"επίκειται" meaning in Greek

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Verb

IPA: /eˈpi.ci.te/ Forms: epíkeitai [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], επίκειται [present, singular, third-person], επίκεινται [plural, present, third-person], - [imperfect, singular, third-person], - [imperfect, plural, third-person]
Etymology: Learnedly, from the 3rd singular person ἐπίκειται (epíkeitai) of Ancient Greek ἐπίκειμαι (epíkeimai, “I am laid upon; I am urgent”) -ἐπί (epí) + κεῖμαι (keîmai)-, semantic loan from French est imminent. Morphologically analysed as επι- (epi-, “upon”) + κείμαι (keímai, “lie”). Etymology templates: {{der|el|grc|ἐπίκειμαι|t=I am laid upon; I am urgent}} Ancient Greek ἐπίκειμαι (epíkeimai, “I am laid upon; I am urgent”), {{sl|el|fr|imminent|est imminent|nocap=1}} semantic loan from French est imminent, {{af|el|επι-|κείμαι|t1=upon|t2=lie}} επι- (epi-, “upon”) + κείμαι (keímai, “lie”) Head templates: {{head|el|verbs|head=|sort=|ts=}} επίκειται • (epíkeitai), {{el-verb|type=impersonal}} επίκειται • (epíkeitai) impersonal
  1. (intransitive, third person only) to be imminent, to be about to happen, to be on the way [with noun] Tags: intransitive, third-person Synonyms: αναμένεται (anaménetai) (english: is expected), 3rd singular person of αναμένομαι (anaménomai), of αναμένω (anaméno) (english: expect) [passive] Related terms: επικείμενος (epikeímenos) (english: who is about to happen) [participle, passive, present]
    Sense id: en-επίκειται-el-verb-gXBCRFQM Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek terms prefixed with επι-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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