ὀΐομαι

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.ǐː.o.mai̯/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈi.o.mɛ/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈi.o.mɛ/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈi.o.me/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈi.o.me/

The iota (ι) always scans as long in the Iliad and Odyssey. Otherwise, the word would have a sequence of three short vowels, or four when the final αι comes before a vowel, both of which are impossible in dactylic hexameter.

Verb

ὀῑ̈́ομαι • (oī̈́omai)

Epic form of οἴομαι (oíomai)

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