2. sometimes the protasis is omitted, eij dÆ a[ge come on, = eij de; »bouvlei1/4, a[ge , Od.; eij dev, su; me;n a[kouson Il.
3.
eij de; mhv
=
Lat.
sin minus
, otherwise,
for
eij de; mh; »tou`tov ejsti1/4
,
Hdt.
,
etc.
B.
In Indirect Questions,
whether,
Lat.
an
,
followed by the
indic.
,
subj.
, or
opt.
, according to the principles of oratio obliqua:
1. with I NDIC . or Subj. after primary tenses, oujk oi\dÆ, eij qeov" ejstin whether he is a god, Il.; oujk oi\dÆ eij dw` whether I shall give, Xen.
2. with O PTAT . after past tenses, h[reto ei[ ti" ejmou` ei[h sofwvtero" he asked whether any one was wiser than I, Plat.
II. after Verbs expressive of wonder, indignation, etc. , qaumavzw eij mhdei;" ojrgivzetai , where eij nearly = o{ti , Dem. ; ajganaktei` eij mh; stefanwqhvsetai Aeschin.
ei\a
ei\a , poët. trisyll. eji?a , Lat. eia , Interj. on! up! away! with imper. , Trag. ; ei\a dhv come then! Aesch .; ei\a nu`n well now! Ar ., etc.
ei[a
ei[a<Eth> , 3 sing. impf. of ejavw .
eiJamenhv
eiJa±menhv , hJ , a river-side pasture, meadow, ejn eijamenh`/ e{leo" in a marshy meadow, Il. (Deriv. uncertain.)
eiJanov"
eiJa±nov" , hv, ovn , Ep. for eJanov" , Il.
ei\ar
ei\ar, eija±rinov" , Ep. for e[ar, ejarinov" .
eijarovmasqo"
eijarov-masqo" , on , with youthful breasts, Anth.
ei[a"
ei[a<Eth>" , 2 sing. impf. of ejavw .
ei[askon
ei[askon , Ion. impf. of ejavw .
ei{atai
ei{atai, ei{ato , Ep. for h\ntai, h\nto , 3 pl. pres. and impf. of h|mai .
ei{ato
ei{ato , Ep. for ei|nto , 3 pl. plqpf. pass. of e{nnumi .
ei[bw, EI [BW
EI [BW , Ep. form of leivbw , to drop, let fall in drops, Hom .: —Pass. to trickle down, Hes.