ἐπίστᾰμαι, 2
person -ασαι[
Refs 6th c.BC+],
contraction ἐπίστω [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
subjunctive Ionic dialect ἐπιστέωμαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+],
Attic dialect ἐπίστωμαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
imperfect ἠπιστάμην [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἠπιστέατο or ἐπιστέατο [
Refs]:
future ἐπιστήσομαι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
aorist 1 ἠπιστήθην [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.
know how to do,
be able to do,
capable of doing, c.
infinitive, οὐδέ οἱ ὀστέ᾽ ἐπιστήσονται Ἀχαιοὶ ἀλλέξαι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; and of artistic skill, ὃς χερσὶν ἐπίστατο δαίδαλα πάντα τεύχειν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently in Trag. and
Attic dialect, οὔπω σωφρονεῖν ἐπίστασαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κιθαρίζειν οὐκ ἐ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
infinitive, σῷζ ὅπως ἐπίστασαι as best you
can, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.2.
to be assured, feel sure that.., τοῦτον ἐπίστανται πλεῖστα εἰδέναι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. with
accusative,
understand a matter,
know, be versed in or
acquainted with, πολλὰ δ᾽ ἐπίστατο ἔργα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔγωγε γράμματ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἐ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ μὴ ἐ. γράμματα illiteracy, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἐ. ἱερατικὰ καὶ Αἰγύπτια γράμματα [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐ. μύθους τοὺς Αἰσώπου
know them
by heart, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
adverb, Συριστὶ ἐ.
know Syrian, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; with
accusative and
infinitive conjoined, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; with
infinitive to explanation the
accusative, ἔργον δὲ μοῦνον ἐσθίειν ἐ. [
Refs 7th c.BC+]
II.2. after [
Refs 8th c.BC+],
know as a fact,
know for certain, ἐπισταμένοισι εὖ οὐκ ἄν τις λέγοι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; used convertibly with εἰδέναι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; even χάριν ἐ., =χάριν εἰδέναι, [
Refs 4th c.AD+] being confined to
scientific knowledge (ἐπιστήμη), διὰ τὸ εἰδέναι τὸ ἐπίστασθαι ἐδίωκον [
Refs 4th c.BC+]. Hdt.[same place]; σαφῶς ἐ. [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐ. ὅτι.., or ἐ. τοῦτο, ὅτι.., [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. rarely,
know a person, Ἀρίγνωτον γὰρ οὐδεὶς ὅστις οὐκ ἐ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν Ἰησοῦν γινώσκω καὶ τὸν Παῦλον ἐ. [
NT]; but ὁ παῖς τοὺς τεκόντας οὐκ ἐ.
does not
know who they
are, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. with
participle, in Prose and Trag.,
know that one is, has, etc., εὖ ἐ. αὐτὸς σχήσων [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ὡς ὧδ᾽ ἐχόντων τῶνδ᾽ ἐ. σε χρή [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς φανέν γε τοὔπος ὧδ᾽ ἐ. [
Refs 1st c.AD+]: c.
accusative et
infinitive, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV.
present participle ἐπιστάμενος, η, ον, frequently as
adjective,
knowing, understanding, skilful, ἀνδρὸς ἐ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; καὶ μάλ᾽ ἐ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; even of a dancer's feet, θρέξασκον ἐπισταμένοισι πόδεσσι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
skilled, versed in them, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
IV.2.
adverb ἐπιστᾰμένως
skilfully, expertly,[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; εὖ καὶ ἐ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; also in Prose, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: c.
infinitive,
with knowledge how to.., [
Refs 4th c.BC+],
attend, observe, it is probably that ἐπίσταμαι is merely an old
middle form of ἐφίστημι,[
Refs 4th c.BC+]
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