εἰμί

( sum), Aeol. ἔμμι Sapph. 2.15 , Theoc. 20.32 ; Cret.ἠμί GDI 4959a ;2 sg. εἶ, Ep. and Ion. εἰς Od. 17.388 , al., Aeol. ἔσσι, Ep. and Dor. ἐσσί Il. 1.176 , Pi. O. 6.90 , Sophr. 134 ; ἐσί GDI 4959a ;3 sg. ἐστί, Dor. ἐντί IG 12(1).677 (Rhodes), Theoc. 1.17 , etc.;3 dual ἐστόν Th. 3.112 ;1 pl. ἐσμέν, Ep. and Ion. εἰμέν(also in Pi. P. 3.60 ), ἐμέν Call. Fr. 294 , Dor. εἰμές Theoc. 15.73 , but ἠμέν GDI 5178.34 ;3 pl. εἰσί(-ίν), Ep. and Ion. ἔασι(-ιν) Il. 7.73 , Xenoph. 8.1 , Antim. 29 , Herod. 4.84 , Dor. ἐντί Pi. N. 1.24 , Theoc. 11.45 , IG 9(1).32.22 (Phocis), etc.: imper.ἴσθι( ἔσθι Hecat. 361 J. ), Ep. and Lyr. also in Med. form ἔσσο Od. 3.200 , Sapph. 1.28 , Maced. Pae. 31 , late Prose ἔσο Plu. 2.241d , M.Ant. 3.5 , Hld. 5.12 , Porph. Marc. 34 ;3 sg. ἔστω( ἤτω LXX Ps. 103.31 , and late Inscrr., CIG 2664 , al.; but in Pl. R. 361c leg.ἴτω), Dor. εἴτω, ἤτω, Heraclid. ap. Eust. 1411.21 , Elean ἤστω Schwyzer 424 ;3 pl. ἔστωσαν, but ἔστων Hom. , Pl. R. 502a , ὄντων Id. Lg. 879b , and early Att. Inscrr., IG 12.22 , etc. (ἔστωσανfirst inii B. C., ib. 22.1328 ), Dor. ἐόντωνib. 1126 :subj. ὦ, ᾖς, ᾖ, Ep. ἔω Od. 9.18 ;3 sg. ἔῃ Il. 12.300 ,al. (also ἔῃσι 2.366 , al.,ᾖσι(ν) 19.202 , Hes. Op. 294 ), also Boeot. ἔνθω IG 7.3172.165 , μετείω Il. 23.47 and perh. εἴῃ 9.245 , etc.; Dor. 3 pl. ὦντι SIG 940.3 (Crete), ἔωντι GDI 5040.14 (Hierapytna), Boeot. ἴωνθι IG 7.3171.46 (iii B. C.): opt.εἴην, -ης( εἴησθα Thgn. 715 ), -η, alsoἔοις, ἔοι, Il. 9.284 , 142 , al., cf. Hdt. 7.6 ;3 pl. εἴοισαν Ἀρχ. Ἐφ. 1911.133 (Gonni);3 dual εἴτην Pl. Prm. 149e , Sph. 243e ;1 pl. εἶμεν E. Alc. 921 (lyr.), Pl. ;2 pl. εἶτε Od. 21.195 ;3 pl. εἶεν Il. 2.372 , etc., εἴησαν Hdt. 1.2 , etc.; Eleanἔα, = εἴη , SIG 9 (vi B. C.), andσύν-εαν, = συνεῖεν , GDI 1149 (vi B. C.):inf. εἶναι, Arc. ἦναι SIG 306.9 (Tegea,iv B. C.); Ep. ἔμμεναι(also Aeol. ἔμμεν' Sapph. 34 ),ἔμμεν(also Pi. P. 6.42 , S. Ant. 623 (lyr.)),ἔμεναι, ἔμεν, also ἔμειν SIG 1166 (Dodona); Dor. εἶμενFoed. ap. Th. 5.77 , 79 , IG 7.1.7 (Megara), ἦμεν Test.Epict. 5.16 , Tab.Heracl. 1.75 , Cret.ἦμενor ἤμην Leg.Gort. 1.15 , al., GDI 4998i 2 , al., Megar. εἴμεναι Ar. Ach. 775 , εἴμειν IG 12(1).155.100 (Rhodes), 14.952 (Agrigentum);εἶνib. 12(9).211.10 (Eretria), SIG 135.4 (Olynthus), etc.:part. ὤν, Ep. ἐών, ἐοῦσα, ἐόν, Cypr. ἰών Inscr.Cypr. 135.23 H.; Boeot. fem. ἰῶσα IG 7.3172.116 (Orchom.), Aeol. and Dor. fem. ἔσσα Sapph. 75.4 , IG 4.952.2 (Epid.), Theoc. 28.16 , ἐοῖσα Pi. P. 4.265 , ἔασσα Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 9 , Diotog. ap. Stob. 4.7.62 , εὖσα Erinn. 5.5 (also Ion. , Herod. 5.16 , εὔντων 2.85 ), ἐᾶσα Ti.Locr. 96d , IG 5(1).1470.8 (Messene), ἴαττα Leg.Gort. 8.47 ; acc. sg. εὖντα Theoc. 2.3 ; nom. sg.εἴςin Heraclid. ap. Eust. 1756.13 , pl. ἔντες Tab.Heracl. 1.117 ; dat. pl.ἔντασσιib. 104 ; gen. pl. παρ-έντων Alcm. 64 :impf. ἦν Il. 2.77 , etc., Ep. ἔον(also Aeol. , Alc. 127 , Sapph. Oxy. 1787 Fr. 3 ii 21 ), in Att. ἦ(dub. in Aeol. , Alc. Supp. 14.9 ), Ar. Pl. 77 , Pl. Phd. 61b , etc., but usu. altered toἦνin codd. (andἦνis required by metre in E. Ion 280 ), contr. from Ep. and Ion. ἦα( Il. 5.808 , al., IG 12(8).449.2 (Thasos), whence Hom.and later Ion. ἔᾱ Il. 4.321 , al., ἔας Hdt. 1.187 , ἔατε Id. 4.119 ); Ep. 3 sg. ἦεν, always withνin Hom. ;ἔηνas1 sg., only Il. 11.762 (s. v.l., al.ἔον), freq. as3 sg.(generally before a consonant, so thatἔενis possible), sts. alsoἤην;2 sg. ἦσθα, laterἦς(wh. isv.l. in Pi. I. 1.26 ), sts. in LXX ( Jd. 11.35 , Ru. 3.2 ,al.), cf. Pl. Ax. 365e , Erinn. 4.4 , Ev.Matt. 25.21 , al., ἦσθας Men. Epit. 156 , Ep. ἔησθα;3 sg. ἦν, Ep. ἔην, ἤην, ἦεν(v. supr.), Dor. and Aeol. ἦς Alc. Supp. 30.1 , Epich. 102 , Sophr. 59 , Theoc. 2.90 , SIG 241.145 (Delph.);3 dual ἤστην Il. 5.10 , E. Hipp. 387 , Ar. Eq. 982 , Pl. Euthd. 272a , al.; Dor. 1 pl. ἦμες Plu. Lyc. 21 ;2 pl. ἦτε Pl. Euthd. 276c , ἦστε Ar. Pax 821 , Ec. 1086 ;3 pl. ἦσαν, Ion. and Poet.ἔσαν(in Hes. Th. 321 , 825 ,ἦνis not pl. forἦσαν, but is rather a peculiarity of syntax,v.infr. v, but is3 pl.in Epich. 46 , al., SIG 560.15 (Epidamnus,iii B. C.)); Aeol. ἔον Schwyzer 644.12 ; later ἤμην PSI 4.362.21 (iii B. C.), SIG 527.46 (Crete,iii B. C.), IGRom. 4.1740 (Cyme), always in LXX as Ba. 1.19 , cf. Ev.Matt. 23.30 , Plu. 2.174a , etc., and sts. in codd. of earlier writers, Lys. 7.34 , Trag.Adesp. 124 (cited from E. Hel. 931 by Choerob. and from Id. Tr. 474 by Aps. ), X. Cyr. 6.1.9 , Hyp. Ath. 26 ,2 sg. ἦσο Epigr.Gr. 379 (Aezani),3 sg. ἦστο Supp.Epigr. 1.455.7 (Phrygia),1 pl. ἤμεθα PPetr. 2p.11 (iii B. C.), LXX Ba. 1.19 , 1 Ki. 25.16 , Ep.Eph. 2.3 ;subj. ὦμαι PBaden 48.12 (ii B. C.),ἦται GDI 1696 ,ἦνταιprob. in IG 5(1).1390.83 (Andania); Ion. and Ep. alsoἔσκον, used by A. Pers. 656 (lyr.):fut. ἔσομαι, ἔσται, Ep. and Aeol. alsoἔσσομαι, ἔσεται, ἔσσεται; Aeol. 2 sg. ἔσσῃprob. in Alc. 67 , 87 ; Dor. 2 and3 sg. ἐσσῇ, ἐσσεῖται, Il. 2.393 , 13.317 , Theoc. 10.5 ,3 pl. ἐσσοῦνταιFoed. ap. Th. 5.77 codd. (but ἔσσονται Tab.Heracl. 1.113 ),inf. ἐσσεῖσθαι Sophr. 57 .—All forms of thepres.ind. are enclitic (exc.2 sg. εἶand3 pl. ἔασι); but3 sg.is writtenἔστιwhen it begins a sentence or verse, or when it immediately followsοὐκ, καί, εἰ, ὡς, ἀλλά, orτοῦτ', Hdn.Gr. 1.553 (alsoμήacc. to EM 301.3 ); later Gramm. wroteἔστιasSubst.Verb, Phot. , Eust. 880.22 . as theSubst.Verb, of persons,exist, οὐκ ἔσθ' οὗτος ἀνήρ, οὐδ' ἔσσεται Od. 16.437 ;ἔτ' εἰσίtheyarestillin being, 15.433 , cf. S. Ph. 445 , etc.; τεθνηῶτος . . μηδ' ἔτ' ἐόντος Od. 1.289 ;οὐκέτ' ἐστίheisno more, E. Hipp. 1162 ;οὐδὲ δὴν ἦνhewasnot long-lived, Il. 6.131 ;ὁ οὐκ ὤν, οἱ οὐκ ὄντες, ofthose who areno more, Th. 2.45 , 44 ;οἱ ὄντεςtheliving, Plb. 9.29.2 ;ὁ ὤνtheEternal, LXX Ex. 3.14 , al., Ph. 1.289 ; θεοὶ αἰὲν ἐόντες Il. 1.290 ;ἐσσόμενοι posterity, 2.119 ; κἀγὼ γὰρ ἦ ποτ', ἀλλὰ νῦν οὐκ εἴμ' ἔτι E. Hec. 284 ;ὡς ἂν εἶεν ἅνθρωποι might continue in being, Pl. Smp. 190c ; ζώντων καὶ ὄντων Ἀθηναίων D. 18.72 , cf. Arist. GC 318b25 ; of things,εἰ ἔστι ἀληθέως [ἡ τράπεζα] Hdt. 3.17 , etc.; of cities, ὄλωλεν, οὐδ' ἔτ' ἐστὶ Τροία E. Tr. 1292 , cf. Heracl. 491 ;δοκεῖ μοι Καρχηδόνα μὴ εἶναι censeo Carthaginem esse delendam, Plu. Cat.Ma. 27 ;ἂν ᾖ τὸ στράτευμα be in existence, D. 8.17 ; of money,to be in hand, τῶν ὄντων χρημάτων καὶ τῶν προσιόντων IG 12.91.25 ;τὰ ὄντα property, Pl. Grg. 511a , Plu. Ant. 24 , etc.;τὸ ἐσόμενον ἐκ. .future revenuefrom . . , BCH 46.420 (Olymos,i B. C.); of place,τὴν οὖσαν ἐκκλησίανthelocalchurch, Act.Ap. 13.1 ; of time,τοῦ ὄντος μηνόςin thecurrentmonth, BGU 146.4 , etc.;in office, ἱερέων τῶν ὄντων PPar. 5.4 (ii B. C.);αἱ οὖσαι [ἐξουσίαι] the powersthat be, Ep. Rom. 13.1 . of therealworld,be, opp. become, γίγνεται πάντα ἃ δή φαμεν εἶναι Pl. Tht. 152d , etc.;τὸ ὄν Being, Parm. 8.35 , Protag. 2 , Pl. Ti. 27d , etc.; opp.τὸ μὴ ὄν, Gorg. Fr. 3 D. , etc.; οὐδὲν γίνεται ἐκ τοῦ μὴ ὄντος Epicur. Ep. 1p.5U. ; ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων ἐποίησεν αὐτὰ ὁ θεός LXX 2 Ma. 7.28 ;τὰ ὄνταtheworld of things, Heraclit. 7 , Emp. 129.5 , etc.;ὄν indecl.,τῶν ὂν εἰδῶνspeciesof Being, Plot. 6.2.10 . of circumstances, events, etc.,to happen, τά τ' ἐόντα, τά τ' ἐσσόμενα, πρό τ' ἐόντα Il. 1.70 ; ἡ ἐσβολὴ ἔμελλεν ἔσεσθαι Th. 2.13 , etc.;τῆς προδοσίας οὔσηςsince treacherywas there, Id. 4.103 ;ἕως ἂν ὁ πόλεμος ᾖso long as itlast, Id. 1.58 ; αἱ σπονδαὶ ἐνιαυτὸν ἔσονται Id. 4.118 ;τί ἐστιν; whatisit? what's the matter? Ar. Th. 193 ;τί οὖν ἦν τοῦτο; howcameitto pass? Pl. Phd. 58a : repeated with a relat. to avoid a positive assertion,ἔστι δ' ὅπῃ νῦν ἔ.thingsareas theyare, i.e. are ill, A. Ag. 67 . be the factorthe case,διπλασίαν ἂν τὴν δύναμιν εἰκάζεσθαι ἤ ἐστινtwice as large as itreally is, Th. 1.10 ;αὐτὸ ὅ ἐστι καλόνbeautyin its essence, Pl. Smp. 211c , cf. Phd. 74b ; freq. inpart.,τὸν ἐόντα λόγον λέγεινorφαίνεινthetruestory, Hdt. 1.95 , 116 ;τῷ ἐόντι χρήσασθαιtell thetruth, ib. 30 ; τὰ ὄντα ἀπαγγέλλειν Th. 7.8 ;σκῆψιν οὐκ οὖσαν, λόγον οὐκ ὄντα, S. El. 584 , Ar. Ra. 1052 ;τῷ ὄντι in reality, in fact, Pl. Prt. 328d , etc.; to apply a quotation to a case in point,τῷ ὄντι κλαυσίγελως real'smiles through tears' (with allusion to Il. 6.484 ), X. HG 7.2.9 , cf. Pl. La. 196d ;κατὰ τὸ ἐόνaccording to thefact, rightly, Hdt. 1.97 ;πᾶν τὸ ἐόνthe wholetruth, Id. 9.11 ; τοῦ ἐόντος ἀποτεύξεται Hp. VM 2 . folld. by the relat.,οὐκ ἔστιν ὅςorὅστις no one, οὐκ ἔσθ' ὃς . . ἀπαλάλκοι Il. 22.348 ; οὐκ ἔ. οὐδεὶς ὅς E. El. 903 ;οὐκ ἔ. ὅτῳ, = οὐδενί , A. Pr. 293 (anap.), cf. 989 : freq. in pl.,εἰσὶν οἵ,=Lat.sunt qui, used exactly like ἔνιοι , Th. 6.88 , 7.44 , Pl. Men. 77d , Grg. 503a , etc. (εἰσί τινες οἵ. . Th. 3.24 );ἐστὶν ἃ χωρία, πολίσματα, Id. 1.12 , 65 ; ἐστὶν ἃ εἰπεῖν Id. 2.67 ; ἦσαν οἵ X. An. 5.2.14 ; the sg. Verb is used even with masc. and fem. pl.,ἐστὶν οἵ, αἵ, Hp. Fract. 1 , VC 4 , X. Cyr. 2.3.16 ; more freq. in oblique cases, ποταμῶν ἐστὶ ὧν Hdt. 7.187 ; ἐστὶν ἀφ' ὧν Th. 8.65 ;ἐστὶ παρ' οἷς, ἐστὶν ἐν οἷς, Id. 1.23 , 5.25 : in questionsὅστιςis used,ἔστιν ἥντινα δόξαν . . ἀπεκρίνατο; Pl. Men. 85b : with relat. Particles,ἐστὶν ἔνθα,=Lat.est ubi, X. Cyr. 7.4.15 , etc.;ἐ. ὅπῃ, ἔσθ' ὅπου,somehow,somewhere, Pl. Prt. 331d , A. Eu. 517 , S. OT 448 , etc.; in questions expecting a neg. answer,ἐ. ὁπόθεν, ὅπως; Pl. Phlb. 35a , R. 493e , etc.; οὐ γάρ ἐσθ' ὅπως Pi. Fr. 61 , cf. Hdt. 7.102 , A. Ag. 620 ;οὐκ ἔ. ὅπως οὐ in any case, necessarily, Ar. Pax 188 ; οὐκ ἔ. ὡς Pl. Men. 76e , etc.;ἐ. ὅτε, ἔσθ' ὅτε,sometimes, Pi. Fr. 180.2 , S. Aj. 56 , Th. 7.21 , etc. ἦνis sts. used with pl. masc. and fem., usu. at the beginning of a sentence,there was, τῆς δ' ἦν τρεῖς κεφαλαί Hes. Th. 321 ; (but in ἦν δ' ἐρῳδιοί τε πολλοί Epich. 46 , cf. 59 , al., it may be taken as Dor. 3 pl.); ἦν δ' ἀμφίπλεκτοι κλίμακες S. Tr. 520 (lyr.);ἦν ἄρα κἀκεῖνοι ταλακάρδιοιEpigr. ap. Aeschin. 3.184 ; less freq. ἔστι, ἔστι δὲ μεταξὺ . . ἑπτὰ στάδιοι Hdt. 1.26 , cf. 7.34 ; ἔστι . . ἄρχοντές τε καὶ δῆμος Pl. R. 463a ; before dual Nouns, Ar. V. 58 , Pl. Grg. 500d . ἔστιimpers., c.inf.,it is possible, ἔστι γὰρ ἀμφοτέροισιν ὀνείδεα μυθήσασθαι Il. 20.246 ; ἔστι μὲν εὕδειν, ἔστι δὲ τερπομένοισιν ἀκούειν Od. 15.392 ;εἴ τί πού ἐστι(sc.πιθέσθαι) 4.193 ; τοιάδε . . ἐστὶν ἀκοῦσαι A. Pr. 1055 (anap.); ἔστι τεκμήρια ὁρᾶν X. An. 3.2.13 , cf. Ar. Ra. 1163 , Aeschin. 3.105 , D. 18.272 , Arist. Ath. 53.6 , etc.; so in imper., opt., andsubj., ἔστω ἀποφέρεσθαι τῷ βουλομένῳ IG 12.10.7 ; μυρία ἂν εἴη λέγειν Pl. Plt. 271e ; ὅπως ἂν ᾖ δρᾶν IG 2.1054.91 : more freq. in neg. clauses, Il. 6.267 , etc.; folld. byὥστεc.inf., S. Ph. 656 : c. acc. etinf., ἁδόντα δ' εἴη με τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς ὁμιλεῖν Pi. P. 2.96 ; ἔστιν ἐκπεσεῖν ἀρχῆς Δία A. Pr. 757 : sts. not impers. in this sense, θάλασσα δ' οὐκέτ' ἦν ἰδεῖν Id. Pers. 419 . ἔστωin argument,let it be granted, ἔστω τοῦτο ἀληθὲς εἶναι D.H. Comp. 25 ; ἔστω σοι τοῦθ' οὕτως Plu. 2.987b ; ἔστω εἶναί τινα τοιοῦτον D. Chr. 74.24 . most freq.,to be, the Copula connecting the predicate with the Subject, both being in the same case: hence,signify, import, τὸ γὰρ εἴρειν λέγειν ἐστίν Pl. Cra. 398d ; esp. in the phraseτοῦτ' ἔστι,hoc est; Σκαιόλαν, ὅπερ ἐστὶ Λαϊόν Plu. Publ. 17 : with numerals,τὰ δὶς πέντε δέκα ἐστίνtwice fiveareten, X. Mem. 4.4.7 ;εἶναί τιςorτι,to besomebody, something,beof some consequence, v. τις; οὐδὲν εἶναι Pl. R. 562d , etc. periphr. with the Participle to represent the finite Verb: withpf. part.once in Hom. ,τετληότες εἰμέν, forτετλήκαμεν, Il. 5.873 ; so in Trag. and Att. ,ἦν τεθνηκώς, forἐτεθνήκει, A. Ag. 869 ;ἔσται δεδορκώςib. 1179 ; εἰμὶ γεγώς S. Aj. 1299 ; πεφυκός ἐστι Ar. Av. 1473 ; δεδρακότες εἰσίν Th. 3.68 ; κατακεκονότες ἔσεσθε X. An. 7.6.36 : withaor. part., once in Hom. , βλήμενος ἦν Il. 4.211 ; soπροδείσας εἰμί, οὐ σιωπήσας ἔσει; S. OT 90 , 1146 , cf. A. Supp. 460 : withpres. part., ἦν προκείμενον Id. Pers. 371 ; φεύγων Ὀρέστης ἐστίν Id. Ch. 136 ; εἴην οὐκ ἂν εὖ φρονῶν S. Aj. 1330 ;τί δ' ἐστί . . φέρον; Id. OT 991 , cf. 274 , 708 ; λέγων ἐστίν τις E. Hec. 1179 ; ἦν τίς ς' ὑβρίζων Id. HF 313 ; πόρρω ἤδη εἶ πορευόμενος Pl. Ly. 204b ; βαδίζων εἰμί Ar. Ra. 36 ; freq. in Hdt. , ἦσαν ἱέντες 1.57 , al.; even εἰσὶ διάφοροι ἐόντες 3.49 (s.v.l.):— if the Art. is joined with the Part., the noun is made emphatic,Κᾶρές εἰσι οἱ καταδέξαντεςthe persons who showed herwereCarians, Id. 1.171 ; αὐτὸς ἦν ὁ μαρτυρῶν A. Eu. 798 ; δόλος ἦν ὁ φράσας S. El. 197 (anap.). εἶναιis freq. modified in sense by the addition of Advbs., or the cases of Nouns without or with Preps.: εἶναιwith Advbs., where theAdv.often merely represents a Noun and stands as the predicate, ἅλις δέ οἱ ἦσαν ἄρουραι Il. 14.122 , etc.;ἀκέων, ἀκήν εἶναι,to besilent, 4.22 , Od. 2.82 ; σῖγα πᾶς ἔστω λεώς E. Hec. 532 ; διαγνῶναι χαλεπῶς ἦν ἄνδρα ἕκαστον Il. 7.424 ;ἀσφαλέως ἡ κομιδὴ ἔσται will go onsafely, Hdt. 4.134 ;ἐγγύς, πόρρω εἶναι, Th. 6.88 , Pl. Prt. 356e : freq. impers. with words implying good or ill fortune,Κουρήτεσσι κακῶς ἦν it faredill with them, Il. 9.551 ; εὖ γὰρ ἔσται E. Med. 89 , cf. Ar. Pl. 1188 , etc.; ἡδέως ἂν αὐτοῖς εἴη D. 59.30 . c. gen., to express descent or extraction, πατρὸς δ' εἴμ' ἀγαθοῖο Il. 21.109 ; αἵματός εἰς ἀγαθοῖο Od. 4.611 , cf. Hdt. 3.71 , Th. 2.71 , etc.; πόλεως μεγίστης εἶ X. An. 7.3.19 . to express the material of which a thing is made,ἡ κρηπίς ἐστι λίθων μεγάλων consists of. . , Hdt. 1.93 ;τῆς πόλιος ἐούσης δύο φαρσέωνib. 186 ;τοιούτων ἔργων ἐστὶ ἡ τυραννίς is made up of. . , Id. 5.92 .ή, etc. to express the class to which a person or thing belongs,εἶ γὰρ τῶν φίλων you are one ofthem, Ar. Pl. 345 ; ἐτύγχανε βουλῆς ὤν Th. 3.70 ; ὅσοι ἦσαν τῶν προτέρων στρατιωτῶν Id. 7.44 ; Κριτίας τῶν τριάκοντα ὤν X. Mem. 1.2.31 ;ἔστι τῶν αἰσχρῶν it is in the class ofdisgraceful things, i. e.it isdisgraceful, D. 2.2 . to express that a thing belongs to another, Τροίαν Ἀχαιῶν οὖσαν A. Ag. 269 ; τὸ πεδίον ἦν μέν κοτε Χορασμίων Hdt. 3.117 , etc.: hence,to be of the party of, ἦσαν . . τινὲς μὲν φιλίππου, τινὲς δὲ τοῦ βελτίστου D. 9.56 , cf. 37.53 ;to be de pendent upon, S. Ant. 737 , etc.;to be at the mercy of, ἔστι τοῦ λέγοντος, ἢν φόβους λέγῃ Id. OT 917 . to express one's duty, business, custom, nature, and thelike,οὔτοι γυναικός ἐστι 'tisnot a woman'spart, A. Ag. 940 ; τὸ ἐπιτιμᾶν παντὸς εἶναι D. 1.16 ;τὸ δὲ ναυτικὸν τέχνης ἐστίν is matter ofart,requiresart, Th. 1.142 , cf. 83 . in LXX ,to be occupied about, ἦσαν τοῦ θύειν 2 Ch. 30.17 ;ἔσεσθαι, c. gen.,to be about to, ἐσόμεθα τοῦ σῶσαί σε 2 Ki. 10.11 . with the dat.,ἐστί μοιIhave, freq. in Hom. , etc. with two dats.,σφίσι τε καὶ Ἀθηναίοισι εἶναι οὐδὲν πρῆγμαthat they and the Athenianshavenothingto doone with another, Hdt. 5.84 ; μηδὲν εἶναι σοὶ καὶ φιλίππῳ πρᾶγμα D. 18.283 ; more shortly,σοί τε καὶ τούτοισι πρήγμασι τί ἐστι; Hdt. 5.33 ;τί τῷ νόμῳ καὶ τῇ βασάνῳ; D. 29.36 ;τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί; Lat.quid tecum est mihi? Ev.Marc. 5.7 , etc.; alsoἐμοὶ οὐδὲν πρὸς τοὺς τοιούτους(sc.ἐστίν) Isoc. 4.12 ; ἐν οἷς πρὸς τοὺς ἐναντίους ἐστὶ τῷ δήμῳ D. 18.278 ;ἔσται αὐτῳ πρὸς τὸν θεόν, in tomb inscriptions, JHS 18.113 , etc. withἄσμενος, βουλόμενος, etc., added,ἐμοὶ δέ κεν ἀσμένῳ εἴη 'twould beto my delight, Il. 14.108 ; οὐκ ἂν σφίσι βουλομένοις εἶναι Th. 7.35 ; προσδεχομένῳ Id. 6.46 ; θέλοντι S. OT 1356 (lyr.); ἡδομένοις Pl. La. 187c . with Preps.,εἶναι ἀπό τινος, = εἶναί τινος (supr. 11 .a), X. Mem. 1.6.9 ; εἰσὶν ἀπ' ἐναντίων αὗται πραγμάτων Pl. Phlb. 12d ; butεἶναι ἀπ' οἴκου to beaway from . . , Th. 1.99 . εἶναι ἔκ τινος to be sprungfrom,εἴμ' ἐκ Παιονίης, Μυρμιδόνων ἔξ εἰμι, Il. 21.154 , 24.397 , etc.;ἔστιν ἐξ ἀνάγκης it isof necessity, i. e. necessary, Pl. Sph. 256d . εἶναι ἐν. .to bein a certain state, ἐν εὐπαθείῃσι Hdt. 1.22 ;ἐν ἀθυμία, etc., Th. 6.46 , etc.; ἐν ταραχαῖς D. 18.218 ;εἶναι ἐν ἀξιώματι to bein esteem, Th. 1.130 ;οἱ ἐν τέλεϊ ἐόντεςthose in office, Hdt. 3.18 , etc.; butεἶναι ἐν τέχνῃ, ἐν φιλοσοφία to be engagedin . . , S. OT 562 , Pl. Phd. 59a . ἐν σοί ἐστι it dependson thee, Hdt. 6.109 , S. Ph. 963 ; ἐν σοὶ γάρ ἐσμεν Id. OT 314 ; so also ἐπί τινι Id. Ph. 1003 , X. Cyr. 1.6.2 , etc. εἶναι διά. . , much like εἶναι ἐν . . ,εἶναι διὰ φόβου, = φοβεῖσθαι , Th. 6.34 ;εἶναι δι' ὄχλου, = ὀχληρὸν εἶναι , Id. 1.73 ; εἶναι διὰ μόχθων X. Cyr. 1.6.25 ;εἶναι δι' αἰτίας, = αἰτιᾶσθαι , D.H. 1.70 ; Geom.,passthrough, διὰ τᾶς ἑτέρας διαμέτρου ἐόντος τοῦ ἐπιπέδου Archim. Con.Sph. 20 . εἶναι ἐφ' ἑαυτῆς to beby oneself, D. 25.23 ;εἶναι ἐπὶ ὀνόματος to beara name, Id. 39.21 ;εἶναι ἐπὶ τοῖς πράγμασιν to be engagedin . . , Id. 2.12 ;εἶναι ἐπί τινα to beagainst him, Id. 6.33 ;εἶναι ἐφ' ἑξήκοντα στάδια to reachsixty stadia, X. An. 4.6.11 ;εἶναι ἐπὶ τὰς ἁφάς passthrough the points of contact, Apollon. Perg. Con. 4.1 ;εἶναι ἐπί τινι,v.supr. 3 b. εἶναι πρός τινος to bein one's favour, Th. 4.10 , 29 , etc.;to suit, X. An. 1.2.11 , etc.;εἶναι πρός τινι engagedin, Pl. Phd. 84c , Philostr. VA 5.31 ;πρὸς τοῖς ἰδίοις mindone's own affairs, Arist. Pol. 1309a6 , Ath. 16.3 ; εἶναι πρὸς τὸ κωλύειν Plb. 1.26.3 ;πρὸς τὸ πονεῖνTeles p.46 H.; εἶναι περί τι X. An. 3.5.7 , etc. εἶναι παρά τινιorτινα,= παρειναι, Id. Cyr. 6.2.15 , Hdt. 8.140 .ά(s.v.l.). εἶναι ὑπό τιναorτινι to besubjectto . . , X. HG 5.2.17 (s.v.l.), 6.2.4 . περὶ τούτων ἐστίνthatisthe question, Men. Epit. 30 . εἶναι ἀπό. . , in Geom.,to be constructedupon, Archim. Sph.Cyl. 2.9 , Con.Sph. 7 . ἐστίis very freq. omitted, mostly in thepres.ind. before certain predicates, asἀνάγκη, ἄξιον, δυνατόν, εἰκός, ἕτοιμον, οἷόν τε, ῥᾴδιον, χρεών, etc., and after the neut. of Verbals in -τέος, and such forms asθαυμαστὸν ὅσον: less freq. with other persons and moods,εἰμίomitted, S. OT 92 , Aj. 813 ;εἶ, Od. 4.206 ;ἐσμέν, S. Ant. 634 ;ἐστέ, Od. 10.463 ;εἰσί, S. OT 499 (lyr.), IG 2.778 B;subj. ᾖ, Il. 14.376 , E. Hipp. 659 , Antipho 5.32 ; opt.εἴη, IG 22.1183.12 ;impf. ἦν, ib. 2.778 B;fut. ἔσονται, Od. 14.394 . the Inf. freq. seems redundant, in phrases implying power or will to do a thing,ἑκὼν εἶναι(v.ἑκών) κατὰ δύναμιν εἶναι Is. 2.32 ; εἰς δύναμιν εἶναι Pl. Plt. 300c ;τὸ ἐπ' ἐκείνοις εἶναι,quantum in illis esset, Th. 8.48 , X. HG 3.5.9 , cf. Lys. 13.58 ; τὸ ἐπὶ σφᾶς εἶναι Th. 4.28 ; τὸ κατὰ τοῦτον εἶναι X. An. 1.6.9 ; κατὰ τοῦτο εἶναι Pl. Prt. 317a ;τὸ τήμερον, τὸ νῦν εἶναι, Id. Cra. 396e , La. 201c , Theopomp. Com. 98 , Decr. ap. Arist. Ath. 31.2 , etc. after Verbs of naming or choosing, σοφιστὴν ὀνομάζουσι τὸν ἄνδρα εἶναι Pl. Prt. 311e ; σύμμαχόν μιν εἵλοντο εἶναι Hdt. 8.134 ; of giving, δῶκε ξεινήϊον εἶναι Il. 11.20 . impf. ἦνissts. used where other languages take thepres., afterἄρα, to express a fact whichis and has always beenthe same,δέρμα δὲ ἀνθρώπου . . ἦν ἄρα σχεδὸν δερμάτων πάντων λαμπρότατονhuman skin thenit appears is. . , Hdt. 4.64 ; Κύπρις οὐκ ἄρ' ἦν θεός E. Hipp. 359 ;ὡς ἄρ' ἦσθ' ἐμὸς πατὴρ ὀρθῶςib. 1169 ; ἦ πολύμοχθον ἄρ' ἦν γένος . . ἁμερίων Id. IA 1330 ; ἦ στωμύλος ἦσθα Theoc. 5.79 ; so also when there is reference to a past thought,τουτὶ τί ἦν; whatisthis? Ar. Ach. 157 , cf. Pl. Cra. 387c : so in the Aristotelian formulaτὸ τί ἦν εἶναι( APo. 82b38 , al.), used to expressthe essential natureof a thing, whereτί ἦν(forἐστί) takes the place of the dat. in such phrases asτὸ ἀγαθῷ εἶναι, τὸ μεγέθει εἶναι, APr. 67b12 , de An. 429b10 . ἐγώ εἰμι, in LXX , pleonastic for ἐγώ, ἐγώ εἰμι οὐχ ἥμαρτον Jd. 11.27 , cf. 6.18 ; also ἔσται πᾶς ἀποκτενεῖ με Ge. 4.14 .