eijmev" , Dor. for ejsmevn , 1 pl. of eijmiv (sum).
eijmiv
eijmiv (sum), Aeol. ejmmiv (the orig. form being ES-MI ); 2nd pers. ei\ , Ion. ei\" , Dor. ejssiv ; 3rd ejstiv , Dor. ejntiv ; 3 dual ejstovn ; pl. ejsmevn , Ion. eijmevn , Dor. eijmev" ; 3rd eijsiv ( -ivn ), Ep. eja<Eth>siv ( -ivn ), Dor. ejntiv :— Imper. i[sqi , Ep. also in med. form e[sso ; 3 sing. e[stw ( h[tw in N.T. ); 3 pl. e[stwsan or e[stwn , Att. o[ntwn :— Subj. w\, h\/", h\/ , Ep. e[w, ejh`/", ejh`/ or e[h/si , Ep. also ei[w, ei[h/" , etc. :— Opt. ei[hn, -h" or -hsqa , Ep. e[oi", e[oi ; 2 dual ei[thn for eijhvthn ; pl. ei\men, ei\te, ei[hsan or ei\en :— Inf. ei\nai , Ep. e[mmenai, e[mmen, e[menai, e[men , Dor. eijmevn, ei[menai :— Part. w[n , Ep. ejwvn, ejou`sa, ejovn ; Dor. neut. pl. eu\nta :— Impf. h\n or e[on , in old Att. also h\ , contr.from the Ion. e[a , Ep. also e[hn, h[hn ; 2 sing. h\sqa , Ep. e[hsqa ; 3 sing. h\n , Ep. e[hn, h[hn, h\en , Dor. h\" ; 3 dual h[thn or h[sthn ; 3 pl. h\san , Ion. and poët. e[san : a med. form h[mhn occurs in N.T. ; Ep. 3 pl. ei[ato for h\nto ; Ion. and Ep. also e[skon :— Fut. e[somai, e[stai , Ep. also e[ssomai, e[setai, e[ssetai ; Dor. 2 and 3 sing. ejssh`/, ejssei`tai (as if from ejssou`mai ).—The whole of the pres. indic. (except 2 sing. ei\ ) may be enclitic when eijmiv is the Copula; but the 3 sing. is written e[sti in certain cases of emphasis, e.g. e[sti moi , I have: when used as Verb Subst. , it retains the accent in all persons. To be:
A. as Substantive Verb, to be, to exist, oujk e[sqÆ ou|to" ajnhvr, oujdÆ e[ssetai Od.; teqnhw`to", mhdÆ e[tÆ ejovnto" Ib.; oujkevt e[sti he is no more, Eur. ; qeoi; aije;n ejovnte" Il.; ejssovmenoi posterity, Ib.; zwvntwn kai;o[ntwnÆAqhnaivwn Dem .:—so of cities, etc. , o[lwlen, oujdÆ e[tÆ e[sti Troiva ( cf. Troja fuit), Eur.
II. of things, to be, exist, eij e[stin ajlhqevw" »hJ travpeza1/4 Hdt .; e{w" a]n oJ povlemo" h\/ so long as it last, Thuc.
III. to be, opp. to appearing to be, as esse to videri, to;n ejovnta lovgon the true story, Hdt. ; ta; o[nta ajpaggevllein Thuc .; tw`/ o[nti , Lat. revera , in reality, in fact, Plat.
IV. foll. by the Relative, oujk e[stin o{" , no one, Il., etc. ; eijsi;n oi{ , Lat. sunt qui , Thuc ., etc. ; ejsti;n a{ some things, Id.; also e[stin oi{ , for eijsi;n oi{ , Hdt. , etc. :—so with relat. Particles, e[stin e[nqa , Lat. est ubi , Xen. , etc. ; e[stin o{ph, e[sqÆ o{pou , somewhere, or somehow, Plat ., etc. ; e[stin o{pw" in some manner, Hdt. , etc. ; e[stin o{te, e[sqÆ o{te , sometimes, Soph ., etc.
V.
e[sti
impers
.,
c. inf
., like
pavresti
,
it is possible,
Hom
.,
Att.
B.
to be,
Copula connecting predicate with subject, both being in the same case,
Hom.
,
etc.
2.
sometimes
ei\nai
with Part. represents finite Verb,
h\n teqnhkwv"
, for
ejteqnhvkei
,
Aesch.
;
pefukov" ejsti
=
pevfuke
,
Ar.
II. the Inf. is redundant in some phrases, eJkw;n ei\nai ( v. eJkwvn II ); to; ejpÆ ejkeivnoi" ei\nai quantum in illis esset , Thuc .; to; suvmpan ei\nai Hdt .; to; nu`n ei\nai Plat ., etc.
ei\mi
ei\mi
,
(ibo,
Root
I
), 2
sing.
ei\
,
Ep.
and
Ion.
ei\", ei\sqa
, 3
sing.
ei\si
;
pl.
i[men, i[te, i[a<Eth>si, i\si
or
ei\si
:—
imper.
i[qi
, 3
pl.
i[twsan, i[twn, ijovntwn
:—
subj.
i[w
,
Ep.
2 and 3
sing.
i[h/sqa, i[h/si
;
Ep. pl.
i[omen
(for
-wmen
):—
opt.
i[oimi, ijoivhn
;
Ep.
ijeivhn
:—
inf.
ijevnai
,
Ep.
i[menai, i[men, i[mmenai
:—
part.
ijwvn, ijou`sa, ijovn
.—
Impf.
h[/ein, h[/ei"
or
h[/eisqa, h[/ei
or
-ein
;
Ep.
and
Ion.
h[i>a
, 3
sing.
h[i>e
,
contr.
h\/e
; dual
h[/thn
;
pl.
1 and 2
h\men, h\/te
, 3
pl. Ep.
and
Ion.
h[i>san, i[san
,
Att.
h\/san
:—also 3
sing.
i[en, i[e
Hom
.;
Ep.
1
pl.
h[/omen
, 3 dual
i[thn
; 3
pl.
h[i>on
.—There is also an
Ep. fut. med.
ei[somai
,
aor.
I
, 3
sing.
ei[sato, ejeivsato
, 3 dual
ejeisavsqhn
.—In Prose
ei\mi
serves as
fut.
to
e[rcomai
,
I shall go, shall come. To come
or
go,
Hom
.,
etc.
;
c. acc. cogn.
,
oJdo;n ijevnai
to go
a road, Od.:—in
Hom.
,
c. gen
.,
ijw;n pedivoio
going across
the plain;
croo;" ei[sato
went through
the skin.