LogeionPerseus analysis of εἶμι:
εἶμι (come): pres ind act 1st sg
LSJ entry
εἶμι
εἶμι (
ibo), 2
sg. εἶ S. Tr. 83,
Ar. Av. 990,
Ep. and Ion. εἶς Hes. Op. 208,
εἶσθα Il. 10.450,
Od. 19.69; 3
sg. εἶσι;
pl. ἴμεν, ἴτε, ἴᾱσι:
imper. ἴθι (also εἶ in the compd. ἔξει Ar. Nu. 633 acc. to Sch., but prob. indic.), 3
pl. ἴτωσαν E. IT 1480,
Pl. Lg. 765a,
also ἴτων A. Eu. 32,
ἰόντων Th. 4.118,
etc.: subj. ἴω (
εἴω Sophr. 48);
Ep. 2
sg. ἴῃσθα Il. 10.67;
Ep. 3
sg. ἴῃσι 9.701;
Ep. pl. ἴομεν (for -
ωμεν)
2.440:
opt. ἴοιμι, οις, οι,
14.21,
etc.; ἰοίην Sapph. 159,
IG 4.760 (
Troezen),
X. Smp. 4.16, (
διεξ-)
Isoc. 5.98;
Ep. ἰείη Il. 19.209,
cf. περι-ιεῖεν IG 22.1126.18
(Amphict. Delph.), εἴη Il. 24.139,
Od. 14.496,
εἴηι GDI 4986.7 (
Crete):
inf. ἰέναι,
Ep. ἴμεναι (
ι in Il. 20.365)
or ἴμεν,
also ἰέμεν Archyt. ap. Stob. 3.1.106
(dub. l.), ἴναι [ῐ] Orac. ap. Str. 9.2.23, (
ἐξ-)
Macho ap.Ath. 13.580c,
cf. EM 467.18 (
προσ-εῖναι dub. in Hes. Op. 353):
part. ἰών, ἰοῦσα, ἰόν:
impf. ᾔειν, ᾔεις (
δι-ῄεισθα Pl. Ti. 26c,
ἐπεξ-ῄεισθα Euthphr. 4b),
ᾔει or -
ειν Id. Ti. 38c,
Criti. 117e;
Ep. and Ion. ἤϊα, 3
sg. ἤϊε (
-εν),
contr. ᾖε Od. 18.257;
dual ᾔτην Pl. Euthd. 294d; 1
and 2
pl.,
ᾖμεν, ᾖτε; 3
pl.,
Ep. and Ion. ἤϊσαν,
Ep. also ἴσαν,
Att. ᾖσαν (
μετ-)
Ar. Eq. 605,
cf. Fr. 161, (
ἐπ-)
Od. 19.445,
later ᾔεσαν (
εἰσ-)
Arist. Ath. 32.1,
etc.; also 3
sg. ἴε Il. 2.872,
al.; Ep. 1
pl. ᾔομεν Od. 10.251,
al., 3
dual ἴτην Il. 1.347; 3
pl. ἤϊον Od. 23.370:—
Med. pres. and impf. ἴεμαι, ἰέμην are mere mistakes for ἵεμαι, ἱέμην (from ἵημι),
cf. S. OT 1242,
E. Supp. 698:—for fut. εἴσομαι and aor. Med. εἰσάμην,
in 3
sg. εἴσατο, ἐείσατο, 3
dual ἐεισάσθην, v. εἴσομαι ΙΙ.—The ind. εἶμι usu. has pres. sense in Hom. (
fut.,
Il. 1.426,
18.280),
but in Ion. Prose and Att. it serves as fut. to ἔρχομαι (q. v.), I shall go, shall come:
the pres. sense is sts. found in Poetry, prov. αὐτόματοι δʼ ἀγαθοὶ ἀγαθῶν ἐπὶ δαῖτας ἴασι (cf. Pl. Smp. 174b),
cf. Theoc. 25.90,
also in compds. (
προσ-)
A. Eu. 242, (
ἐπ-)
Th. 4.61, (
συν-)
Str. 3.2.2. [
ῐ-
in all tenses, exc. in Ep. Subj. ἴομεν for ἴωμεν at the beginning of a verse]:—2. of the motion of things, [
πέλεκυς] εἶσιν διὰ δουρός the axe goes through the beam, 3.61;
of clouds or vapour, 4.278;
of the stars, 22.317;
of time, ἔτος εἶσι the year will pass,
Od. 2.89;
φάτις εἶσι the report goes,
23.362;
χρόνος . . ἰὼν πόρσω Pi. O. 10 (
11).
55;
ἴτω κλαγγά, βοά,
S. Tr. 208 (lyr.), Ar. Av. 857 (lyr.); ἡ μοῖρʼ ὅποιπερ εἶσʼ ἴτω S. OT 1458,
cf.Pl. Ap. 19a.
V. metaph. usages, ἰέναι ἐς λόγους τινί to enter on a conference with . . ,
Th. 3.80,
etc.; ἰέναι ἐς τοὺς πολέμους, ἐς τὴν ξυμμαχίαν,
Id. 1.78,
5.30;
ἰέναι ἐς χεῖρας to come to blows, Id. 2.3,
81;
ἰέναι ἐς τὰ παραγγελλόμενα to obey orders, Id. 1.121;
διὰ δίκης ἰὼν πατρί S. Ant. 742;
ἰέναι διὰ μάχης, διὰ φιλίας, etc., v. διά A.IV.b. VI. imper. ἴθι (with or without δή)
come now!
mostly folld. by 2
sg. imper., ἴ. ἐξήγεο Hdt. 3.72;
ἴθʼ ἐγκόνει, ἴθʼ ἐκκάλυψον,
S. Aj. 988,
1003;
ἴ. πέραινε Ar. Ra. 1170;
in full, ἴ. καὶ πειρῶ go and try, Hdt. 8.57:
with 1
pl.,
ἴ. οὖν ἐπισκεψώμεθα X. Mem. 1.6.4,
cf. Pl. Prt. 332d;
ἴτε δὴ ἀκούσωμεν Id. Lg. 797d: 2
dual,
ἴθι δὴ παρίστασθον Ar. Ra. 1378:
also 2
pl.,
ἴτε νεύσατε S. OC 248,
cf. OT 1413.