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εἰμί

-μι athematic Verb; 전접어 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἰμί ἔσομαι

Structure: έ̓ς (Stem) + τον (Ending)

Sense

  1. I am

Note

현재 직설법 중 2인칭 단수만 제외하고 나머지는 모두 전접어임. 현재 직설법 3인칭 단수의 경우 종종 강조의 목적으로 페눌트에 강세가 오기도 함.

Conjugation

Present tense

Future tense

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἦ, ἦν ἦσθα ἦν
Dual ῆ̓στον ή̓στην
Plural ῆ̓μεν ῆ̓τε ῆ̓σαν

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἦσαν οἱ δύο γυμνοί, ὅ τε Ἀδὰμ καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ᾐσχύνοντο. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:25)
  • καὶ διηνοίχθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τῶν δύο, καὶ ἔγνωσαν ὅτι γυμνοὶ ἦσαν, καὶ ἔρραψαν φύλλα συκῆσ καὶ ἐποίησαν ἑαυτοῖσ περιζώματα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:7)
  • οἱ δὲ γίγαντεσ ἦσαν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ ἐν ταῖσ ἡμέραισ ἐκείναισ. καὶ μετ̓ ἐκεῖνο, ὡσ ἂν εἰσεπορεύοντο οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ πρὸσ τὰσ θυγατέρασ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ἐγεννῶσαν ἑαυτοῖσ. ἐκεῖνοι ἦσαν οἱ γίγαντεσ οἱ ἀπ̓ αἰῶνοσ, οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ ὀνομαστοί. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:4)
  • Ἦσαν δὲ οἱ υἱοὶ Νῶε, οἱ ἐξελθόντεσ ἐκ τῆσ κιβωτοῦ, Σήμ, Χάμ, Ἰάφεθ. Χάμ δὲ ἦν πατὴρ Χαναάν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 9:18)

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