ἐπορούω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) +‎ ὀρούω (oroúō, “rush”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rew- (“to rush”)

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἐπορούω • (eporoúō) (Epic)

  1. to attack, rush upon
  2. to come upon

Conjugation

   Aorist: ἐπόρουσᾰ (Epic)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἐπόρουσᾰ ἐπόρουσᾰς ἐπόρουσε(ν) ἐπορούσᾰτον ἐπορουσᾰ́την ἐπορούσᾰμεν ἐπορούσᾰτε ἐπόρουσᾰν
subjunctive ἐπορούσω,
ἐπορούσωμῐ 		ἐπορούσῃς,
ἐπορούσῃσθᾰ 		ἐπορούσῃ,
ἐπορούσῃσῐ 		ἐπορούσητον ἐπορούσητον ἐπορούσωμεν ἐπορούσητε ἐπορούσωσῐ(ν)
optative ἐπορούσαιμῐ ἐπορούσαις,
ἐπορούσαισθᾰ,
ἐπορούσειᾰς 		ἐπορούσειε(ν),
ἐπορούσαι 		ἐπορουσεῖτον ἐπορουσείτην ἐπορουσεῖμεν ἐπορουσεῖτε ἐπορουσεῖεν
imperative   ἐπόρουσον ἐπορουσᾰ́τω ἐπορούσᾰτον ἐπορουσᾰ́των   ἐπορούσᾰτε ἐπορουσᾰ́ντων
active
infinitive ἐποροῦσαι/ἐπορουσᾰ́μεν/ἐπορουσᾰμέναι
participle m ἐπορούσᾱς
f ἐπορούσᾱσᾰ
n ἐποροῦσᾰν
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.

Further reading

  • “ἐπορούω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἐπορούω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “ἐπορούω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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