ἦν

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See also: ἤν, ἥν, and Appendix:Variations of "en"

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

1st person forms:

ἔᾱ (éā) — Epic
ἔον (éon) — Epic
ἔσκον (éskon) — Epic
ἦ (ê)
ἦα (êa) — Epic

3rd person forms:

ἔην (éēn) — Epic
ἔσκε (éske) — Epic
ἦεν (êen) — Epic
ἤην (ḗēn) — Epic

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛ̂ːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝n/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /in/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /in/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /in/

Verb

ἦν • (ên)

first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of εἰμί (eimí): I/he/she/it was

References

“ἦν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἦν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
G2258 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.
- counterpart idem, page 177.

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