ἰδοῦ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(ἴδου Hdn.Gr. ap. Choerob.''in Theod.''2.140), aor.2 imper.Med. of [[ὁράω]]; but,<br><span class="bld">II</span> ἰδού (on the accent v. Hdn.Gr.1.417, al.), as adverb, lo! behold! (even with words of hearing, ἰδοὺ δοῦπον αὖ κλύω τινά [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''870 (lyr.), cf.''El.''1410):<br><span class="bld">1</span> with Nouns and Prons., <b class="b3">ἰ. χελιδών</b> Klein ''Meistersign.''133 (Attic vase, vi B.C.), etc.; <b class="b3">ἰ. ἐγώ</b> [[here am]] I, [[LXX]] ''Ge.''27.1,al.; ἰ. ἡ μνᾶ σοι ''Ev.Luc.''19.20; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἰ. Ἀαρών</b>; [[LXX]] ''Ex.''4.14.<br><span class="bld">2</span> with Verbs,<br><span class="bld">a</span> in the imper., ἰ. θεᾶσθε S.''Tr.''1079, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''366; especially in offering a thing, [[take it]]! ἰ. δέχου παῖ S.''Ph.''776.<br><span class="bld">b</span> in ind. of all tenses, ἰ. πείθομαι E.''Or.''143 (lyr.): freq. in [[LXX]] and [[NT]] with past tenses, ''Ge.''24.15,al., ''Ev.Matt.''27.51, al.; in the middle of a sentence, ''Ev.Luc.''13.16.<br><span class="bld">3</span> with questions, <b class="b3">ἰ., τί ἔστιν</b>; Ar.''Nu.''825, ''Eq.''157.<br><span class="bld">4</span> in repeating another's words quizzingly, as <b class="b3">ἰδού γ' ἄκρατον</b> wine, [[quotha]]! ib.87; <b class="b3">ἰ. λέγειν</b> ib.344; ἰδού γε κλέπτειν Id.''Th.''206, cf. ''Ec.''136.