ἠμί

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See also: ημι-, ημί-, and ἡμι-

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵ- (“to say”). Cognate with ἄνωγα (ánōga), Latin aiō, Old Armenian ասեմ (asem).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.mí/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝ˈmi/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈmi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈmi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈmi/

Verb

ἠμί • (ēmí)

to say
- 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 1145:
  παῖ ἠμί, παῖ
  paî ēmí, paî
  boy, I say, boy!
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.219:
  ἦ καὶ ἐπ’ ἀργυρέῃ κώπῃ σχέθε χεῖρα βαρεῖαν,
  ê kaì ep’ arguréēi kṓpēi skhéthe kheîra bareîan,
  He spoke, and stayed his heavy hand on the silver hilt,

Inflection

ἠμί (ēmí) has only four forms.

First-person singular present indicative: ἠμί (ēmí)
Third-person singular present indicative: ἠσί (ēsí) (Aeolic ἦσῐ (êsi), Doric ἠτί (ētí))
First-person singular imperfect indicative: ἦν (ên)
Third-person singular imperfect indicative: ἦ (ê)

References

“ἠμί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἠμί”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“ἠμί”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἠμί in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἠμί in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963

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