εἶμι: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[go]] (perfective-futuric; cf. Schwyzer-Debrunner 265).<br />Other forms: Inf. <b class="b3">ἰέναι</b> only present in Active<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[ijote]] \/[[ijontes]]\/.<br />Compounds: Very often with prefix: <b class="b3">ἄν-</b>, <b class="b3">ἄπ-</b>, <b class="b3">δί-</b>, <b class="b3">εἴσ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἔξ-</b> etc.<br />Derivatives: From the simplex; <b class="b3">ἴ-θματα</b> pl. [[step]], [[pace]] (Ε 778 = h. Ap. 114, of doves), = [[feet]] (Call. Cer. 58); on form. Schwyzer 492 n. 12, 523); [[ἰσθμός]] (s. v.), also <b class="b3">ἰταμός</b>, <b class="b3">ἴτης</b> (s. v.); cf. <b class="b3">οἶτος</b>, <b class="b3">οἶμος</b>. - From compounds: <b class="b3">εἰσ-ί-θμη</b> [[entry]] (ζ 264, Opp.; cf. <b class="b3">ἴθματα</b> and Porzig Satzinhalte 283); <b class="b3">ἐξ-ί-τηλος</b> [[perishable]] (Ion.-Att.), acc. to H. <b class="b3">ἴτηλον τὸ ἔμμονον</b>, <b class="b3">καὶ οὑκ ἐξίτηλον</b> (A. Fr. 42; cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 119 n. 2); <b class="b3">εἰσ-ί-τημα</b> [[revenue]] (Delos, Delphi); <b class="b3">εἰσ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐξ-</b>, <b class="b3">κατ-ι-τήριος</b> (D. usw.); <b class="b3">δι-</b>, <b class="b3">συν-ι-τικός</b> (Arist.). - <b class="b3">ἁμαξ-ι-τός</b> s. v., univerbation <b class="b3">ἀταρπιτός</b> (s. [[ἀτραπός]]). - Iterative <b class="b3">ἰτάω</b> in <b class="b3">ἰτητέον</b> [[eundum est]] (Att.) and <b class="b3">ἐπανιτακώρ</b> = <b class="b3">ἐπανεληλυθώς</b> (Elis); from it <b class="b3">εἰσ-ιτητήρια</b> n. pl. <b class="b2">sacrifice at the beginning of a function</b> (Att.; also <b class="b3">εἰσ-ιτήρια</b>, s. above), <b class="b3">εἰσ-ιτητός</b> [[accessible]] (Alkiphr.) and <b class="b3">ἰτητικός</b> = <b class="b3">ἰταμός</b> (Arist.). - As verbal noun to <b class="b3">εἶμι</b>, especially to the compounds, serves <b class="b3">ὁδός</b> (<b class="b3">ἄν-οδος</b> etc.), Schwyzer-Debrunner 75, Porzig Satzinhalte 201. S. also <b class="b3">φοιτάω</b>.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [293] <b class="b2">*h₁ei-</b> [[go]]<br />Etymology: Old athematic root present with exact agreeing forms in several languages: <b class="b3">εἶ-μι</b>, <b class="b3">εἶ</b> (< *εἶ-hi), <b class="b3">εἶ-σι</b> = Skt. <b class="b2">é-mi</b>, <b class="b2">é-ṣi</b>, <b class="b2">é-ti</b>, Lith. <b class="b2">ei-mì</b>, <b class="b2">ei-sì</b>, <b class="b2">eĩ-ti</b>, Hitt. <b class="b2">pāi-mi</b>, <b class="b2">pāi-ši</b>, <b class="b2">pāi-zi</b> (preverb <b class="b2">pe-</b>, <b class="b2">pa-</b>), Lat. <b class="b2">ī-s</b>, <b class="b2">i-t</b> (1. pers. [[eō]] < <b class="b2">*ei-ō</b>), IE <b class="b2">*ei-mi</b>, <b class="b2">-si</b>, <b class="b2">-ti</b>; 1. plur. <b class="b3">ἴ-μεν</b> : Skt. <b class="b2">i-más</b>; ipv. <b class="b3">ἴ-θι</b> = Skt. <b class="b2">i-hí</b> : Hitt. <b class="b2">i-t</b>; impf. Hom. <b class="b3">ἤϊα</b> = Skt. <b class="b2">ā́yam</b> (with analogical <b class="b2">-m</b>), IE <b class="b2">*ēi-m̥</b>. Iterative <b class="b3">ἰτάω</b> = Lat. [[itāre]], MIr. [[ethaim]]. Further details Schwyzer 674, etc. Glottogonic idea on the oriin by Kretschmer Glotta 13, 137f. (from interj. [[ei]]?). - On the realation between <b class="b3">εἶμι</b> - <b class="b3">ἔρχομαι</b> - <b class="b3">ἦλθον</b> and other verbs of going Bloch Suppl. Verba 22ff.