ἐστί

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See also: ἔστι and ἐστι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἔστι (ésti) — paroxytone
ἐστι (esti) — unstressed
ἔστιν (éstin) — paroxytone with movable nu
ἐστιν (estin) — unstressed with movable nu

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti.

Cognate with Sanskrit अस्ति (ásti), Latin est, Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎡𐎹 (astiy), Hittite 𒂊𒌍𒍣 (ēszi), Old Church Slavonic єстъ (estŭ), Gothic 𐌹𐍃𐍄 (ist).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /es.tí/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /esˈti/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /esˈti/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /esˈti/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /esˈti/

Verb

ἐστῐ́ • (estí)

third-person singular present active indicative of εἰμί (eimí)

References

ἐστί in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
G2076 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- become idem, page 68.
- decide idem, page 200.
- destine idem, page 217.
- determine idem, page 219.
- due idem, page 255.
- incumbent idem, page 431.
- permissible idem, page 607.

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