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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

  • ἴστον γὰρ ἤδη τἀπ’ ἐμοῦ. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Prologue 2:55)
  • ἴστον δ’ ἀρίστησ σωφρονεστάτησ θ’ ἅμα γεγῶτ’ ἀδελφῆσ ὁμογενοῦσ ἀφ’ αἵματοσ. (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue 2:13)
  • ὠὰ ἀσπίδων ἔρρηξαν καὶ ἱστὸν ἀράχνησ ὑφαίνουσι. καὶ ὁ μέλλων τῶν ὠῶν αὐτῶν φαγεῖν συντρίψασ οὔριον εὗρε, καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ βασιλίσκοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 59:5)
  • δέχου τοῦτον σύ, πορθμεῦ, καὶ τὸ δεῖνα,^ ὅπωσ ἀσφαλῶσ ‐ ἀμέλει, πρὸσ τὸν ἱστὸν δεδήσεται. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 13:10)
  • τί δήποτε τοὺσ ἱεροσύλουσ καὶ λῃστὰσ ἀφέντεσ καὶ τοσούτουσ ὑβριστὰσ καὶ βιαίουσ καὶ ἐπιόρκουσ δρῦν τινα πολλάκισ κεραυνοῦτε ἢ λίθον ἢ νεὼσ ἱστὸν οὐδὲν ἀδικούσησ, ἐνίοτε δὲ χρηστόν τινα καὶ ὅσιον ὁδοιπόρον; (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 16:1)
  • αὐτὰρ Ἀθήνην ἔργα διδασκῆσαι, πολυδαίδαλον ἱστὸν ὑφαίνειν· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 10:4)
  • τῇ δ’ ἱστὸν στήσαιτο γυνὴ προβάλοιτό τε ἔργον. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 94:8)

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