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

  • εἰ μὴ γὰρ κἀν τοῖσ ἁπλοῖσ τούτοισ ἕνωσίν τινα τῆσ οὐσίασ ἀπολείψομεν, ἀλλ’ εἰσ ἄναρμα καὶ ἀμέριστα καταβησόμεθα στοιχεῖα, παντάπασιν ἀναιρήσομεν τῆσ φύσεωσ τὴν τέχνην, ὥσπερ καὶ πάντεσ οἱ ἐκ ταύτησ ὁρμώμενοι τῆσ ὑποθέσεωσ ἰατροὶ καὶ φιλόσοφοι. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., B, section 643)
  • καὶ μὴν εἰ δώσει τιν’ ἐν τοῖσ στοιχείοισ ἀλλοίωσίν τε καὶ μεταβολὴν καὶ ἕνωσιν καὶ συνέχειαν, ἓν ἀσύνθετον αὐτῷ τὸ ἁπλοῦν ἀγγεῖον ἐκεῖνο, καθάπερ καὶ αὐτὸσ ὀνομάζει, γενήσεται. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., B, section 653)

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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