4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of ἴμεν:
εἶμι (come): pres ind act 1st pl
εἶμι (come): pres inf act (epic)
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]:—
A.
come
or
go
,
the
special
senses
being
given
by
the
context,
οἴκαδʼ
ἴμεν
go
home,
Il. 17.155
;
τάχʼ
εἶσθα
θύραζε
Od. 19.69
,
etc.;
come
,
οὐδέ
μιν
οἴω
νῦν
ἰέναι
Il. 17.710
,
etc.;
go,
depart
,
Od. 2.367
;
ὑπὸ
τεῖχος
ἰόντας
Il. 12.264
.
II.
c.acc.,
1.
c.
acc.
loci,
go
to
or
into
,
Od. 1.176
,
18.194
,
S. OT 637
.
2.
c.
acc.
cogn.,
ὁδὸν
ἰέναι
go
a
road,
Od. 10.103
;
so
τὴν
ὀρεινήν
(sc.
ὁδόν
)
X. Cyr. 2.4.22
:
metaph.,
ἄδικον
ὁδὸν
ἰέναι
Th. 3.64
.
3.
go
through
or
over
,
τὸ
μέσον
τοῦ
οὐρανοῦ
,
of
the
sun,
Hdt. 2.25
,
cf.
26
:
in
Hom.
,
freq.
c.
gen.,
ἰὼν
πεδίοιο
going
across
the
plain,
Il. 5.597
.
III.
c.
inf.
aor.
,
ἀλλά
τις
εἴη
εἰπεῖν
Ἀτρεΐδῃ
Od. 14.496
.—On
the
Homeric
βῆ
δʼ
ἴμεν
,
etc.,
v.
βαίνω.
2.
c.
part.
fut.
,
Ἑλένην
καλέουσʼ
ἴε
went
to
call
her,
Il. 3.383
,
cf.
14.200
,
Od. 15.213
;
ἤϊα
λέξων
I
was
going
to
tell,
Hdt. 4.82
;
ἴτω
θύσων
Pl. Lg. 909d
;
εἴ
τις
ἱστορίαν
γράψων
ἴῃ
Luc. Hist.Conscr. 39
.
IV.
also
of
other
motions
besides
walking
or
running,
as
of
going
in
a
ship
,
esp.
ἐπὶ
νηὸς
ἰέναι
Od. 2.332
,
etc.;
of
the
flight
of
bees,
Il. 2.87
.
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
.
2.
ἴτω
let
it
pass,
well
then
,
Id. Ph. 120
,
E. Med. 798
.
VII.
part.
added
to
Verbs,
φρονείτω
μεῖζον
ἢ
κατʼ
ἄνδρʼ
ἰών
let
him
go
and
think
. . ,
S. Ant. 768
,
cf.
OC 1393
,
Aj. 304
;
βακχεύσεις
ἰών
E. Ba. 343
.—Cf.
ἴσκω
.