ἔγκειμαι
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐν- (en-) + κεῖμαι (keîmai). Serves as the passive of ἐντίθημι (entíthēmi).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /éŋ.keː.mai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈeŋ.ki.mɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈeɲ.ɟi.mɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈeɲ.ɟi.me/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈeɲ.ɟi.me/
Verb
ἔγκειμαι • (énkeimai)
- to lie in, be wrapped in (clothes)
- to be involved in
- to press upon (an enemy)
- to be urgent
- to insist upon
- to be devoted to
Inflection
Present: ἔγκειμαι (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἔγκειμαι | ἔγκεισαι | ἔγκειται | ἔγκεισθον | ἔγκεισθον | ἐγκείμεθα | ἔγκεισθε | ἔγκεινται | ||||
| subjunctive | ἐγκῶμαι | ἐγκέῃ | ἐγκέηται/ἔγκειται | ἐγκέησθον | ἐγκέησθον | ἐγκώμεθᾰ | ἐγκέησθε | ἐγκέωνται/ἐγκείωνται | |||||
| optative | ἐγκοίμην | ἐγκοῖο | ἐγκοῖτο | ἐγκοῖσθον | ἐγκοίσθην | ἐγκοίμεθᾰ | ἐγκοῖσθε | ἐγκοῖντο | |||||
| imperative | ἔγκεισο | ἐγκείσθω | ἔγκεισθον | ἐγκείσθων | ἔγκεισθον | ἐγκείσθων | |||||||
| infinitive | ἔγκεισθαι/ἐγκέεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἐγκείμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ἐγκειμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἐγκείμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: ἐνεκείμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐνεκείμην | ἐνέκεισο | ἐνέκειτο | ἐνέκεισθον | ἐνεκείσθην | ἐνεκείμεθα | ἐνέκεισθε | ἐνέκειντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: ἐγκείμην (Epic)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐγκείμην | ἔγκεισο | ἔγκειτο | ἔγκεισθον | ἐγκείσθην | ἐγκείμεθα | ἔγκεισθε | ἔγκειντο | ||||
| 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: ἐγκείσομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐγκείσομαι | ἐγκείσῃ / ἐγκείσει | ἐγκείσεται | ἐγκείσεσθον | ἐγκείσεσθον | ἐγκεισόμεθᾰ | ἐγκείσεσθε | ἐγκείσονται | ||||
| optative | ἐγκεισοίμην | ἐγκείσοιο | ἐγκείσοιτο | ἐγκείσοισθον | ἐγκεισοίσθην | ἐγκεισοίμεθᾰ | ἐγκείσοισθε | ἐγκείσοιντο | |||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἐγκείσεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἐγκεισόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ἐγκεισομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἐγκεισόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Further reading
- “ἔγκειμαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἔγκειμαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἔγκειμαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἔγκειμαι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- ἔγκειμαι, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἔγκειμαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἔγκειμαι”, 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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.