐνῐῇ | ἐνῐῆται | ἐνῐῆσθον | ἐνῐῆσθον | ἐνῐώμε(σ)θᾰ | ἐνῐῆσθε | ἐνῐῶνται | |||||
| optative | ἐνῐείμην | ἐνῐεῖο | ἐνῐεῖτο / ἐνῐοῖτο | ἐνῐεῖσθον / ἐνῐοῖσθον | ἐνῐείσθην / ἐνῐοίσθην | ἐνῐείμεθᾰ / οίμε(σ)θᾰ | ἐνῐεῖσθε / ἐνῐοῖσθε | ἐνῐ́ειντο / ἐνῐοίᾰτο | |||||
| imperative | ἐνῐ́εσο | ἐνῐέσθω | ἐνῐ́εσθον | ἐνῐέσθων | ἐνῐ́εσθε | ἐνῐέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἐνῐέμεν(αι) | ἐνῐ́εσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | ἐνῐείς | ἐνῐέμενος | ||||||||||
| f | ἐνῐεῖσᾰ | ἐνῐεμένη | |||||||||||
| n | ἐνῐέν | ἐνῐέμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: ἐνῑ́ην, ἐνῑέμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐνῑ́ην | ἐνῑ́εις | ἐνῑ́ει | ἐνῑ́ετον | ἐνῑέτην | ἐνῑ́εμεν | ἐνῑ́ετε | ἐνῑ́εσᾰν | ||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐνῑέμην | ἐνῑ́εσο | ἐνῑ́ετο | ἐνῑ́εσθον | ἐνῑέσθην | ἐνῑέμεθᾰ | ἐνῑ́εσθε | ἐνῑ́εντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐνῐ́ην | ἐνῐ́εις | ἐνῐ́ει | ἐνῐ́ετον | ἐνῐέτην | ἐνῐ́εμεν | ἐνῐ́ετε | ἐνῐ́εσᾰν | ||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐνῐέμην | ἐνῐ́εσο | ἐνῐ́ετο | ἐνῐ́εσθον | ἐνῐέσθην | ἐνῐέμε(σ)θᾰ | ἐνῐ́εσθε | ἐνῐ́εντο | ||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Future: ἐνήσω, ἐνήσομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐνήσω | ἐνήσεις | ἐνήσει | ἐνήσετον | ἐνήσετον | ἐνήσομεν | ἐνήσετε | ἐνήσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| optative | ἐνήσοιμῐ | ἐνήσοις | ἐνήσοι | ἐνήσοιτον | ἐνησοίτην | ἐνήσοιμεν | ἐνήσοιτε | ἐνήσοιεν | |||||
| middle | indicative | ἐνήσομαι | ἐνήσῃ / ἐνήσει | ἐνήσεται | ἐνήσεσθον | ἐνήσεσθον | ἐνησόμεθᾰ | ἐνήσεσθε | ἐνήσονται | ||||
| optative | ἐνησοίμην | ἐνήσοιο | ἐνήσοιτο | ἐνήσοισθον | ἐνησοίσθην | ἐνησοίμεθᾰ | ἐνήσοισθε | ἐνήσοιντο | |||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἐνήσειν | ἐνήσεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | ἐνήσων | ἐνησόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | ἐνήσουσᾰ | ἐνησομένη | |||||||||||
| n | ἐνῆσον | ἐνησόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: ἔνηκᾰ, ἐνηκᾰ́μην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔνηκᾰ | ἔνηκᾰς | ἔνηκε(ν) | ἐνήκᾰτον | ἐνηκᾰ́την | ἐνήκᾰμεν | ἐνήκᾰτε | ἔνηκᾰν | ||||
| middle | indicative | ἐνηκᾰ́μην | ἐνήκω | ἐνήκᾰτο | ἐνήκᾰσθον | ἐνηκᾰ́σθην | ἐνηκᾰ́μεθᾰ | ἐνήκᾰσθε | ἐνήκᾰντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐνέηκᾰ | ἐνέηκᾰς | ἐνέηκε(ν) | ἐνεήκᾰτον | ἐνεηκᾰ́την | ἐνεήκᾰμεν | ἐνεήκᾰτε | ἐνέηκᾰν | ||||
| middle | indicative | ἐνεηκᾰ́μην | ἐνεήκᾰο | ἐνεήκᾰτο | ἐνεήκᾰσθον | ἐνεηκᾰ́σθην | ἐνεηκᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ | ἐνεήκᾰσθε | ἐνεήκᾰντο | ||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
- ἔνεμα (énema)
Further reading
Further reading
- “ἐνίημι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐνίημι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐνίημι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἐνίημι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- ἐνίημι, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἐνίημι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pape, Wilhelm (1914) “ἐνίημι”, in Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- “ἐνίημι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.