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εἶδον
εἶδον
Ancient Greek
Verb
εἶδον • (eîdon)
- to see, behold, perceive
- (strengthened) to look at, observe
- to see a person, to meet, speak with them
- to see, experience, become acquainted with
- Sophocles, Fragments 835
- to look at or towards
- to see mentally, to perceive
- to examine, investigate
Usage notes
All tenses besides the aorist are supplied by ὁράω (horáō) and ὄψομαι (ópsomai).
Inflection
Aorist: εἶδον, εἰδόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | εἶδον | εἶδες | εἶδε(ν) | εἴδετον | εἰδέτην | εἴδομεν | εἴδετε | εἶδον | ||||
| subjunctive | ῐ̓́δω | ῐ̓́δῃς | ῐ̓́δῃ | ῐ̓́δητον | ῐ̓́δητον | ῐ̓́δωμεν | ῐ̓́δητε | ῐ̓́δωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ῐ̓́δοιμῐ | ῐ̓́δοις | ῐ̓́δοι | ῐ̓́δοιτον | ῐ̓δοίτην | ῐ̓́δοιμεν | ῐ̓́δοιτε | ῐ̓́δοιεν | |||||
| imperative | ῐ̓́δε | ῐ̓δέτω | ῐ̓́δετον | ῐ̓δέτων | ῐ̓́δετε | ῐ̓δόντων | |||||||
| middle | indicative | εἰδόμην | εἴδου | εἴδετο | εἴδεσθον | εἰδέσθην | εἰδόμεθᾰ | εἴδεσθε | εἴδοντο | ||||
| subjunctive | ῐ̓́δωμαι | ῐ̓́δῃ | ῐ̓́δηται | ῐ̓́δησθον | ῐ̓́δησθον | ῐ̓δώμεθᾰ | ῐ̓́δησθε | ῐ̓́δωνται | |||||
| optative | ῐ̓δοίμην | ῐ̓́δοιο | ῐ̓́δοιτο | ῐ̓́δοισθον | ῐ̓δοίσθην | ῐ̓δοίμεθᾰ | ῐ̓́δοισθε | ῐ̓́δοιντο | |||||
| imperative | ῐ̓δοῦ | ῐ̓δέσθω | ῐ̓́δεσθον | ῐ̓δέσθων | ῐ̓́δεσθε | ῐ̓δέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | ῐ̓δεῖν | ῐ̓δέσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | ῐ̓δών | ῐ̓δόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | ῐ̓δοῦσᾰ | ῐ̓δομένη | |||||||||||
| n | ῐ̓δόν | ῐ̓δόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ῐ̓́δον | ῐ̓́δες | ῐ̓́δε(ν) | ῐ̓́δετον | ῐ̓δέτην | ῐ̓́δομεν | ῐ̓́δετε | ῐ̓́δον | ||||
| subjunctive | ῐ̓́δω | ῐ̓́δῃσ(θᾰ) | ῐ̓́δῃ(σῐ) | ῐ̓́δητον | ῐ̓́δητον | ῐ̓́δωμεν | ῐ̓́δητε | ῐ̓́δωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ῐ̓́δοιμῐ | ῐ̓́δοισ(θᾰ) | ῐ̓́δοι | ῐ̓δεῖτον | ῐ̓δείτην | ῐ̓δεῖμεν | ῐ̓δεῖτε | ῐ̓δεῖεν | |||||
| imperative | ῐ̓́δε | ῐ̓δέτω | ῐ̓́δετον | ῐ̓δέτων | ῐ̓́δετε | ῐ̓δόντων | |||||||
| middle | indicative | ῐ̓δόμην | ῐ̓́δεο | ῐ̓́δετο | ῐ̓́δεσθον | ῐ̓δέσθην | ῐ̓δόμε(σ)θᾰ | ῐ̓́δεσθε | ῐ̓́δοντο | ||||
| subjunctive | ῐ̓́δωμαι | ῐ̓́δηαι | ῐ̓́δηται | ῐ̓́δησθον | ῐ̓́δησθον | ῐ̓δώμε(σ)θᾰ | ῐ̓́δησθε | ῐ̓́δωνται | |||||
| optative | ῐ̓δοίμην | ῐ̓́δοιο | ῐ̓́δοιτο | ῐ̓́δοισθον | ῐ̓δοίσθην | ῐ̓δοίμε(σ)θᾰ | ῐ̓́δοισθε | ῐ̓δοίᾰτο | |||||
| imperative | ῐ̓́δεο | ῐ̓δέσθω | ῐ̓́δεσθον | ῐ̓δέσθων | ῐ̓́δεσθε | ῐ̓δέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | ῐ̓δεῖν/ῐ̓δέμεν(αι) | ῐ̓δέσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | ῐ̓δών | ῐ̓δόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | ῐ̓δοῦσᾰ | ῐ̓δομένη | |||||||||||
| n | ῐ̓δόν | ῐ̓δόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Future: ῐ̓δήσω, ῐ̓δήσομαι (in Theocritus)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ῐ̓δήσω | ῐ̓δήσεις | ῐ̓δήσει | ῐ̓δήσετον | ῐ̓δήσετον | ῐ̓δήσομεν | ῐ̓δήσετε | ῐ̓δήσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| optative | ῐ̓δήσοιμῐ | ῐ̓δήσοις | ῐ̓δήσοι | ῐ̓δήσοιτον | ῐ̓δησοίτην | ῐ̓δήσοιμεν | ῐ̓δήσοιτε | ῐ̓δήσοιεν | |||||
| middle | indicative | ῐ̓δήσομαι | ῐ̓δήσῃ, ῐ̓δήσει |
ῐ̓δήσεται | ῐ̓δήσεσθον | ῐ̓δήσεσθον | ῐ̓δησόμεθᾰ | ῐ̓δήσεσθε | ῐ̓δήσονται | ||||
| optative | ῐ̓δησοίμην | ῐ̓δήσοιο | ῐ̓δήσοιτο | ῐ̓δήσοισθον | ῐ̓δησοίσθην | ῐ̓δησοίμεθᾰ | ῐ̓δήσοισθε | ῐ̓δήσοιντο | |||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | ῐ̓δήσειν | ῐ̓δήσεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | ῐ̓δήσων | ῐ̓δησόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | ῐ̓δήσουσᾰ | ῐ̓δησομένη | |||||||||||
| n | ῐ̓δῆσον | ῐ̓δησόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
References
- εἴδω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- εἶδον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers