εδει | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

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Grammatical Analysis

"εδει"

Person: 3rd

Number: singular

Tense: imperfect

Mood: indicative

Voice: active

Root: δέω (impersonal present δεῖ, 'it is necessary')

Special notes: Impersonal verb; typically construed with an infinitive (e.g., 'δεῖ σε ποιεῖν' = 'You must do'). The imperfect ἔδει ('it was necessary') expresses necessity or obligation in past time; always 3rd singular ('ἔδει'), never plural.

Related Forms of δέω

3 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

δεῆσαν aorist, active, indicative, plural, third δεῖν present, active, infinitive δήσας aorist, active, participle, nominative, singular, ...

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