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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

Perfect 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

  • καὶ πρῶτόν γε ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου ἄρξομαι καθ’ ὃν οὗτόσ με ἀποκηρῦξαι βούλεται, ἵν’ εἰδῇ οὐκέθ’ ὁμοίαν οὖσαν αὐτῷ νῦν τε καὶ πρότερον τὴν ἐξουσίαν. (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 8:1)
  • καὶ τοίνυν εἴ ποτε διαφύγοι αὐτὴν τελεωθεῖσαν ἤδη ὁ λαγώσ, οὐκ ἀτρέμα ἔχει ἑαυτὴν οὐδὲ ἐπὶ τὸν κυναγωγὸν ἐπάνεισιν οὐδὲ ἀνακαλοῦντοσ ὑπακούει, ἀλλ̓ ὑπὸ μελέτησ τοῦ θεῖν ἐπὶ μηδενὶ εἰδῇ πλάζεται, καὶ μαινομένῃ ἐοίκεν. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 25 6:1)
  • ὁρῶ δάκρυα καὶ πενθίμουσ <ἀλαλαγὰσ> στεναγμάτων τ’ ἐσβολάσ, ὅταν ἐμὰ τύραννοσ εὐπαιδίαν πόσιν ἔχοντ’ εἰδῇ, αὐτὴ δ’ ἄπαισ ᾖ καὶ λελειμμένη τέκνων. (Euripides, Ion, choral, strophe 11)
  • οὐχ ὅπωσ πύθο[ιτο] τὸν ἀριθμὸν αὐτῶν, ὡσ ἐοίκεν, ὁπόσα ἦν, ἀλλ’ ἵνα εἰδῇ ἀφ’ ὅσων αὐτὸν δεῖ τὸν μισθὸν πράττεσθαι. (Hyperides, Speeches, 3:16)
  • ἡμεῖσ ποιοῦμεν ταῦθ’ ἑκάστοθ’ ὅταν τινὰ γνῶμεν πονηρῶν ὄντ’ ἐραστὴν πραγμάτων, ἑώσ ἂν αὐτὸν ἐμβάλωμεν ἐσ κακόν, ὅπωσ ἂν εἰδῇ τοὺσ θεοὺσ δεδοικέναι. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Episode4)
  • Δύο εἴδη πληθύνουσιν ἁμαρτίασ, καὶ τὸ τρίτον ἐπάξει ὀργήν. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 23:16)
  • τρία δὲ εἴδη ἐμίσησεν ἡ ψυχή μου καὶ προσώχθισα σφόδρα τῇ ζωῇ αὐτῶν. πτωχὸν ὑπερήφανον, καὶ πλούσιον ψεύστην, γέροντα μοιχὸν ἐλαττούμενον συνέσει. ‐ (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 25:2)
  • καὶ ἐκδικήσω ἐπ’ αὐτοὺσ τέσσαρα εἴδη, λέγει Κύριοσ. τὴν μάχαιραν εἰσ σφαγὴν καὶ τοὺσ κύνασ εἰσ διασπασμὸν καὶ τὰ θηρία τῆσ γῆσ καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰσ βρῶσιν καὶ εἰσ διαφθοράν. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 15:3)
  • ὀργιλότητοσ δ’ ἐστὶν εἴδη τρία, ἀκροχολία πικρία βαρυθυμία. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 30:1)
  • ἀδικίασ δ’ ἐστὶν εἴδη τρία, ἀσέβεια πλεονεξία ὕβρισ. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 36:1)

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