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. [[ἦν]], 3sg. [[ἦ]] (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. [[V A]]6.16. (Cf. Lat. [[aio]], [[ad-agium]]: [[ἦ]] fr. <b class="b3">*ἧκτ</b>, hence [[ἠμί]] etc. on analogy of [[φῆ]]: [[φημί]], etc.)</span>