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ἐπιγιγνώσκω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἐπιγινώσκω ‎(epiginṓskō) Ionic, post-Classical

(4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /epiɣiɣnósko/

(10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /epiɣiɣnósko/

(15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /epiɣiɣnósko/

Verb

ἐπιγιγνώσκω • ‎(epigignṓskō)

to look upon, witness, observe
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 18.30
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.1.33
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 18
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 4.279
to recognize, know again
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 24.217
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 1296
- 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 192.E
1. (of things) to find out, discover, detect
  - 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1598
  - 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 2.11.3
  - 380 BCE, Plato, Euthydemus 301.E
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 631.B.11
  - 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 1.65.6
  - 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Genesis 37.32
to come to a judgement, decide
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.57
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.65
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.70
- 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 11.52
to recognize, acknowledge, approve
- New Testament, First Epistle to the Corinthians 16.18

Inflection

Present: ἐπιγιγνώσκω, ἐπιγιγνώσκομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
present		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπιγιγνώσκω	ἐπιγιγνώσκεις	ἐπιγιγνώσκει	ἐπιγιγνώσκετον	ἐπιγιγνώσκετον	ἐπιγιγνώσκομεν	ἐπιγιγνώσκετε	ἐπιγιγνώσκουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐπιγιγνώσκω	ἐπιγιγνώσκῃς	ἐπιγιγνώσκῃ	ἐπιγιγνώσκητον	ἐπιγιγνώσκητον	ἐπιγιγνώσκωμεν	ἐπιγιγνώσκητε	ἐπιγιγνώσκωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐπιγιγνώσκοιμῐ	ἐπιγιγνώσκοις	ἐπιγιγνώσκοι	ἐπιγιγνώσκοιτον	ἐπιγιγνωσκοίτην	ἐπιγιγνώσκοιμεν	ἐπιγιγνώσκοιτε	ἐπιγιγνώσκοιεν
	imperative		ἐπιγίγνωσκε	ἐπιγιγνωσκέτω	ἐπιγιγνώσκετον	ἐπιγιγνωσκέτων		ἐπιγιγνώσκετε	ἐπιγιγνωσκόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐπιγιγνώσκομαι	ἐπιγιγνώσκει/ ἐπιγιγνώσκῃ	ἐπιγιγνώσκεται	ἐπιγιγνώσκεσθον	ἐπιγιγνώσκεσθον	ἐπιγιγνωσκόμεθᾰ	ἐπιγιγνώσκεσθε	ἐπιγιγνώσκονται
	subjunctive	ἐπιγιγνώσκωμαι	ἐπιγιγνώσκῃ	ἐπιγιγνώσκηται	ἐπιγιγνώσκησθον	ἐπιγιγνώσκησθον	ἐπιγιγνωσκώμεθᾰ	ἐπιγιγνώσκησθε	ἐπιγιγνώσκωνται
	optative	ἐπιγιγνωσκοίμην	ἐπιγιγνώσκοιο	ἐπιγιγνώσκοιτο	ἐπιγιγνώσκοισθον	ἐπιγιγνωσκοίσθην	ἐπιγιγνωσκοίμεθᾰ	ἐπιγιγνώσκοισθε	ἐπιγιγνώσκοιντο
	imperative		ἐπιγιγνώσκου	ἐπιγιγνωσκέσθω	ἐπιγιγνώσκεσθον	ἐπιγιγνωσκέσθων		ἐπιγιγνώσκεσθε	ἐπιγιγνωσκέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἐπιγιγνώσκειν				ἐπιγιγνώσκεσθαι
participle		ἐπιγιγνώσκων , ἐπιγιγνώσκουσᾰ , ἐπιγίγνωσκον				ἐπιγιγνωσκόμενος , ἐπιγιγνωσκομένη , ἐπιγιγνωσκόμενον

Future: ἐπιγνώσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
future		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἐπιγνώσομαι	ἐπιγνώσει/ ἐπιγνώσῃ	ἐπιγνώσεται	ἐπιγνώσεσθον	ἐπιγνώσεσθον	ἐπιγνωσόμεθᾰ	ἐπιγνώσεσθε	ἐπιγνώσονται
middle	optative	ἐπιγνωσοίμην	ἐπιγνώσοιο	ἐπιγνώσοιτο	ἐπιγνώσοισθον	ἐπιγνωσοίσθην	ἐπιγνωσοίμεθᾰ	ἐπιγνώσοισθε	ἐπιγνώσοιντο
		infinitive				participle
infinitive		ἐπιγνώσεσθαι				ἐπιγνωσόμενος , ἐπιγνωσομένη , ἐπιγνωσόμενον

Perfect: ἐπέγνωκα

number		singular			dual		plural
perfect		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπέγνωκα	ἐπέγνωκας	ἐπέγνωκε	ἐπεγνώκατον	ἐπεγνώκατον	ἐπεγνώκαμεν	ἐπεγνώκατε	ἐπεγνώκᾱσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐπεγνωκὼς ὦ/ ἐπεγνώκω	ἐπεγνωκὼς ᾖς/ ἐπεγνώκῃς	ἐπεγνωκὼς ᾖ/ ἐπεγνώκῃ	ἐπεγνωκότε ἦτον/ ἐπεγνώκητον	ἐπεγνωκότε ἦτον/ ἐπεγνώκητον	ἐπεγνωκότες ὦμεν/ ἐπεγνώκωμεν	ἐπεγνωκότες ἦτε/ ἐπεγνώκητε	ἐπεγνωκότες ὦσῐ(ν)/ ἐπεγνώκωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐπεγνωκὼς εἴην/ ἐπεγνώκοιμῐ/ ἐπεγνωκοίην	ἐπεγνωκὼς εἴης/ ἐπεγνώκοις/ ἐπεγνωκοίης	ἐπεγνωκὼς εἴη/ ἐπεγνώκοι/ ἐπεγνωκοίη	ἐπεγνωκότε εἴητον/ ἐπεγνωκότε εἶτον/ ἐπεγνώκοιτον	ἐπεγνωκὀτε εἰήτην/ ἐπεγνωκότε εἴτην/ ἐπεγνωκοίτην	ἐπεγνωκότες εἴημεν/ ἐπεγνωκότες εἶμεν/ ἐπεγνώκοιμεν	ἐπεγνωκότες εἴητε/ ἐπεγνωκότες εἶτε/ ἐπεγνώκοιτε	ἐπεγνωκότες εἴησαν/ ἐπεγνωκότε εἶεν/ ἐπεγνώκοιεν
	imperative		ἐπεγνωκὼς ἴσθῐ	ἐπεγνωκὼς ἔστω	ἐπεγνωκότε ἔστον	ἐπεγνωκότε ἔστων		ἐπεγνωκότες ἔστε	ἐπεγνωκότες ὄντων
		infinitive				participle
active		ἐπεγνωκέναι				ἐπεγνωκώς , ἐπεγνωκυῖα , ἐπεγνωκός

References

ἐπιγιγνώσκω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἐπιγιγνώσκω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἐπιγιγνώσκω in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
«ἐπιγιγνώσκω» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
«ἐπιγιγνώσκω» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963

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ἐπιγιγνώσκω

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