εἶναι
βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
εἶναι: ἀπαρ. τοῦ εἰμὶ (ὑπάρχω). ΙΙ. ἐν Ἡσ. Ἔργ. κ. Ἡμ. 351 τῷ προσιόντι προσεῖναι (ἔνθα κεῖται αντὶ του προσιέναι, ἀπαρ. τοῦ πρόσειμι, πλησιάζω) πιθανῶς εἶναι ἐφθαρμένον.
French (Bailly abrégé)
inf. de εἰμί.
English (Strong)
present infinitive from εἰμί; to exist: am, was. come, is, X lust after, X please well, there is, to be, was.
Greek Monotonic
εἶναι:I. απαρ. του εἰμί (sum).
II. στον Ησίοδ., αντί ἰέναι, απαρ. του εἶμι (ibo, προχωρώ).
Russian (Dvoretsky)
εἶναι: inf. к εἰμί.
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also εἰμί): be, belong to, constitute, exist, be at the beck of
