ἰτέον

Lemma: εἶμι

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Definition

εἶμι: I shall go; I will go. It is the irregular future form of the verb ἔρχομαι (to go), used primarily to express future movement rather than any present action.

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Grammatical Analysis

"ἰτέον"

Verb type: standard verb (not a -μι verb)

Formation: verbal adjective in -τέος from εἶμι/ἰέναι (“to go”)

Tense: present (implied by the verbal adjective; expresses necessity)

Voice: active in sense (obligatory/necessitative meaning; not a finite voice category)

Mood: non-finite (verbal adjective; not a finite mood)

Person: none (impersonal usage common: ἰτέον = “one must go”)

Number: singular

Case: nominative/accusative (neuter)

Gender: neuter

Degree: positive

Syntax note: Typically used impersonally: ἰτέον (ἐστί) = “it is necessary to go / one must go”; can agree with a noun if used attributively/predicatively.

Related Forms of εἶμι

4 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

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