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
ἐπιτεχνάομαι • (epitekhnáomai) (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: ἐπιτεχνᾰ́ομαι (Uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐπιτεχνᾰ́ομαι | ἐπιτεχνᾰ́ῃ / ἐπιτεχνᾰ́ει | ἐπιτεχνᾰ́εται | ἐπιτεχνᾰ́εσθον | ἐπιτεχνᾰ́εσθον | ἐπιτεχνᾰόμεθᾰ | ἐπιτεχνᾰ́εσθε | ἐπιτεχνᾰ́ονται | ||||
| subjunctive | ἐπιτεχνᾰ́ωμαι | ἐπιτεχνᾰ́ῃ | ἐπιτεχνᾰ́ηται | ἐπιτεχνᾰ́ησθον | ἐπιτεχνᾰ́ησθον | ἐπιτεχνᾰώμεθᾰ | ἐπιτεχνᾰ́ησθε | ἐπιτεχνᾰ́ωνται | |||||
| optative | ἐπιτεχνᾰοίμην | ἐπιτεχνᾰ́οιο | ἐπιτεχνᾰ́οιτο | ἐπιτεχνᾰ́οισθον | ἐπιτεχνᾰοίσθην | ἐπιτεχνᾰοίμεθᾰ | ἐπιτεχνᾰ́οισθε | ἐπιτεχνᾰ́οιντο | |||||
| imperative | ἐπιτεχνᾰ́ου | ἐπιτεχνᾰέσθω | ἐπιτεχνᾰ́εσθον | ἐπιτεχνᾰέσθων | ἐπιτεχνᾰ́εσθε | ἐπιτεχνᾰέσθων | |||||||
| middle/passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἐπιτεχνᾰ́εσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἐπιτεχνᾰόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ἐπιτεχνᾰομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἐπιτεχνᾰόμενον | ||||||||||||
| 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: ἐπιτεχνῶμαι (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐπιτεχνῶμαι | ἐπιτεχνᾷ | ἐπιτεχνᾶται | ἐπιτεχνᾶσθον | ἐπιτεχνᾶσθον | ἐπιτεχνώμεθᾰ | ἐπιτεχνᾶσθε | ἐπιτεχνῶνται | ||||
| subjunctive | ἐπιτεχνῶμαι | ἐπιτεχνᾷ | ἐπιτεχνᾶται | ἐπιτεχνᾶσθον | ἐπιτεχνᾶσθον | ἐπιτεχνώμεθᾰ | ἐπιτεχνᾶσθε | ἐπιτεχνῶνται | |||||
| optative | ἐπιτεχνῴμην | ἐπιτεχνῷο | ἐπιτεχνῷτο | ἐπιτεχνῷσθον | ἐπιτεχνῴσθην | ἐπιτεχνῴμεθᾰ | ἐπιτεχνῷσθε | ἐπιτεχνῷντο | |||||
| imperative | ἐπιτεχνῶ | ἐπιτεχνᾱ́σθω | ἐπιτεχνᾶσθον | ἐπιτεχνᾱ́σθων | ἐπιτεχνᾶσθε | ἐπιτεχνᾱ́σθων | |||||||
| middle/passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἐπιτεχνώμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ἐπιτεχνωμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἐπιτεχνώμενον | ||||||||||||
| 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: ἐπιτεχνήσομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| passive | indicative | ἐπιτεχνήσομαι | ἐπιτεχνήσῃ | ἐπιτεχνήσεται | ἐπιτεχνήσεσθον | ἐπιτεχνήσεσθον | ἐπιτεχνησόμεθᾰ | ἐπιτεχνήσεσθε | ἐπιτεχνήσονται | ||||
| optative | ἐπιτεχνησοίμην | ἐπιτεχνήσοιο | ἐπιτεχνήσοιτο | ἐπιτεχνήσοισθον | ἐπιτεχνησοίσθην | ἐπιτεχνησοίμεθᾰ | ἐπιτεχνήσοισθε | ἐπιτεχνήσοιντο | |||||
| passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἐπιτεχνήσεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἐπιτεχνησόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ἐπιτεχνησομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἐπιτεχνησόμενον | ||||||||||||
| 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