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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 ἐκεῖ ἑωράκαμεν τοὺσ γίγαντασ καὶ ἦμεν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν ὡσεὶ ἀκρίδεσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ οὕτωσ ἦμεν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 13:34)
  • καὶ ἐρεῖσ τῷ υἱῷ σου. οἰκέται ἦμεν τῷ Φαραὼ ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, καὶ ἐξήγαγεν ἡμᾶσ Κύριοσ ἐκεῖθεν ἐν χειρὶ κραταιᾷ καὶ ἐν βραχίονι ὑψηλῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 6:21)
  • καὶ οἱ ἄνδρεσ ἀγαθοὶ ἡμῖν σφόδρα. οὐκ ἀπεκώλυσαν ἡμᾶσ οὐδὲ ἐνετείλαντο ἡμῖν οὐδὲν πάσασ τὰσ ἡμέρασ, ἃσ ἦμεν παῤ αὐτοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 25:15)
  • καὶ ἐροῦσιν οἱ κατοικοῦντεσ ἐν τῇ νήσῳ ταύτῃ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ. ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖσ ἦμεν πεποιθότεσ τοῦ φυγεῖν εἰσ αὐτοὺσ εἰσ βοήθειαν, οἳ οὐκ ἠδύναντο σωθῆναι ἀπὸ βασιλέωσ Ἀσσυρίων. καὶ πῶσ ἡμεῖσ σωθησόμεθα̣ (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 20:6)

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