ἰδού
αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων, πεσσεύων∙ παιδός η βασιληίη → time is a child playing draughts; the kingship is a child's | a life-time is a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | a whole human life-time is nothing but a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game; kingship belongs to the child
German (Pape)
[Seite 1238] als adv., sieh, sieh da! wenn man Einem Etwas darreicht, ἰδοὺ δέχου παῖ Soph. Phil. 765; vgl. Ar. Pax init., wo der Aufforderung αἶρ' αἶρε μᾶζαν entspricht ἰδού, da hast du es, u. δὸς μᾶζαν ἑτέραν, ἰδοὺ μάλ' αὖθις; vgl. φέρ' ἴδω, τί ἄρ' ἔνεστιν αὐτόθι · δός μοι τὸ ποτήριον, ἰδού Ar. Equ. 121; – ἰδού, θεᾶσθε πάντες Soph. Tr. 1068; ἰδοὺ ὑμῖν, ἐμπλήσθητε τοῦ καλοῦ θεάματος Plat. Rep. IV, 440 a; – ein einzelnes Wort höhnisch hervorhebend; Ar. Equ. 85 sagt Einer μὰ Δί' ἀλλ' ἄκρατον οἶνον, worauf der Andere bemerkt ἰδού γ' ἄκρατον, ei sieh doch reinen Wein! Nub. 873 Par 196 u. öfter bei Ar. u. a. Comic.
French (Bailly abrégé)
interj.
voici, voilà :
1 pour offrir ou recevoir qch ἰδού δέχου, παῖ SOPH voilà ! prends, mon enfant;
2 pour avertir ἰδού, θεᾶσθε πάντες SOPH tenez ! regardez, tous ! ἰδού, δοῦπον αὖ κλύω τινά SOPH voici que j’entends encore un bruit.
Étymologie: cf. ἰδοῦ.
English (Abbott-Smith)
ἰδού, [in LXX chiefly for הִנֵּה,] prop. imperat. 2 aor. mid. of ὁράω, used as a demonstrative particle, with frequency much greater in LXX and NT than in cl. (v. M, Pr., 11),
lo, behold, see: Mt 10:16 11:8 13:3, Mk 3:32, Lk 2:48, I Co 15:51, Ja 5:9, Ju 14, Re 1:7, al.; after gen. absol., Mt 1:20 2:1, 13 12:46, al.; καὶ ἰδού, Mt 2:9 (and freq.), Lk 1:20 10:25, Ac 12:7, al.; in elliptical sentences, taking the place of copula or predicate (like הִנֵּה in Heb.), Mt 3:17, Lk 5:12 22:31, 47 Ac 8:27, 36 al.
English (Strong)
second person singular imperative middle voice of εἴδω; used as imperative lo!; --behold, lo, see.
