Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

1st person forms:

• ἔᾱ ‎(éā) Epic
• ἔον ‎(éon) Epic
• ἔσκον ‎(éskon) Epic
• ἦ ‎(ê)
• ἦα ‎(êa) Epic

3rd person forms:

• ἔην ‎(éēn) Epic
• ἔσκε ‎(éske) Epic
• ἦεν ‎(êen) Epic
• ἤην ‎(ḗēn) Epic

Verb

ἦν • ‎(ên)

1. first-person and third-person singular imperfect indicative of εἰμί ‎(eimí): I/he/she/it was

References

• ἦν in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «ἦν» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “G2258”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • counterpart idem, page 177.