εἶ
πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
English (LSJ)
indecl., name of the letter ε, pronounced like the letter itself, Pl.Cra.393d, 437a, al., Michel832.46 (Samos, iv B.C.), etc.; later pronounced ῑ, Hdn.Gr.2.390; written ἶ, BGU427.15.
Spanish (DGE)
forma dór. e itacismo por ἦ, q.u.
v. εἰμί.
τό
• Grafía: graf. ι BGU 427.15 (II d.C.)
indecl., n. de la letra ε Pl.Cra.412a, 437a, IG 12(6).261.46 (Samos IV a.C.), AP 9.385 (St.Byz.), περὶ τοῦ εἶ τοῦ ἐν Δελφοῖς Plu.2.384d (tít.), κάμηλον ... κεχαραγμένην ἐπὶ τοῦ ... μηροῦ ι νυ ητα BGU l.c., como n. de un distrito οἰκῶν ἐν τῷ εἶ γράμματος POxy.3756.2 (IV d.C.), τὸ ε στοιχεῖον εἶ ἔλεγον οἱ παλαιοί Eust.511.7, v. Ε ε.
French (Bailly abrégé)
2ᵉ sg. de εἰμί;
2ᵉ sg. prés. ind. de εἶμι;
impér. poét. de εἶμι.
English (Strong)
second person singular present of εἰμί; thou art: art, be.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
εἶ:
I 2 л. sing. к εἰμί.
II
1 2 л. sing. praes. к εἶμι;
2 imper. к εἶμι.