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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

  • τούτῳ γὰρ τῷ διαστήματι περιωρίσθω ἡμῖν ἡ τοῦ ὀρχηστοῦ πολυμαθία καὶ τὰ διὰ μέσου μάλιστα ἴστω, Οὐρανοῦ τομήν, Ἀφροδίτησ γονάσ, Τιτάνων μάχην, Διὸσ γένεσιν, Ῥέασ ἀπάτην, λίθου ὑποβολήν, Κρόνου δεσμά, τὸν τῶν τριῶν ἀδελφῶν κλῆρον. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 37:2)
  • ὅστισ δέ μ’ εἶναί φησι μῶρον, εἰ λαβὼν νέαν ἐσ οἴκουσ παρθένον μὴ θιγγάνω, γνώμησ πονηροῖσ κανόσιν ἀναμετρούμενοσ τὸ σῶφρον ἴστω καὐτὸσ αὖ τοιοῦτοσ ὤν. (Euripides, episode 4:1)
  • ἴστω δ’, ὅταν τισ διολέσασ δάμαρτά του κρυπταῖσιν εὐναῖσ εἶτ’ ἀναγκασθῇ λαβεῖν, δύστηνόσ ἐστιν, εἰ δοκεῖ τὸ σωφρονεῖν ἐκεῖ μὲν αὐτὴν οὐκ ἔχειν, παρ’ οἷ δ’ ἔχειν. (Euripides, episode 2:3)
  • ὡσ ἔκ γ’ ἐμοῦ σοι πάντα σιγηθήσεται ‐ ἴστω μέγασ Ζεύσ ‐ ὧν ἐπισκήπτεισ πέρι. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, iambic 6:13)
  • ὡσ ὅστισ ἂν οὕτω μὴ ποιήσῃ, ἴστω οὗτοσ οὐκ ἐμοῦ νομοθέτου ἀμελήσων, ἀλλ̓ εἰσ τὸν Κρόνον αὐτόν, ὅσ με προείλετο νομοθετῆσαι ἐσ τὴν ἑορτὴν οὐκ ὄναρ ἐπιστάσ, ἀλλὰ πρῴην ἐγρηγορότι ἐναργὴσ συγγενόμενοσ. (Lucian, Saturnalia, 1:4)
  • τοιγαροῦν μενεῖσ καὶ σὺ τῷ ἱστῷ προσπεπατταλευμένοσ. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 13:18)
  • ἵστω. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, trochees4)

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