LogeionPerseus analysis of ἴδωμαι:
εἶδον (see): aor subj mp 1st sg
LSJ entry
εἶδον
εἶδον, ,
no Act. pres. in use, ὁράω being used:—Med.,
v.infr. A.II: aor. 2
εἶδον always in sense of 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.
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.).