εἴθε | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

If only! would that!—an indeclinable particle used to express a wish, often for something unattainable or contrary to fact (typically with the optative, sometimes with indicative).

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Grammatical Analysis

"εἴθε"

Function: optative particle introducing a wish; used especially with the optative mood (or sometimes with indicative for unattainable wishes), typically translated ‘if only!, would that!’

Related Forms of εἴθε

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Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

Ειθ’ particle

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