εἶμι: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[go]] (perfective-futuric; cf. Schwyzer-Debrunner 265).<br />Other forms: Inf. [[ἰέναι]] only present in Active<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[ijote]] /[[ijontes]]/.<br />Compounds: Very often with prefix: <b class="b3">ἄν-</b>, <b class="b3">ἄπ-</b>, <b class="b3">δί-</b>, <b class="b3">εἴσ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἔξ-</b> etc.<br />Derivatives: From the simplex; <b class="b3">ἴ-θματα</b> pl. [[step]], [[pace]] (Ε 778 = h. Ap. 114, of doves), = [[feet]] (Call. Cer. 58); on form. Schwyzer 492 n. 12, 523); [[ἰσθμός]] (s. v.), also [[ἰταμός]], [[ἴτης]] (s. v.); cf. [[οἶτος]], [[οἶμος]]. - From compounds: <b class="b3">εἰσ-ί-θμη</b> [[entry]] (ζ 264, Opp.; cf. [[ἴθματα]] and Porzig Satzinhalte 283); <b class="b3">ἐξ-ί-τηλος</b> [[perishable]] (Ion.-Att.), acc. to H. <b class="b3">ἴτηλον τὸ ἔμμονον</b>, <b class="b3">καὶ οὑκ ἐξίτηλον</b> (A. Fr. 42; cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 119 n. 2); <b class="b3">εἰσ-ί-τημα</b> [[revenue]] (Delos, Delphi); <b class="b3">εἰσ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐξ-</b>, <b class="b3">κατ-ι-τήριος</b> (D. usw.); <b class="b3">δι-</b>, <b class="b3">συν-ι-τικός</b> (Arist.). - <b class="b3">ἁμαξ-ι-τός</b> s. v., univerbation [[ἀταρπιτός]] (s. [[ἀτραπός]]). - Iterative [[ἰτάω]] in [[ἰτητέον]] [[eundum est]] (Att.) and [[ἐπανιτακώρ]] = [[ἐπανεληλυθώς]] (Elis); from it <b class="b3">εἰσ-ιτητήρια</b> n. pl. [[sacrifice at the beginning of a function]] (Att.; also <b class="b3">εἰσ-ιτήρια</b>, s. above), <b class="b3">εἰσ-ιτητός</b> [[accessible]] (Alkiphr.) and [[ἰτητικός]] = [[ἰταμός]] (Arist.). - As verbal noun to [[εἶμι]], especially to the compounds, serves [[ὁδός]] (<b class="b3">ἄν-οδος</b> etc.), Schwyzer-Debrunner 75, Porzig Satzinhalte 201. S. also [[φοιτάω]].<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [293] <b class="b2">*h₁ei-</b> [[go]]<br />Etymology: Old athematic root present with exact agreeing forms in several languages: <b class="b3">εἶ-μι</b>, [[εἶ]] (< *εἶ-hi), <b class="b3">εἶ-σι</b> = Skt. <b class="b2">é-mi</b>, <b class="b2">é-ṣi</b>, <b class="b2">é-ti</b>, Lith. <b class="b2">ei-mì</b>, <b class="b2">ei-sì</b>, <b class="b2">eĩ-ti</b>, Hitt. [[pāi-mi]], [[pāi-ši]], [[pāi-zi]] (preverb <b class="b2">pe-</b>, <b class="b2">pa-</b>), Lat. [[ī-s]], [[i-t]] (1. pers. [[eō]] < <b class="b2">*ei-ō</b>), IE <b class="b2">*ei-mi</b>, <b class="b2">-si</b>, <b class="b2">-ti</b>; 1. plur. <b class="b3">ἴ-μεν</b> : Skt. <b class="b2">i-más</b>; ipv. <b class="b3">ἴ-θι</b> = Skt. <b class="b2">i-hí</b> : Hitt. [[i-t]]; impf. Hom. [[ἤϊα]] = Skt. <b class="b2">ā́yam</b> (with analogical <b class="b2">-m</b>), IE <b class="b2">*ēi-m̥</b>. Iterative [[ἰτάω]] = Lat. [[itāre]], MIr. [[ethaim]]. Further details Schwyzer 674, etc. Glottogonic idea on the oriin by Kretschmer Glotta 13, 137f. (from interj. [[ei]]?). - On the realation between [[εἶμι]] - [[ἔρχομαι]] - [[ἦλθον]] and other verbs of going Bloch Suppl. Verba 22ff.