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οἶδα

Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: οἶδα εἴσομαι οἶδα

Structure:

Sense

  1. (transitive) to know, be acquainted with [+accusative = something]
  2. (intransitive) to know how to [+infinitive = do something]
  3. (transitive, when main verb and participle have separate subjects) to know that [+accusative noun and accusative participle = someone else does something]

Conjugation

Future tense

Middle
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular εί̓σομαι εί̓σει, εί̓σῃ εί̓σεται
Dual εί̓σεσθον εί̓σεσθον
Plural εἰσόμεθα εί̓σεσθε εί̓σονται
OptativeSingular εἰσοίμην εί̓σοιο εί̓σοιτο
Dual εί̓σοισθον εἰσοίσθην
Plural εἰσοίμεθα εί̓σοισθε εί̓σοιντο
Infinitive εί̓σεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
εἰσομενος εἰσομενου εἰσομενη εἰσομενης εἰσομενον εἰσομενου

Perfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular οἶδα οἶσθα οἶδε
Dual ἴστον ἴστον
Plural ἴσμεν ἴστε ἴσᾱσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular εἰδῶ εἰδῇς εἰδῇ
Dual εἰδῆτον εἰδῆτον
Plural εἰδῶμεν εἰδῆτε εἰδῶσιν*
OptativeSingular εἰδείην εἰδείης εἰδείη
Dual εἰδείτην εἰδείτην
Plural εἰδείημεν εἰδείητε εἰδείησαν
ImperativeSingular ἴσθι ἴστω
Dual ἴστον ἴστων
Plural ἴστε ἴστων
Infinitive εἰδέναι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
εἰδως εἰδοντος εἰδυῑα εἰδυῑᾱς εἰδον εἰδοντος

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 ἐξανέτειλεν ὁ Θεὸσ ἔτι ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ πᾶν ξύλον ὡραῖον εἰσ ὅρασιν καὶ καλὸν εἰσ βρῶσιν καὶ τὸ ξύλον τῆσ ζωῆσ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ παραδείσου καὶ τὸ ξύλον τοῦ εἰδέναι γνωστὸν καλοῦ καὶ πονηροῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:9)
  • καὶ λέγουσιν οἱ θεράποντεσ Φαραὼ πρὸσ αὐτόν. ἕωσ τίνοσ ἔσται τοῦτο ἡμῖν σκῶλον̣ ἐξαπόστειλον τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ, ὅπωσ λατρεύσωσι τῷ Θεῷ αὐτῶν. ἢ εἰδέναι βούλῃ ὅτι ἀπόλωλεν Αἴγυπτοσ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 10:7)
  • οὐκ ἀκούσεσθε τῶν λόγων τοῦ προφήτου ἐκείνου ἢ τοῦ ἐνυπνιαζομένου τὸ ἐνύπνιον ἐκεῖνο, ὅτι πειράζει Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ σου ὑμᾶσ εἰδέναι, εἰ ἀγαπᾶτε τὸν Θεὸν ὑμῶν ἐξ ὅλησ τῆσ καρδίασ ὑμῶν καὶ ἐξ ὅλησ τῆσ ψυχῆσ ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 13:4)
  • καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ ὑμῖν καρδίαν εἰδέναι καὶ ὀφθαλμοὺσ βλέπειν καὶ ὦτα ἀκούειν ἕωσ τῆσ ἡμέρασ ταύτησ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 29:3)
  • καὶ οὕτωσ τοῖσ πρεσβευταῖσ τῶν ἀρχόντων ἀπὸ Βαβυλῶνοσ τοῖσ ἀποσταλεῖσι πρὸσ αὐτὸν πυθέσθαι παρ’ αὐτοῦ τό τέρασ, ὃ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, ἐγκατέλιπεν αὐτὸν Κύριοσ τοῦ πειράσαι αὐτόν, εἰδέναι τὰ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 32:31)

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