A. see (so in pres. and aor. 1 Med., to be seen, i.e. seem): but pf. οἶδα, in pres. sense, know. (With ἔ-ϝιδον, cf. (ϝ) είδομαι, (ϝ) εῖδος, Lat. videre; with (ϝ) οῖδα, cf. Skt. véda, Goth. wait, OE. wát ‘know’.)

A. aor. 2 εἶδον (late εἶδα Orph. A. 118), serving as aor. to ὁράω, Ep. ἴδον, iter. ἴδεσκε Il. 3.217, late Aeol. εὔιδον Epigr.Gr. 990.11 (Balbilla); imper. ἴδε (in Att. written as Adv. ἰδέ, behold! Hdn.Gr.2.23), ἴδετε; subj. ἴδω, Ep. ἴδωμι Il. 18.63; opt. ἴδοιμι; inf. ἰδεῖν, Ep. ἰδέειν; part. ἰδών: hence, fut. ἰδησῶ Theoc. 3.37:—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 as Adv. ἰδού, = ἰδέ); subj. ἴδωμαι; opt. ἰδοίμην; inf. ἰδέσθαι; part. ἰδόμενος Hdt. 1.88, al.:

1. see, perceive, behold, ὀφθαλμοῖσι or ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσι ἰδέσθαι see before the eyes, Il. 1.587, etc.; ἰδεῖν ἐν ὄμμασιν E. Or. 1020; ἄγε, πειρήσομαι ἠδὲ ἴδωμαι well, I will try and see, Od. 6.126, cf. 21.159; mark, observe, Il. 4.476, Od. 4.412, etc.: folld. by relat. clause, ἴδωμʼ ὅτινʼ ἔργα τέτυκται Il. 22.450; ἀλλʼ ἄγε θᾶσσον ἰδώμεθα ὅττι τάδʼ ἐστίν Od. 10.44: freq. in inf. after Subst. or Adj., θαῦμα ἰδέσθαι a marvel to behold, Il. 5.725; οἰκτραῖσιν ἰδεῖν A. Pr. 240; ἐλεινὸς ἰδεῖν Pl. R. 620a.

b. see a person, i.e. meet him, speak with him, Th. 4.125, X. An. 2.4.15, etc.

c. see, i.e. experience, νόστιμον ἦμαρ ἰδέσθαι Od. 3.233, etc.; δούλειον ἦμαρ ἰδεῖν E. Hec. 56; ἀέλιον ἕτερον ἰδεῖν S. Tr. 835; τὴν δίκην ἰδεῖν Id. Ant. 1270 (lyr.); ἀλόχου κουριδίης . . οὔ τι χάριν ἴδε he saw (i.e. enjoyed) not the favour of his wedded wife, Il. 11.243.

2. look, ἰδεῖν ἐς . . look at or towards, 2.271, etc.; ἰδεῖν ἐπί . . 23.143; πρός . . Od. 12.244; εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι look him in the face, Il. 9.373, etc.; κατʼ ἐνῶπα ἰδών 15.320; ἄντα, ἐσάντα, or ἄντην ἰδεῖν, 13.184, 17.334, Od. 5.78, etc.: qualified by Adv. or Adj., ὑπόδρα ἰδών looking askance, Il. 1.148, al.; ἀχρεῖον ἰδών looking helpless, 2.269; κέρδος ἰδεῖν look to gain, A. Eu. 541 (lyr.).

3. see mentally, perceive, ἰδέσθαι ἐν φρεσίν ‘to see in his mindʼs eye’, Il. 21.61, cf. 4.249; ἰδεῖν τῇ διανοίᾳ Pl. R. 511a.

b. examine, investigate, Id. Phd. 70e, Tht. 192e; consider, ἴδωμεν τί λέγομεν Id. Grg. 455a.