ἔσκον
πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κύλικος καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου → there is many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip, there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
English (LSJ)
Ep. and Ion. impf. of εἰμί
A sum (q. v.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1042] impf. von εἰμί, ich war, Il. 7, 153 u. öfter; ἔσκε, er war, Hom., Her.; Aesch. Pers. 648 u. sp. D.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἔσκον: Ἐπικ. καὶ Ἰων. παρατ. τοῦ εἰμί, παρ’ Ὁμ. μόνον ἐν Η 153· λίαν συχν. ἐν τῷ γ΄ προσ. ἔσκε, οὐδέποτε ἐν τῷ β΄ ἔσκες.
French (Bailly abrégé)
1ᵉ sg. et 3ᵉ pl. impf. épq. de εἰμί.
English (Autenrieth)
see εἰμί.
Greek Monolingual
ἔσκον (Α)
ιων. και επικ. τ. πρτ. του ρ. εἰμί.
Greek Monotonic
ἔσκον: Επικ. και Ιων. παρατ. του εἰμί (sum).
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἔσκον: эп.-ион. (= ἦν) 1 л. sing. impf. к εἰμί.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: v.
Meaning: was (Hom.)
Other forms: ἦσκε Alcm.
Origin: IE [Indo-European] [340] *h₁es- to be
Etymology: From *ἔσ-σκον, iterative-preterite to εἰμί with the same suffix as in OLat. escit, escunt erit, erunt. Schwyzer 708. - Most uncertain Thrac. ησκο am? (Kretschmer Glotta 7, 89). Not here Toch. B skente they are (Pedersen Tocharisch 194 n. 1) and Pāli acchati stays, remains (Turner BSOS 8, 795ff.).
Frisk Etymology German
ἔσκον: hom.
{éskon}
Forms: ἦσκε Alkm.
Grammar: v.
Meaning: war,
Etymology : aus *ἔσσκον, Iterativpräteritum zu εἰμί mit demselben Suffix wie in alat. escit, escunt erit, erunt. Schwyzer 708. — Sehr unsicher thrak. ησκο ‘bin?’ (Kretschmer Glotta 7, 89). Fern bleiben toch. B skente sie sind (Pedersen Tocharisch 194 A. 1) und pāli acchati bleibt, befindet sich (Turner BSOS 8, 795ff.).
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