εἴδομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; see”), compare the very closely related οἶδα (oîda). Cognate with Latin videō, Sanskrit वेत्ति (vetti), Old Armenian գիտեմ (gitem), Old Church Slavonic вѣдѣти (věděti), and Old English witan (English wit).

Pronunciation
 

Verb

εἴδομαι • (eídomai)

(poetic)
  1. to be seen, appear
  2. (with infinitive) to appear, seem to do
  3. (reflexive, with dative) to make oneself like
    1. (intransitive) to be like, to look like

Usage notes
  • The aorist tense, εἶδον (eîdon, “I saw”), has a related but different meaning, and its second aorist middle form, εἰδόμην (eidómēn), contrasts with the first aorist middle of this verb, εἰσᾰ́μην (eisámēn).
  • The perfect tense, οἶδα (oîda, “I know”), functions as a present tense word with its own meaning.

Inflection
   Present: εἴδομαι
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle/
passive		 indicative εἴδομαι εἴδῃ,
εἴδει		 εἴδεται εἴδεσθον εἴδεσθον εἰδόμεθᾰ εἴδεσθε εἴδονται
subjunctive εἴδωμαι εἴδῃ εἴδηται εἴδησθον εἴδησθον εἰδώμεθᾰ εἴδησθε εἴδωνται
optative εἰδοίμην εἴδοιο εἴδοιτο εἴδοισθον εἰδοίσθην εἰδοίμεθᾰ εἴδοισθε εἴδοιντο
imperative   εἴδου εἰδέσθω εἴδεσθον εἰδέσθων   εἴδεσθε εἰδέσθων
middle/passive
infinitive εἴδεσθαι
participle m εἰδόμενος
f εἰδομένη
n εἰδόμενον
Notes: This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Aorist: εἰσᾰ́μην
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle indicative εἰσᾰ́μην εἴσω εἴσᾰτο εἴσᾰσθον εἰσᾰ́σθην εἰσᾰ́μεθᾰ εἴσᾰσθε εἴσᾰντο
subjunctive εἴσωμαι εἴσῃ εἴσηται εἴσησθον εἴσησθον εἰσώμεθᾰ εἴσησθε εἴσωνται
optative εἰσαίμην εἴσαιο εἴσαιτο εἴσαισθον εἰσαίσθην εἰσαίμεθᾰ εἴσαισθε εἴσαιντο
imperative   εἶσαι εἰσᾰ́σθω εἴσᾰσθον εἰσᾰ́σθων   εἴσᾰσθε εἰσᾰ́σθων
middle
infinitive εἴσᾰσθαι
participle m εἰσᾰ́μενος
f εἰσᾰμένη
n εἰσᾰ́μενον
Notes: This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

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