είθε | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

If only! would that…; a particle expressing wish or longing, often introducing an unattainable or hoped-for condition (“would that…, if only…”).

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Grammatical Analysis

"είθε"

Function: Optative particle expressing a wish ("if only", "would that"); regularly introduces an optative (often with ἄν) and may also be used with past tenses to express an unattainable wish

Related Forms of εἴθε

2 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

Ειθ’ particle εἴθε particle

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