ἰδοῦ

English (LSJ)

( ἴδου Hdn.Gr. ap. Choerob.in Theod.2.140), aor.2 imper.Med. of ὁράω; but,    II ἰδού (on the accent v. Hdn.Gr.1.417, al.), as Adv., lo! behold! (even with words of hearing, ἰδοὺ δοῦπον αὖ κλύω τινά S.Aj.870 (lyr.), cf.El.1410):    1 with Nouns and Prons., ἰ. χελιδών Klein Meistersign.133 (Attic vase, vi B.C.), etc.; ἰ. ἐγώ here am I, LXX Ge.27.1,al.; ἰ. ἡ μνᾶ σοι Ev.Luc.19.20; οὐκ ἰ. Ἀαρών; LXXEx.4.14.    2 with Verbs,    a in the imper., ἰ. θεᾶσθε S.Tr.1079, Ar.Ach.366; esp. in offering a thing, take it! ἰ. δέχου παῖ S.Ph.776.    b 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.    3 with questions, ἰ., τί ἔστιν; Ar.Nu.825, Eq.157.    4 in repeating another's words quizzingly, as ἰδού γ' ἄκρατον wine, quotha! ib.87; ἰ. λέγειν ib.344; ἰδού γε κλέπτειν Id.Th.206, cf. Ec.136.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1238] imperat. aor. med. von εἰδόμην.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἰδοῦ: προστακτ. τοῦ μέσ. ἀορ. εἰδόμην: - ἀλλά, ΙΙ. ἰδού, ὡς Ἐπίρρ., νά!, ἰδού!, μετὰ παντὸς εἴδους λέξεων, ἔτι καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀκούειν τι, ἰδοὺ δοῦπον αὖ κλύω τινὰ Σοφ. Αἴ. 870: - ἰδιαίτεραι χρήσεις, 1) ὅταν δίδῃ τις ἢ προσφέρῃ τι, ὡς τὸ τῆ, νά, ’πάρε το, Λατ. en tibi ! ἰδοὺ δέχου παῖ Σοφ. Φιλ. 776, πρβλ. Τρ. 1079, Εὐρ. Ὀρ. 143, Ἀριστοφ. Νεφ. 825, Εἰρ. 2. 5, κτλ.: - καλά! ὅπως ἀγαπᾶς! Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 121, 157. 2) ἐν ἐπαναλήψει τῶν λέξεων ἄλλου προσώπου ἐμπαικτικῶς, ἰδού γ’ ἄκρατον, ἄ, βέβαια, κρασί! μάλιστα! τί λόγος; Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 344, πρβλ. Νεφ. 873, Εἰρ. 198, Ἐκκλ. 133· ἰδού γε ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἱππ. 87, Θεσμ. 206, Ἐκκλ. 136.