ἐπιβατεύω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπιβάτης (epibátēs) +‎ -εύω (-eúō).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἐπῐβᾰτεύω • (epĭbăteúō)

  1. (transitive) to set foot upon, step upon; to occupy
    • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Mark Antony 28:
      Συρίας ἐπιβατεύειν
      Surías epibateúein
      to occupy Syria
    • 484 BCE – 425 BCE, Herodotus, 3 63:
      τοῦ Σμέρδιος ὀνόματος ἐπιβατεύων
      toû Smérdios onómatos epibateúōn
      usurping the name of Smerdis
  2. (figurative) to take a stand upon, rely upon
    • 484 BCE – 425 BCE, Herodotus, 6 65:
      τούτου ἐπιβατεύειν τοῦ ῥήματος
      toútou epibateúein toû rhḗmatos
      to rely upon this argument
  3. (nautical) to be an ἐπιβάτης (epibátēs), to serve as a passenger or soldier aboard a ship
    • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laches 183d:
      ἐπὶ νηὶ ἐπιβατεύειν
      epì nēì epibateúein
      to serve aboard a ship
    • 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 48:
      ἐπεβάτευον Κλεισθένει
      epebáteuon Kleisthénei
      I served aboard with Cleisthenes
  4. (intransitive) to mount (upon something)
    • 230 CE – 238 CE, Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.8.2:
      τοῦ θρόνου ἐπιβατεύει
      toû thrónou epibateúei
      he mounts the throne

Conjugation

   Present: ἐπῐβᾰτεύω, ἐπῐβᾰτεύομαι
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἐπῐβᾰτεύω ἐπῐβᾰτεύεις ἐπῐβᾰτεύει ἐπῐβᾰτεύετον ἐπῐβᾰτεύετον ἐπῐβᾰτεύομεν ἐπῐβᾰτεύετε ἐπῐβᾰτεύουσῐ(ν)
subjunctive ἐπῐβᾰτεύω ἐπῐβᾰτεύῃς ἐπῐβᾰτεύῃ ἐπῐβᾰτεύητον ἐπῐβᾰτεύητον ἐπῐβᾰτεύωμεν ἐπῐβᾰτεύητε ἐπῐβᾰτεύωσῐ(ν)
optative ἐπῐβᾰτεύοιμῐ ἐπῐβᾰτεύοις ἐπῐβᾰτεύοι ἐπῐβᾰτεύοιτον ἐπῐβᾰτευοίτην ἐπῐβᾰτεύοιμεν ἐπῐβᾰτεύοιτε ἐπῐβᾰτεύοιεν
imperative   ἐπῐβᾰ́τευε ἐπῐβᾰτευέτω ἐπῐβᾰτεύετον ἐπῐβᾰτευέτων   ἐπῐβᾰτεύετε ἐπῐβᾰτευόντων
middle/passive indicative ἐπῐβᾰτεύομαι ἐπῐβᾰτεύῃ,
ἐπῐβᾰτεύει 		ἐπῐβᾰτεύεται ἐπῐβᾰτεύεσθον ἐπῐβᾰτεύεσθον ἐπῐβᾰτευόμεθᾰ ἐπῐβᾰτεύεσθε ἐπῐβᾰτεύονται
subjunctive ἐπῐβᾰτεύωμαι ἐπῐβᾰτεύῃ ἐπῐβᾰτεύηται ἐπῐβᾰτεύησθον ἐπῐβᾰτεύησθον ἐπῐβᾰτευώμεθᾰ ἐπῐβᾰτεύησθε ἐπῐβᾰτεύωνται
optative ἐπῐβᾰτευοίμην ἐπῐβᾰτεύοιο ἐπῐβᾰτεύοιτο ἐπῐβᾰτεύοισθον ἐπῐβᾰτευοίσθην ἐπῐβᾰτευοίμεθᾰ ἐπῐβᾰτεύοισθε ἐπῐβᾰτεύοιντο
imperative   ἐπῐβᾰτεύου ἐπῐβᾰτευέσθω ἐπῐβᾰτεύεσθον ἐπῐβᾰτευέσθων   ἐπῐβᾰτεύεσθε ἐπῐβᾰτευέσθων
active middle/passive
infinitive ἐπῐβᾰτεύειν ἐπῐβᾰτεύεσθαι
participle m ἐπῐβᾰτεύων ἐπῐβᾰτευόμενος
f ἐπῐβᾰτεύουσᾰ ἐπῐβᾰτευομένη
n ἐπῐβᾰτεῦον ἐπῐβᾰτευόμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: ἐπεβᾰ́τευον, ἐπεβᾰτευόμην
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἐπεβᾰ́τευον ἐπεβᾰ́τευες ἐπεβᾰ́τευε(ν) ἐπεβᾰτεύετον ἐπεβᾰτευέτην ἐπεβᾰτεύομεν ἐπεβᾰτεύετε ἐπεβᾰ́τευον
middle/passive indicative ἐπεβᾰτευόμην ἐπεβᾰτεύου ἐπεβᾰτεύετο ἐπεβᾰτεύεσθον ἐπεβᾰτευέσθην ἐπεβᾰτευόμεθᾰ ἐπεβᾰτεύεσθε ἐπεβᾰτεύοντο
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Usage notes

  • The verb ἐπιβατεύω (epibateúō) ordinarily means “to serve aboard a ship” or “to be embarked,” as in Plato (Laches 183d). In Aristophanes (Frogs 48), LSJ notes that this otherwise neutral verb can convey an “obscene allusion” (cf. ἐπιβαίνω (epibaínō) A.III.3). An ancient scholion explains that Aristophanes exploits a hidden sense of the verb “to mount,” using it αἰσχρῶς (aiskhrôs, “in an obscene way”), by analogy with animals that copulate by mounting.

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