εἴσω
Ancient Greek
editPronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ěː.sɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈi.so/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.so/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.so/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.so/
Etymology 1
editFrom εἰς (eis, “into”) + -ω (-ō, adverbial suffix). Compare ἄνω (ánō, “upwards”), κάτω (kátō, “downwards”), πρόσω (prósō, “onwards”).
Alternative forms
edit- ἔσω (ésō)
Adverb
editεἴσω • (eísō) (comparative ἐσωτέρω, superlative ἐσωτᾰ́τω)
Usage notes
editἔσω was the primary form used in Ionic and old Attic prose, but in other prose and comedy only εἴσω was used. In poetry either form is used as the meter requires. Compare εἰς, ἐς. When εἴσω takes an object, that object is usually in the accusative case, but may be in the genitive. εἴσω generally follows its object.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editεἴσω • (eísō)
- second-person singular aorist middle indicative of εἴδομαι (eídomai)
- second-person singular aorist middle indicative of εἴσομαι (eísomai)
Further reading
edit- “εἴσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “εἴσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “εἴσω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- εἴσω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- εἴσω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- εἴσω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “εἴσω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.