Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἔνειμι

-μι athematic Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔνειμι ἔνέσομαι

Structure: ἐν (Prefix) + έ̓ς (Stem) + τον (Ending)

Etym.: ei)mi/ sum

Sense

  1. to be in, to be among
  2. to be there, be in abundance, as there was, there, that were in the place
  3. to be possible
  4. it is in one's power, one may or can
  5. since it was in, was possible
  6. all things possible

Conjugation

Present tense

Future tense

Imperfect tense

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

  • ὁ μὲν γὰρ πίθοσ ἔτι μενέτω σοὶ καὶ ὁ κάπηλοσ, ἐνέστω δὲ μὴ οἶνοσ, ἀλλὰ πανσπερμία τισ, πυρὸσ ὑπεράνω καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον κύαμοι, εἶτα κριθαὶ καὶ ὐπὸ ταύταισ φακοί, εἶτα ἐρέβινθοι καὶ ἄλλα ποικίλα. (Lucian, 124:2)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ τῷ μὲν πρεσβυτέρῳ τὸ κήδεσθαι καὶ καθηγεῖσθαι καὶ νουθετεῖν προσῆκόν ἐστι, τῷ δὲ νεωτέρῳ τὸ τιμᾶν καὶ ζηλοῦν καὶ ἀκολουθεῖν, ἡ μὲν ἐκείνου κηδεμονία τὸ ἑταιρικὸν μᾶλλον ἢ τὸ πατρικὸν ἐχέτω καὶ τὸ πεῖθον ἢ τὸ ἐπιτάττον καὶ τὸ χαῖρον ἐπὶ τοῖσ κατορθώμασι καὶ κατευφημοῦν τοῦ ψέγοντοσ ἂν ἁμάρτῃ καὶ κολούοντοσ, μὴ μόνον προθυμότερον ὂν ἀλλὰ καὶ φιλανθρωπότερον, τῷ δὲ τοῦ νεωτέρου ζήλῳ τὸ μιμούμενον ἐνέστω μὴ τὸ ἁμιλλώμενον θαυμάζοντοσ γὰρ ἡ μίμησισ, ἡ δ’ ἅμιλλα φθονοῦντόσ ἐστι. (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 16 3:2)
  • κηδεμονία τὸ ἑταιρικὸν μᾶλλον ἢ τὸ πατρικὸν ἐχέτω καὶ τὸ πεῖθον ἢ τὸ ἐπιτάττον καὶ τὸ χαῖρον ἐπὶ τοῖσ κατορθώμασι καὶ κατευφημοῦν τοῦ ψέγοντοσ ἂν ἁμάρτῃ καὶ κολούοντοσ μὴ μόνον προθυμότερον ἀλλὰ καὶ φιλανθρωπότερον τῷ δὲ τοῦ νεωτέρου ζήλῳ τὸ μιμούμενον ἐνέστω μὴ τὸ ἁμιλλώμενον. (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 16 10:1)
  • τῇ μέντοι διαθέσει φρόνημα καὶ μένοσ πολυθαρσὲσ ἐνέστω ἄτρομον, οἱο͂̀ν τ’ ἄνδρασ ἐσέρχεται, οἳ περὶ πάτρησ ἀνδράσι δυσμενέεσσι καὶ πράγμασι δυσκόλοισ καὶ καιροῖσ ἀντερείδουσι καὶ διαμάχονται. (Plutarch, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae, chapter, section 19 12:1)
  • μήτε ἐν τῷ τῆσ ἡδονῆσ ἐνέστω φρόνησισ μήτ’ ἐν τῷ τῆσ φρονήσεωσ ἡδονή. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 60:3)

Synonyms

  1. to be in

  2. to be possible

  3. it is in one's power

  4. since it was in

  5. all things possible

Derived

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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