εἶμι

εἶμι (

A ibo), [ per.] 2sg.

εἶ S. Tr.83

, Ar.Av.990, [dialect] Ep. and [dialect] Ion.

εἶς Hes.Op. 208

,

εἶσθα Il. 10.450

, Od.19.69; [ per.] 3sg. εἶσι; pl. ἴμεν, ἴτε, ἴᾱσι: imper. ἴθι (also εἶ in the compd.

ἔξει Ar.Nu.633

acc. to Sch., but prob. indic.), [ per.] 3pl.

ἴτωσαν E.IT1480

, Pl.Lg.765a, also

ἴτων A.Eu.32

,

ἰόντων Th.4.118

, etc.: subj. ἴω (

εἴω Sophr.48

); [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 2sg.

ἴῃσθα Il.10.67

; [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3sg.

ἴῃσι 9.701

; [dialect] Ep. pl. ἴομεν (for -ωμεν) 2.440: opt. ἴοιμι, οις, οι, 14.21, etc.;

ἰοίην Sapph.159

, IG4.760 ([place name] Troezen), X.Smp.4.16, ([etym.] διεξ-) Isoc.5.98; [dialect] Ep.

ἰείη Il.19.209

, cf.

περι-ιεῖεν IG22.1126.18

(Amphict. Delph.),

εἴη Il.24.139

, Od.14.496,

εἴηι GDI4986.7

([place name] Crete): inf. ἰέναι, [dialect] Ep. ἴμεναι (ι in Il.20.365) or ἴμεν, also

ἰέμεν Archyt.

ap. Stob.3.1.106 (dub. l.), ἴναι [pron. full] [ῐ] Orac. ap. Str.9.2.23, (ἐξ-) Machoap.Ath.13.580c, cf. EM467.18 (προς-εῖναι dub. in Hes. Op.353): part. ἰών, ἰοῦσα, ἰόν: [tense] impf. ᾔειν, ᾔεις (

δι-ῄεισθα Pl.Ti.26c

,

ἐπεξ-ῄεισθα Euthphr.4b

), ᾔει or -ειν Id.Ti. 38c, Criti.117e; [dialect] Ep. and [dialect] Ion. ἤϊα, [ per.] 3sg. ἤϊε ([etym.] -εν), [var] contr.

ᾖε Od.18.257

; dual

ᾔτην Pl.Euthd.294d

; 1 and [ per.] 2pl., ᾖμεν, ᾖτε; [ per.] 3pl., [dialect] Ep. and [dialect] Ion. ἤϊσαν, [dialect] Ep. also ἴσαν, [dialect] Att. ᾖσαν ([etym.] μετ-) Ar.Eq.605, cf. Fr.161, ([etym.] ἐπ-) Od.19.445, later ᾔεσαν ([etym.] εἰς-) Arist.Ath.32.1, etc.; also [ per.] 3sg.

ἴε Il.2.872

, al.; [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 1pl.

ᾔομεν Od.10.251

, al., [ per.] 3dual

ἴτην Il.1.347

; [ per.] 3pl.

ἤϊον Od.23.370

:—[voice] Med. [tense] pres. and [tense] impf. ἴεμαι, ἰέμην are mere mistakes for ἵεμαι, ἱέμην (from ἵημι), cf. S.OT1242, E.Supp.698:—for [tense] fut. εἴσομαι and [tense] aor. [voice] Med. εἰσάμην, in [ per.] 3sg. εἴσατο, ἐείσατο, [ per.] 3dual ἐεισάσθην, v. εἴσομαι 11.—The ind. εἶμι usu. has [tense] pres. sense in Hom. ([tense] fut., Il.1.426, 18.280), but in [dialect] Ion. Prose and [dialect] Att. it serves as [tense] fut. to ἔρχομαι (q. v.), I shall go, shall come: the [tense] pres. sense is sts. found in Poetry, prov. αὐτόματοι δ' ἀγαθοὶ ἀγαθῶν ἐπὶ δαῖτας ἴασι (cf. Pl.Smp.174b), cf. Theoc.25.90, also in compds. (προς-) A.Eu.242, (ἐπ-) Th.4.61, (συν-) Str.3.2.2. [[pron. full] ῐ- in all tenses, exc. in [dialect] Ep. Subj. ἴομεν for ἴωμεν at the beginning of a verse]:—come or go, the special senses being given by the context, οἴκαδ' ἴμεν go home, Il.17.155;

τάχ' εἶσθα θύραζε Od.19.69

, etc.; come,

οὐδέ μιν οἴω νῦν ἰέναι Il.17.710

, etc.; go, depart, Od.2.367;

ὑπὸ τεῖχος ἰόντας Il.12.264

.

II c.acc.,

1 c. acc. loci, go to or into, Od.1.176, 18.194, S.OT637.

2 c. acc. cogn., ὁδὸν ἰέναι go a road, Od.10.103; so τὴν ὀρεινήν (sc. ὁδόν) X.Cyr. 2.4.22: metaph.,

ἄδικον ὁδὸν ἰέναι Th.3.64

.

3 go through or over, τὸ μέσον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, of the sun, Hdt.2.25, cf. 26: in Hom., freq. c. gen., ἰὼν πεδίοιο going across the plain, Il.5.597.

III c. inf. [tense] aor.,

ἀλλά τις εἴη εἰπεῖν Ἀτρεΐδῃ Od.14.496

.—On the Homeric βῆ δ' ἴμεν, etc., v. βαίνω.

2 c. part. [tense] fut., Ἑλένην καλέουσ' ἴε went to call her, Il.3.383, cf. 14.200, Od.15.213; ἤϊα λέξων I was going to tell, Hdt.4.82;

ἴτω θύσων Pl.Lg.909d

;

εἴ τις ἱστορίαν γράψων ἴῃ Luc. Hist.Conscr.39

.

IV also of other motions besides walking or running, as of going in a ship, esp.

ἐπὶ νηὸς ἰέναι Od.2.332

, etc.; of the flight of bees, Il.2.87.

2 of the motion of things, [πέλεκυς] εἶσιν διὰ δουρός the axe goes through the beam, 3.61; of clouds or vapour, 4.278; of the stars, 22.317; of time, ἔτος εἶσι the year will pass, Od. 2.89; φάτις εἶσι the report goes, 23.362;

χρόνος . . ἰὼν πόρσω Pi.O.10

(11).55; ἴτω κλαγγά, βοά, S.Tr.208 (lyr.), Ar.Av.857 (lyr.);

ἡ μοῖρ' ὅποιπερ εἶσ' ἴτω S.OT1458

, cf.Pl.Ap.19a.

V metaph. usages, ἰέναι ἐς λόγους τινί to enter on a conference with . . , Th.3.80, etc.; ἰέναι ἐς τοὺς πολέμους, ἐς τὴν ξυμμαχίαν, Id.1.78, 5.30; ἰέναι ἐς χεῖρας to come to blows, Id.2.3, 81; ἰέναι ἐς τὰ παραγγελλόμενα to obey orders, Id.1.121;

διὰ δίκης ἰὼν πατρί S.Ant.742

; ἰέναι διὰ μάχης, διὰ φιλίας, etc., v. διά A.IV.b.

VI imper. ἴθι (with or without δή) come now! mostly folld. by [ per.] 2sg. imper.,

ἴ. ἐξήγεο Hdt.3.72

; ἴθ' ἐγκόνει, ἴθ' ἐκκάλυψον, S.Aj.988, 1003;

ἴ. πέραινε Ar.Ra.1170

; in full, ἴ. καὶ πειρῶ go and try, Hdt.8.57: with [ per.] 1pl.,

ἴ. οὖν ἐπισκεψώμεθα X.Mem.1.6.4

, cf. Pl. Prt.332d;

ἴτε δὴ ἀκούσωμεν Id.Lg.797d

: [ per.] 2dual,

ἴθι δὴ παρίστασθον Ar.Ra.1378

: also [ per.] 2pl.,

ἴτε νεύσατε S.OC248

, cf. OT1413.

2 ἴτω let it pass, well then, Id.Ph.120, E.Med.798.

VII part. added to Verbs, φρονείτω μεῖζον ἢ κατ' ἄνδρ' ἰών let him go and think . . , S.Ant.768, cf. OC1393, Aj.304;

βακχεύσεις ἰών E.Ba.343

.—Cf. ἴσκω.