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*εἴδω, no Act.
pres.in use,ὁράωbeing used:— Med. , v.infr. A. 11 :aor. 2 εἶδονalways in sense of
A. see(so inpres.andaor. 1
Med. ,to be seen, i.e.seem): butpf. οἶδα, inpres.sense,know.(Withἔ-ϝιδον, cf. (ϝ)είδομαι , ̔ϝ̓εῖδος , Lat.videre; with (ϝ)οῖδα, cf. Skt.véda, Goth.wait, O E.
wát'know'.)
A. aor. 2 εἶδον(late εἶδα
Orph. A. 118
), serving asaor.toὁράω, Ep.
ἴδον, iter. ἴδεσκε
Il. 3.217
, late Aeol.
εὔιδον
Epigr.Gr. 990.11
(Balbilla); imper.ἴδε(in Att. written asAdv. ἰδέ,behold! Hdn.Gr. 2.23 ),ἴδετε;subj. ἴδω, Ep.
ἴδωμι
Il. 18.63
Close Browse lexicon entries ; opt.ἴδοιμι;inf. ἰδεῖν, Ep.
ἰδέειν;part. ἰδών: hence,fut.
:— Med. ,aor. 2 εἰδόμην, Ep.
ἰδόμην, in same sense, poet., Ion. , and later Prose (c. gen., Arat. 430 ) (so in compds., even in Att. Prose, v. ἐπ-, προ-, ὑπ-ειδόμην ); imper.ἰδοῦ(freq. written asAdv. ἰδού,
= ἰδέ );subj. ἴδωμαι; opt.ἰδοίμην;inf. ἰδέσθαι;part.
1. see, perceive, behold,ὀφθαλμοῖσιorἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσι ἰδέσθαι seebefore the eyes, Il. 1.587 , etc.; ἰδεῖν ἐν ὄμμασιν
;ἄγε, πειρήσομαι ἠδὲ ἴδωμαιwell, I will try andsee, Od. 6.126 , cf. 21.159 ;mark, observe, Il. 4.476 , Od. 4.412 , etc.: folld. by relat. clause, ἴδωμ' ὅτιν' ἔργα τέτυκται
; ἀλλ' ἄγε θᾶσσον ἰδώμεθα ὅττι τάδ' ἐστίν
: freq. ininf.afterSubst.orAdj.,θαῦμα ἰδέσθαιa marvelto behold, Il. 5.725 ; οἰκτραῖσιν ἰδεῖν
b. seea person, i.e.meethim,speak withhim, Th. 4.125 , X. An. 2.4.15 , etc.
c. see, i.e.experience, νόστιμον ἦμαρ ἰδέσθαι
, etc.; δούλειον ἦμαρ ἰδεῖν
(lyr.);ἀλόχου κουριδίης . . οὔ τι χάριν ἴδεhesaw(i.e.enjoyed) not the favour of his wedded wife, Il. 11.243 .
2. look,ἰδεῖν ἐς. .lookat or towards, 2.271 , etc.;ἰδεῖν ἐπί. . 23.143 ;πρός. . Od. 12.244 ;εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι lookhim in the face, Il. 9.373 , etc.; κατ' ἐνῶπα ἰδών
;ἄντα, ἐσάντα, orἄντην ἰδεῖν, 13.184 , 17.334 , Od. 5.78 , etc.: qualified byAdv.orAdj.,ὑπόδρα ἰδών lookingaskance, Il. 1.148 , al.;ἀχρεῖον ἰδών lookinghelpless, 2.269 ;κέρδος ἰδεῖν look togain, A. Eu. 541 (lyr.).
3. see mentally, perceive,ἰδέσθαι ἐν φρεσίν'to seein his mind's eye', Il. 21.61 , cf. 4.249 ; ἰδεῖν τῇ διανοίᾳ
b. examine, investigate, Id. Phd. 70e , Tht. 192e ;consider, ἴδωμεν τί λέγομεν
, al.:—only Ep. and Lyr.,to be seen, appear,εἴδεται ἄστραtheyare visible, appear, 8.559 ; εἰ. ἦμαρ ὑπὸ Τρώεσσι δαμῆναι
; ὅπη τὸ Ταρτάρειον εἴδεται βάθρον
(Callipolis), cf. Od. 5.283 ; perh. alsoοὔ πῃ χροὸς εἴσατοnone of the skinwas visible, Il. 13.191 .
2. c.inf.,appearorseemto be, τὸ δέ τοι κὴρ εἴδεται εἶναι
; τοῦτό τί μοι κάλλιστον ἐνὶ φρεσὶν εἴδεται εἶναι
, etc.: withinf.omitted, οἱ τό γε κέρδιον εἴσατο θυμῷ
, etc.; οὐ μέν μοι κακὸς εἴδεται
, cf. Theoc. 25.58 ; also,look likeormake a show of. . ,εἴσατ' ἴμεν ἐς Λῆμνονhemade a show ofgoing to Lemnos, Od. 8.283 ;εἴσατο δ' ὡς ὅτε ῥινόνithad the look as ofa shield, 5.281 .
3. strictly middle, c. dat.,εἴσατο φθογγὴν Πολίτῃshemade herself likePolites in voice, Il. 2.791 , cf. 20.81 ; αὐδὴν εἰσάμενός τινι
: esp. inpart.,like, εἰδομένη κήρυκι
, etc.; τῷ δ' ὄψιν ἐειδόμενος
(lyr.); φάσμα εἰδόμενόν τινι
B. pf.,οἶδαIsee with the mind's eye, i.e. Iknow, used aspres.:plpf. ᾔδεα(v. infr.), Iknew, used asimpf.:—pf. οἶδα, Aeol.
;2 sg. οἶδαςonce in Hom. , Od. 1.337 , cf. h.Merc. 456 , Thgn. 491 , Hippon. 89 , Hp. Acut. 67 , E. Alc. 780 , Philem. 44.3 codd.;οἶσθαelsewh. in Hom. , Att. , etc.; in Com. also sts. οἶσθας
, Alex. 15.11 , Men. 348.5 , cf. Herod. 2.55 ; pl.,ἴσμεν, Ep. , Aeol. , and Dor.
ἴδμεν, also Ion. , Hdt. 1.6 , al.;ἴστε, ἴσασι [ῐς- Od. 2.211 , al., butῑς- ib. 283 , al.]; οἴδαμεν
, X. Oec. 20.14 codd.; dual, οἴδατον
: imper.ἴσθι, ἴστω, Boeot.
codd.: from3 pl. ἴσασι( ἴσαντι
,ἴσαμεςprob. in Dialex. 6.12 ; Cret.3 pl. subj.
;inf. ϝισάμηνKohler-ZiebarthStadtrecht von Gortyn
:subj. εἰδῶ(εἰδέω, ἰδέω, Il. 14.235 , Od. 16.236 ), Ion.
(Halic., V B.C.); Ep. also εἴδω
, al. (cf. Hdn. Gr. 2.131 ), εἴδομεν
, R. 582a :inf. εἰδέναι, Ep.
ἴδμεναι, ἴδμεν, also ἰδέμεν
:part. εἰδώς, εἰδυῖα, Ep. alsoἰδυῖα, Elean ϝειζώς
, Ar. Av. 511 , Pl. Smp. 119a , ᾔδησθα
, Eup. 416 , etc. (butᾔδεισθαfreq. in codd., Ar. Ec. 551 , E. Cyc. 108 , Pl. Men. 80d , al.),ᾔδεε(ν) Il. 17.402 , al., ᾔδη
, al. (also later Att. , acc. to Aristarch. ap. Choerob. in Theod. 2.86 ), Att.
ᾔδει(ν) E. Ion 1187 , Ar. V. 558 , etc.; Ep.
2 and3 sg. ἠείδης, ἠείδη(v.l.-εις, -ει), Il. 22.280 , Od. 9.206 ; Att. also1 sg.
, Arist. APo. 87b40 , ᾔδεμεν
(to be read in S. OT 1232 ), ᾔδειτε
, etc. (ᾔδετεprob. in E. Ba. 1345 ), Ion.
, Thgn. 54 , etc.; late Ep.
ᾔδειν, ἠείδειν, A.R. 2.65 , 4.1700 , alsoᾖσμεν, ᾖστε, ᾖσαν, Ar. Fr. 149.4 (prob.), S. Fr. 340 , E. Cyc. 231 , etc.; Ep.
, Od. 4.772 :—fut., in this sense, εἴσομαι
, Hp. VM 20 , Ar. Ach. 332 , etc.; also εἰδήσω
, Hdt. 7.234 , Isoc. 1.44 , Aen.Tact. 31.5 , Arist. Top. 108a28 , Herod. 5.78 , Apollon.Perg. Con. 1
.—Theaor.andpf.are usu. supplied byγιγνώσκω;aor. 1 inf. εἰδῆσαιis found in Hp.
Acut.(Sp.) 22 , Epid. 6.8.25 (ἐξ-), Arist. EN 1156b27 , Thphr. Char. Prooem. 4 ; imper. εἴδησον
(iii B.C.);3 pl. subj. εἰδήσωσινHerzogKoische ForschungenNo. 190
(ii/i B.C.):—know, have knowledge of, be acquainted with, Hom. , etc.: c. acc. rei, ὃς ᾔδη τά τ' ἐόντα τά τ' ἐσσόμενα πρό τ' ἐόντα
;νοήματα, μήδεα οἶδε, Od. 2.122 , Il. 18.363 , etc.: less freq. c. acc. pers., τούτους μὲν δὴ οἶδα
, cf. Pl. R. 365e , D. 54.34 , etc.;πρῶτος ὧν ἡμεῖς ἴδμενthe first weknow of, Hdt. 1.6 , etc.; παλαίτατος ὧν ἀκοῇ ἴσμεν
: strengthd. byεὖorσάφα, εὖ τόδ' ἴσθι knowwell,be assuredof this, E. Med. 593 ; σάφ' οἶδ' ἐγώ
, etc.: freq. in Hom. with neut.Adj., to express character or disposition,ἄγρια οἶδε hasfiercenessin his heart, Il. 24.41 ;ἀθεμίστια ᾔδη hadlaw lessnessin his heart, Od. 9.189 ;αἴσιμα, ἄρτια ᾔδη, 14.433 , 19.248 ;εἴ μοι ἤπια εἰδείηif hewerekindlydisposedtowards me, Il. 16.73 ; φίλα εἰδότες ἀλλήλοισιν
;κεχαρισμένα, πεπνυμένα εἰδώς, 8.584 , 24.442 : c. gen., ὃς σάφα θυμῷ εἰδείη τεράων
;τόξων ἐὺ̈ εἰδώς cunning withthe bow, 2.718 ; αἰχμῆς ἐὺ̈ εἰ.
; παῖδ' ἔτ' ἐόντ' οὔ πω μάλα εἰδότε θούριδος ἀλκῆς
;χάριν εἰδέναι τινί acknowledgea debt to another,thankhim, 14.235 , Hdt. 3.21 , etc.: imper., freq. in protestations,ἴστω νῦν Ζεὺς αὐτός beZeusmy witness, Il. 10.329 ; ἴστω νῦν τόδε Γαῖα
ἴττω Ἡρακλῆςetc., Ar. Ach. 860 , etc.:part. εἰδώς, abs.,one who knows, one acquainted with the fact, ἰδυίῃ πάντ' ἀγορεύω
, cf. 3.53 ; μαθεῖν παρὰ τοῦ εἰδότος
, etc.; alsoἰδυίῃσι πραπίδεσσιwithknowingmind, Il. 1.608 ,al.
2. c.inf.,know howto do, οἶδ' ἐπὶ δεξιά, οἶδ' ἐπ' ἀριστερὰ νωμῆσαι βῶν
, cf. S. Ph. 1010 , Ar. V. 376 ; also,to be in a condition, be able, have the power, E. Med. 664 , D. 4.40 ; of drugs, ὅσα λεπτύνειν οἶδε
Trall. Febr. 6 ; of a festival,οἶδε ἐκπέμπουσα δάκνεινChor. p.124
B. ;learn, ἵν' εἰδῇ μὴ 'πὶ τοῖς ἐμοῖς κακοῖς ὑψηλὸς εἶναι
3. c.part.,to know thatsuch and suchisthe fact, thepart.being in nom. when it is a predicate of the Subject of the Verb,ἴσθι μοι δώσων know thatthou wilt give, A. Ag. 1670 ; ἴστω ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀδελφεοῦ ἀποθανών
; οὐ γὰρ οἶδα δεσπότας κεκτημένος
: in acc. when it is predicate of the Object, τοὺς φιλτάτους γὰρ οἶδα νῷν ὄντας πικρούς
; τὸν Μῆδον ἴσμεν ἐκ περάτων γῆς ἐλθόντα
: withpart.omitted,γῆν αὐτὰ οἶδεν ἀμφότερα(sc.ὄντα) Jul. Or. 7.226a .
4. less freq.c.acc. etinf., πλήθους . . ἂν σάφ' ἴσθ' ἕκατι βάρ-βαρον ναυσὶν κρατῆσαι
, cf. S. Ph. 1329 ; εὖ ἴσθι τοῦτον . . ἰσχυρῶς ἀνιᾶσθαι
; also εὖ τόδ' ἴσθι, μηδάμ' ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ πλῆθος τοσουτάριθμον ἀνθρώπων θανεῖν
; ἕν γ' ἀκούσας' ἴσθι, μὴ ψευδῶς μ' ἐρεῖν
5. c. acc. folld. byὡς, ὅτι, etc., οἶδα κἀμαυτὴν ὅτι ἀλγῶ
; ἐάν τινα εἰδῶσιν ὅτι ἄδικός ἐστι
6. οὐκ οἶδ' εἰ. . Iknownot whether, to express disbelief or doubt, sts. withἄνtransposed, οὐκ οἶδ' ἂν εἰ πείσαιμί σε
, cf. D. 45.7 : with Verb omitted afterεἰ, asοὐκ οἶδ' εἴ τις ἄλλος perhapsno other, Isoc. 6.1 , 12.10 .
7. in similar ellipses with other Conjunctions,οὐκ οἶδ' ὅπωςIknownot how, Pl. R. 40c b; οὐκ οἶδ' ὁπόθεν
8. οἶδα, ἴσθιare freq. parenthetic, οἶδ' ἐγώ
;σάφ' οἶδαib. 94 , 963 ; alsoοἶδ' ὅτι, οἶσθ' ὅτι, ἴσθ' ὅτι, πάρειμι δ' ἄκων οὐχ ἑκοῦσιν, οἶδ' ὅτι(sc.πάρειμι) Iknow it well, S. Ant. 276 ;οἶδ' ὅτι, freq. in D. , as 9.1 , al.; σάφ' ἴσθ' ὅτι
:—οἶσθ' ὅ, οἶσθ' ὡς, with imper., are common in Trag. and Com.,οἶσθ' οὖν ὃ δρᾶσον; do—thouknow'stwhat, i.e. make haste and do, Ar. Eq. 1158 , cf. Pax 1051 , etc.;οἶσθ' ὡς πόησον; S. OT 543 ; alsoοἶσθ' . . ὡς νῦν μὴ σφαλῇς; Id. OC 75 ;οἶσθα νῦν ἅ μοι γενέσθω; E. IT 1203 : rarely with thefut.,οἶσθ' οὖν ὃ δράσεις(nisileg.δρᾶσον); Id. Cyc. 131 , cf. Med. 600 codd.
References E. Orph. A. 118 Il. 3.217 Epigr.Gr. 990.11 2.23 Il. 18.63 Theoc. 3.37 Arat. 430 Hdt. 1.88 Il. 1.587 E. Or. 1020 Od. 6.126 21.159 Il. 4.476 Od. 4.412 Il. 22.450 Od. 10.44 Il. 5.725 A. Pr. 240 Pl. R. 620a Th. 4.125 X. An. 2.4.15 Od. 3.233 E. Hec. 56 S. Tr. 835 Id. Ant. 1270 Il. 11.243 2.271 23.143 Od. 12.244 Il. 9.373 15.320 13.184 17.334 Od. 5.78 Il. 1.148 2.269 A. Eu. 541 Il. 21.61 4.249 Pl. R. 511a Id. Phd. 70e Tht. 192e Id. Grg. 455a Theoc. 25.58 Pi. 10.15 Il. 2.22 8.559 13.98 24.319 Epigr.Gr. 1034.19 Od. 5.283 Il. 13.191 1.228 Od. 9.11 19.283 Il. 14.472 Od. 8.283 5.281 Il. 2.791 20.81 Rhian. 50 Il. 2.280 Pi. N. 10.15 A. Ag. 771 Hdt. 6.69 Alc. 145 Hom. Od. 1.337 h.Merc. 456 Thgn. 491 Hippon. 89 Hp. Acut. 67 E. Alc. 780 Philem. 44.3 Cratin. 105 Alex. 15.11 Men. 348.5 Herod. 2.55 Hdt. 1.6 Od. 2.211 283 Hdt. 2.17 AP 12.81 Mel. Hdt. 2.43 X. Oec. 20.14 Socr. Ep. 22.1 Phalar. Ep. 122 Epich. 53 Epich. 254 Pi. P. 4.248 IG 14.644.4 Pi. N. 7.14 Dialex. 6.12 7.238 S. Ph. 1010 Ar. V. 376 E. Med. 664 Liddell–Scott–Jones — CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
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