εἶναι
From LSJ
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
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.
