I .
I
I, i, ijw`ta , tov , indecl., ninth letter of the Gr. alphabet: as numeral iV = 10, but Ëi = 10,000. The i subscriptum was called i prosgegrammevnon , adscriptum , and was so written till the 13th century, tw`i (not tw`/ ) , a" i" still done in capital letter" TWI . Changes of i :
1. Dor ., i for u in the 3 pl. and part. pres ., as filevoisi ejoi`sa for filevousi , etc. ; so also Moi`sa jArevqoisa for Mou`sa , etc. :—it was added to a in some Adjs., and in the aor. I part ., as mevlai" tavlai" rJivyai" for mevla" , etc. ; and in the acc. pl. fem. of 1st decl., as tai;" nuvmfai" for ta;" nuvmfa" .
2.
Boeot. and Lacon. as
siov", sei`o"
, for
qeov", qei`o"
.
3.
i<Eth>
easily passes into
ei
, whence forms like
ei[lw i[llw, ei[lh i[lh, ei[rhn ijrhvn
:
iØ
was sometimes exchanged with
e
, as in
eJstiva
,
Ion.
iJstivh
:—often inserted to lengthen the
syll.
, e.g.
eijn eij" xei`no" keinov" pneivw uJpeivr diaiv metaiv paraiv
, for
ejn, ej"
,
etc.
The Quantity of
i
varies.
-iv
»i<Eth>1/4
,
iota demonstrativum
,
in familiar
Att.
(not in
Trag.
), is attached to demonstr. Pronouns, to strengthen their force, as
ouJtosiv auJthi? toutiv
,
Lat.
hicce
;
ejkeinosiv oJdiv tadiv tosoutoniv tosondiv tunnoutosiv
,
etc.
; also to demonstr. Advs., as
ouJtwsiv wJdiv ejnqadiv deuriv nuniv
.
{I
{I , nom. of the reflex. Pron. ou| , sui, Plat .: —dat. i{n aujtw`/ , sibi ipsi , Hes .; ijn (enclit.) Pind.
ijav, jI vA
jI vA , Ion. ijhv , hJ , a voice, cry, Orac. ap. Hdt. , Aesch. , Eur.
i[a
i[a , ijh`", ijh`/, i[an , old Ion. fem. of ei|" , for miva, mih`" , etc.
ijav
ijav »i<Eth>1/4, tav , heterocl. pl. of ijov" , an arrow, Il.
ijavqhn
ijavqhn »a<Eth>1/4 , aor. pass. of ijavomai .
ijaiboi`
ijaiboi` »iØ1/4 , Comic exclamation for aijboi` , Ar.
ijaivnw, jIAI vNW
jIAI vNW , aor. I i[hna , Dor. i[a<Eth>na :— Pass. , aor. I ijavnqhn :— to heat, Od.
2.
to melt:
—
Pass.
to be melted,
Ib.
3.
to warm, cheer,
Lat.
fovere
,
qumo;n ijaivnein
Ib., Ib.,
etc.
:—
Pass.
,
ejn fresi; qumo;" ijavnqh
Ib.;
mevtwpon ijavnqh
her brow
unfolded,
Il.;
c. dat.
rei,
to take delight in,
Od.
jIakcavzw
jIakcavzw , to shout [Iakco" ; c. acc. cogn. , ijakcavzein fwnhvn to utter the cry [Iakco" , Hdt.