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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

  • καὶ ἐξανέτειλεν ὁ Θεὸσ ἔτι ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ πᾶν ξύλον ὡραῖον εἰσ ὅρασιν καὶ καλὸν εἰσ βρῶσιν καὶ τὸ ξύλον τῆσ ζωῆσ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ παραδείσου καὶ τὸ ξύλον τοῦ εἰδέναι γνωστὸν καλοῦ καὶ πονηροῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:9)
  • καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν, ἀλλὰ εἶπεν. οἶδα, τέκνον, οἶδα. καὶ οὗτοσ ἔσται εἰσ λαόν, καὶ οὗτοσ ὑψωθήσεται. ἀλλὰ ὁ ἀδελφὸσ αὐτοῦ ὁ νεώτεροσ μείζων αὐτοῦ ἔσται, καὶ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ ἔσται εἰσ πλῆθοσ ἐθνῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 48:19)
  • εἶπε δὲ Κύριοσ πρὸσ Μωυσῆν. ἰδὼν εἶδον τὴν κάκωσιν τοῦ λαοῦ μου τοῦ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ καὶ τῆσ κραυγῆσ αὐτῶν ἀκήκοα ἀπὸ τῶν ἐργοδιωκτῶν. οἶδα γὰρ τὴν ὀδύνην αὐτῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 3:7)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ οἶδα ὅτι οὐ προήσεται ὑμᾶσ Φαραὼ βασιλεὺσ Αἰγύπτου πορευθῆναι, ἐὰν μὴ μετὰ χειρὸσ κραταιᾶσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 3:19)
  • καὶ εἶπε Φαραώ. τίσ ἐστιν οὗ εἰσακούσομαι τῆσ φωνῆσ αὐτοῦ, ὥστε ἐξαποστεῖλαι τοὺσ υἱοὺσ Ἰσραήλ̣ οὐκ οἶδα τὸν Κύριον καὶ τὸν Ἰσραὴλ οὐκ ἐξαποστέλλω. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 5:2)

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