ὀπηδέω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὀπᾱδέω (opādéō) — Doric

Etymology

ὀπηδός (opēdós) +‎ -έω (-éō)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.pɛː.dé.ɔː/ → /o.piˈðe.o/ → /o.piˈðe.o/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.pɛː.dé.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.pe̝ˈde.o/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.piˈðe.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.piˈðe.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.piˈðe.o/

Verb

ὀπηδέω • (opēdéō)

1. (chiefly Epic) to attend, accompany, follow

Conjugation

Attested only in the third-person singular in Homer.

   Present: ὀπηδέω (Epic, uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ὀπηδέω	ὀπηδέεις	ὀπηδέει	ὀπηδέετον	ὀπηδέετον	ὀπηδέομεν	ὀπηδέετε	ὀπηδέουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ὀπηδέω, ὀπηδέωμῐ	ὀπηδέῃς, ὀπηδέῃσθᾰ	ὀπηδέῃ, ὀπηδέῃσῐ	ὀπηδέητον	ὀπηδέητον	ὀπηδέωμεν	ὀπηδέητε	ὀπηδέωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ὀπηδέοιμῐ	ὀπηδέοισ(θᾰ)	ὀπηδέοι	ὀπηδέοιτον	ὀπηδεοίτην	ὀπηδέοιμεν	ὀπηδέοιτε	ὀπηδέοιεν
	imperative		ὀπήδεε	ὀπηδεέτω	ὀπηδέετον	ὀπηδεέτων		ὀπηδέετε	ὀπηδεόντων
		active
infinitive		ὀπηδέειν
participle	m	ὀπηδέων
	f	ὀπηδέουσᾰ
	n	ὀπηδέον
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.

   Present: ὀπηδέω (Epic, contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ὀπηδέω	ὀπηδεῖς	ὀπηδεῖ	ὀπηδεῖτον	ὀπηδεῖτον	ὀπηδεῦμεν	ὀπηδεῖτε	ὀπηδεῦσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ὀπηδέω, ὀπηδέωμῐ	ὀπηδῇς, ὀπηδῇσθᾰ	ὀπηδῇ, ὀπηδῇσῐ	ὀπηδῆτον	ὀπηδῆτον	ὀπηδέωμεν	ὀπηδῆτε	ὀπηδέωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ὀπηδέοιμι	ὀπηδέοις	ὀπηδέοι	ὀπηδέοιτον	ὀπηδεοίτην	ὀπηδέοιμεν	ὀπηδέοιτε	ὀπηδέοιεν
	imperative		ὀπήδει	ὀπηδείτω	ὀπηδεῖτον	ὀπηδείτων		ὀπηδεῖτε	ὀπηδεύντων
		active
infinitive		ὀπηδεῖν/ὀπηδήμεναι/ὀπηδῆναι
participle	m	ὀπηδέων
	f	ὀπηδεῦσᾰ
	n	ὀπηδεῦν
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.

   Imperfect: ὀπήδεον (Epic, uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ὀπήδεον	ὀπήδεες	ὀπήδεε(ν)	ὀπηδέετον	ὀπηδεέτην	ὀπηδέομεν	ὀπηδέετε	ὀπήδεον
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.

   Imperfect: ὀπήδευν (Epic, contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ὀπήδευν	ὀπήδεις	ὀπήδει	ὀπηδεῖτον	ὀπηδείτην	ὀπηδεῦμεν	ὀπηδεῖτε	ὀπήδευν
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

• “ὀπηδέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὀπηδέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὀπηδέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ὀπηδέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὀπηδέω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter