ἀπέρχομαι

ἀπέρχομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀπο- (apo-, “from”) +‎ ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “to come, go”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pér.kʰo.mai̯/ → /aˈper.xo.mɛ/ → /aˈper.xo.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pér.kʰo.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈper.kʰo.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈper.xo.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈper.xo.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈper.xo.me/

Verb

ᾰ̓πέρχομαι • (apérkhomai)

1. (with genitive) to go away from, depart from
   • Homer, Iliad 24.766
   • Homer, Odyssey 2.136
   • Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 546
   • Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.92
   • Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.89
   • Euripides, Orestes 295
   1. (when used with εἰς (eis), departure at one place and arrival at another is implied)
      • Herodotus, Histories 1.22
      • Andocides, Collected Works 30.30
      • Luc. Tim. 11
      • Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.92
      • Plato, Symposium 193C
   2. (absolute)
      • Herodotus, Histories 1.199
      • Euripides, Alcestis 379
      • Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.24
      • Sophocles, Philoctetes 808
      • Aristophanes, The Acharnians 689
      • Aristophanes, The Birds 948
      • Plato, Laws 954
   3. (with participle)
      • Aelius Aristides 2.2
   4. to depart from life
      • Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers 3.6

Inflection

   Present: ᾰ̓πέρχομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ᾰ̓πέρχομαι	ᾰ̓πέρχῃ, ᾰ̓πέρχει	ᾰ̓πέρχεται	ᾰ̓πέρχεσθον	ᾰ̓πέρχεσθον	ᾰ̓περχόμεθᾰ	ᾰ̓πέρχεσθε	ᾰ̓πέρχονται
	subjunctive	ᾰ̓πέρχωμαι	ᾰ̓πέρχῃ	ᾰ̓πέρχηται	ᾰ̓πέρχησθον	ᾰ̓πέρχησθον	ᾰ̓περχώμεθᾰ	ᾰ̓πέρχησθε	ᾰ̓πέρχωνται
	optative	ᾰ̓περχοίμην	ᾰ̓πέρχοιο	ᾰ̓πέρχοιτο	ᾰ̓πέρχοισθον	ᾰ̓περχοίσθην	ᾰ̓περχοίμεθᾰ	ᾰ̓πέρχοισθε	ᾰ̓πέρχοιντο
	imperative		ᾰ̓πέρχου	ᾰ̓περχέσθω	ᾰ̓πέρχεσθον	ᾰ̓περχέσθων		ᾰ̓πέρχεσθε	ᾰ̓περχέσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						ᾰ̓πέρχεσθαι
participle	m					ᾰ̓περχόμενος
	f					ᾰ̓περχομένη
	n					ᾰ̓περχόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: ᾰ̓πελεύσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ᾰ̓πελεύσομαι	ᾰ̓πελεύσῃ, ᾰ̓πελεύσει	ᾰ̓πελεύσεται	ᾰ̓πελεύσεσθον	ᾰ̓πελεύσεσθον	ᾰ̓πελευσόμεθᾰ	ᾰ̓πελεύσεσθε	ᾰ̓πελεύσονται
	optative	ᾰ̓πελευσοίμην	ᾰ̓πελεύσοιο	ᾰ̓πελεύσοιτο	ᾰ̓πελεύσοισθον	ᾰ̓πελευσοίσθην	ᾰ̓πελευσοίμεθᾰ	ᾰ̓πελεύσοισθε	ᾰ̓πελεύσοιντο
					middle
infinitive					ᾰ̓πελεύσεσθαι
participle	m				ᾰ̓πελευσόμενος
	f				ᾰ̓πελευσομένη
	n				ᾰ̓πελευσόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

• In Attic ἄπειμι (ápeimi) is used as the future.

   Aorist: ᾰ̓πῆλθον

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ᾰ̓πῆλθον	ᾰ̓πῆλθες	ᾰ̓πῆλθε(ν)	ᾰ̓πήλθετον	ᾰ̓πηλθέτην	ᾰ̓πήλθομεν	ᾰ̓πήλθετε	ᾰ̓πῆλθον
	subjunctive	ᾰ̓πέλθω	ᾰ̓πέλθῃς	ᾰ̓πέλθῃ	ᾰ̓πέλθητον	ᾰ̓πέλθητον	ᾰ̓πέλθωμεν	ᾰ̓πέλθητε	ᾰ̓πέλθωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ᾰ̓πέλθοιμῐ	ᾰ̓πέλθοις	ᾰ̓πέλθοι	ᾰ̓πέλθοιτον	ᾰ̓πελθοίτην	ᾰ̓πέλθοιμεν	ᾰ̓πέλθοιτε	ᾰ̓πέλθοιεν
	imperative		ᾰ̓́πελθε	ᾰ̓πελθέτω	ᾰ̓πέλθετον	ᾰ̓πελθέτων		ᾰ̓πέλθετε	ᾰ̓πελθόντων
		active
infinitive		ᾰ̓πελθεῖν
participle	m	ᾰ̓πελθών
	f	ᾰ̓πελθοῦσᾰ
	n	ᾰ̓πελθόν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

References

• “ἀπέρχομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀπέρχομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀπέρχομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀπέρχομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀπέρχομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀπέρχομαι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
• G565 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible