ἠμί: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(v. sub fin.), I <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[say]], the 1st pers. of pres. being used in Att. dialoguein emphaticrepetitions, <b class="b3">παῖ ἠμί, παῖ</b> boy I[[say]], boy! <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1145</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ra.</span>37</span>; otherwise only in 3sg. ἠσί <span class="bibl">Hermipp.1</span>, Aeol. ἦσι Sapph.97, Dor. ἠτί <span class="bibl">Alcm.139</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> impf. <b class="b3">ἦν</b>, 3sg. <b class="b3">ἦ</b> (the only part used by Hom., chiefly in Il., always at the end of a speech), <b class="b3">ἦ, καὶ ἐπ' ἀργυρέῃ κώπῃ σχέθε χεῖρα</b> he [[spake]] and... <span class="bibl">Il.1.219</span>, etc.; ἦ ῥα, καὶ ἀμπεπαλὼν προΐει . . ἔγχος <span class="bibl">3.355</span>, etc.; rarely with the subject expressed, ἦ ῥα γυνὴ ταμίη <span class="bibl">6.390</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Theoc.22.75</span>: freq. in Att. in the phrases <b class="b3">ἦν δ' ἐγώ</b> [[said]] I, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>327c</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἦ δ' ὅς</b> [[said]] he, <span class="bibl">Cratin.192</span>, etc.; ἦ δ' ὃς λέγων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>795</span>; ἦ δ' ἥ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>205c</span>; with the subject repeated, ἦ δ' ὃς ὁ Γλαύκων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>327b</span>, etc.; later without ὅς, ἦ δ' ὁ Νεῖλος Philostr. <b class="b2">V A</b>6.16. (Cf. Lat. <b class="b2">aio, ad-agium</b>: <b class="b3">ἦ</b> fr. <b class="b3">*ἧκτ</b>, hence <b class="b3">ἠμί</b> etc. on analogy of <b class="b3">φῆ</b>: <b class="b3">φημί</b>, etc.)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[speak]]<br />Other forms: 3. sg. <b class="b3">ἠσί</b>, Dor. <b class="b3">ἠτί</b>, almost only in ipf., esp. 3. sg. <b class="b3">ἦ</b> <b class="b2">he said</b> (1. sg. <b class="b3">ἦν</b>) (Il.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [290] <b class="b2">*h₁eh₁g-</b> [[say]]<br />Etymology: Petrified verbum dicendi; to the old <b class="b3">ἦ</b> < <b class="b3">*ἦκ-τ</b> (IE <b class="b2">*ēǵ-t</b>) new forms arose after <b class="b3">φημί</b>, <b class="b3">φησί</b>, <b class="b3">ἔφην</b>. Schwyzer 678. - Ablauting [[ἄνωγα]] [[ordered]], s. v.