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Lemma: εἰμί

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Definition

To be; to exist. The copular verb of Ancient Greek, used to link subject and predicate and to indicate existence or a state; it also functions as the essential auxiliary in various verbal constructions.

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Grammatical Analysis

"ον"

Participle type: present active participle

Gender: neuter

Number: singular

Case: nominative/accusative/vocative

Verb: εἰμί (to be)

Tense: present

Voice: active

Mood: participle

Special notes: The form ὄν (with acute accent, but 'ον' here lacks accent) is the neuter singular nominative/accusative/vocative of the present active participle of εἰμί ('to be'). In some manuscripts, accents are omitted; context required for case function. Not to be confused with the neuter definite article τό (nom/acc) which is 'τὸ', not 'ον'.

Related Forms of εἰμί

20 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

estin present, active, indicative, singular, third eimi present, active, indicative, singular, 1st εἶεν present, active, optative, plural, 3rd ἦ imperfect, active, indicative, singular, 3rd ontes present, active, participle, nominative, plural, m... ἐσμεν present, active, indicative, plural, 1st Ousa present, active, participle, nominative, singular,... οντα present, active, participle, accusative, singular,... ην imperfect, active, indicative, singular, 3rd η present, active, indicative, singular, 2nd ειναι present, active, infinitive εστιν present, active, indicative, singular, 3rd είμι present, active, indicative, singular, 1st ών present, active, participle, nominative, singular,... εωντα present, active, participle, accusative, singular,... ησθα imperfect, active, indicative, singular, 2nd ἔσται future, active, indicative, singular, third ousa present, active, participle, nominative, singular,... ειη present, active, optative, singular, third ei present, active, optative, singular, 2nd

Verb Conjugation

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