περισσεύω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From περισσός (perissós, “extraordinary”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pe.ris.sěu̯.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pe.risˈse.wo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pe.risˈse.βo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pe.risˈse.vo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pe.riˈse.vo/
Verb
[edit]περισσεύω • (perisseúō)
- to be over and above, to go beyond
- to be more than enough, remain over
- (in a bad sense) to be superfluous
- (of persons) to abound in, to have more than enough of
- New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 16:5
- to be superior, to be better than, to have the advantage
- New Testament, First Epistle to the Thessalonians 4:1
- New Testament, First Epistle to the Thessalonians 4:11
- (causal) to make to abound
- New Testament, First Epistle to the Thessalonians 3:12
- (of time) to make longer
Inflection
[edit] Present: περισσεύω, περισσεύομαι
Imperfect: ἐπερίσσευον, ἐπερισσευόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐπερίσσευον | ἐπερίσσευες | ἐπερίσσευε(ν) | ἐπερισσεύετον | ἐπερισσευέτην | ἐπερισσεύομεν | ἐπερισσεύετε | ἐπερίσσευον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐπερισσευόμην | ἐπερισσεύου | ἐπερισσεύετο | ἐπερισσεύεσθον | ἐπερισσευέσθην | ἐπερισσευόμεθᾰ | ἐπερισσεύεσθε | ἐπερισσεύοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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References
[edit]- “περισσεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “περισσεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- περισσεύω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G4052 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible