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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

  • μὲν γὰρ ἢ τῆσ σῆσ δεξιᾶσ οὐδαμῶσ ἐκεῖνοι ἄξιοι, τὸν Ἑρμῆν δὲ αὐτοκράτορα, εἰ δοκεῖ, τῆσ κολάσεωσ κατάπεμψον ἐπ’ αὐτούσ, ὃσ ἅτε δὴ περὶ λόγουσ ἔχων καὶ αὐτὸσ τάχιστα εἴσεται τούσ τε ὀρθῶσ φιλοσοφοῦντασ καὶ τοὺσ μή. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 22:6)
  • ἄπαγε, ὦ Σόλων, ὑμῖν ταῦτα γένοιτο τὰ ὠφέλιμα καὶ τερπνά, ἐμὲ δὲ εἴ τισ ὑμῶν τοιοῦτό τι διαθείη, εἴσεται ὡσ οὐ μάτην παρεζώσμεθα τὸν ἀκινάκην. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 6:4)
  • δῆλον γὰρ ὅτι καὶ πολεμίῳ ἀνδρὶ ὁ τοιοῦτοσ συμπλακεὶσ καταρρίψει τε θᾶττον ὑποσκελίσασ καὶ καταπεσὼν εἴσεται ὡσ ῥᾷστα ἐξανίστασθαι. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 24:9)
  • καὶ πρὸ αὐτῶν εἴσεται τὴν Δανάησ παρθένευσιν καὶ Περσέωσ γένεσιν καὶ τὸν ἐπὶ τὰσ Γοργόνασ ἆθλον αὐτῷ προῃρημένον, ᾧ οἰκεία καὶ ἡ Αἰθιοπικὴ διήγησισ, Κασσιέπεια καὶ Ἀνδρομέδα καὶ Κηφεύσ, οὓσ καὶ ἄστροισ ἐγκατέλεξεν ἡ τῶν μετὰ ταῦτα πίστισ. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 44:2)
  • κἀκεῖνα δὲ τὰ ἀρχαῖα τὰ Αἰγύπτου καὶ Δαναοῦ εἴσεται καὶ τὴν ἐπιθαλάμιον ἐπιβουλήν. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 44:3)

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