εἶμεν

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See also: εἰμεν and εἰμέν

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /êː.men/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.men/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.men/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.men/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.men/

Verb

εἶμεν • (eîmen)

first-person plural present active optative of εἰμί (eimí)
Doric form of εἶναι (eînai)
- 287 BCE – 212 BCE, Archimedes, The Sand Reckoner :
  Οἴονταί τινες, βασιλεῦ Γέλων, τοῦ ψάμμου τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἄπειρον εἶμεν τῷ
  πλήθει.
  Oíontaí tines, basileû Gélōn, toû psámmou tòn arithmòn ápeiron eîmen tôi
  plḗthei.
  There are some, King Gelon, who think that the number of the sand is infinite in multitude.

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