Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • τὸ δεῖνα δέ, ὅπωσ εἰδῶ, τίσι χαίρει τῶν ἐδεσμάτων; (Lucian, Vitarum auctio, (no name) 18:11)
  • ὅπωσ δὲ εἰδῶ μάλιστα, ὁποῖόσ τίσ ἐστι τὴν ὄψιν. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 5:2)
  • καί μοι τοῦτ’ ἀγόρευσον ἐτήτυμον, ὄφρ’ εὖ εἰδῶ· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , <[Ei)\s A)po/llwna Pu/qion]> 31:4)
  • δόσ μοι χεροῖν σαῖν αὐτὸσ ἐξ οἴκου λαβὼν ἐσ χεῖρα τὴν τεκοῦσαν, ὡσ εἰδῶ σάφα εἰ τοὐμὸν ἀλγεῖσ μᾶλλον ἢ κείνησ ὁρῶν λωβητὸν εἶδοσ ἐν δίκῃ κακούμενον. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode8)
  • γέγωνέ μοι πᾶν τοῦθ’, ὅπωσ εἰδῶ τίσ εἶ. (Sophocles, Philoctetes, episode15)
  • ταῖσιν δὲ μετέπρεπεν εἴδω‐ λον θρασυμέμνονοσ ἐγ‐ χεσπάλου Πορθανίδα· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 5:3)
  • τίκτει δὲ τέκνα δισσὰ τοῖσδε δώμασι, Θεοκλύμενον ἄρσεν’ ὅτι δὴ θεοὺσ σέβων βίον διήνεγκ’ εὐγενῆ τε παρθένον Εἰδώ, τὸ μητρὸσ ἀγλάισμ’, ὅτ’ ἦν βρέφοσ· (Euripides, Helen, episode 1:3)

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