Ancient Greek edit

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Etymology edit

For earlier ὀϝίομαι (owíomai), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (perceive).

Pronunciation edit

 

Verb edit

οἴομαι (oíomai)

  1. to anticipate or to conclude likely with less than complete evidence: to conjecture, to guess or to surmise, in a variety of significations
    1. to consider certain or highly probable: to expect, to look to, to look for
    2. to have a presentiment of something: to forebode, to foretell, to predict, to presage
    3. to look for a contingency: to hope, to fear
    4. to express full persuasion, either modestly or ironically: to think, to suppose
      Synonym: προσδοκᾰ́ω (prosdokáō)
    5. (when the event rests with oneself): to have in mind as a goal or motive for action: to aim, to mean, to intend, to purport, to purpose, to propose
    6. to conceive, to deem, to imagine, to suspect (of an opinion or judgment)
      Synonym: σκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
  2. (construction)
    1. (with accusative and infinitive, mostly with future infinitive)
    2. (with infinitive)
      1. (sometimes the subject of the infinitive is to be supplied from the context)
    3. (absolute)
    4. (impersonal)
    5. (transitive) to wait for, look for
      1. (in many cases an infinitive must be supplied from the context)
    6. (used parenthetically, mostly in the first-person)
      1. (in Attic)
        1. (expressive of modesty or courtesy, to avoid over-great bluntness of assertion)
        2. (answering a question, expressive of positive certainty) to believe you, of course, no doubt
    7. (peculiar Attic phrases)
      1. (as a parenthetic question) πῶς οἴει, πῶς οἴεσθεpôs oíei, pôs oíesthehow think you?
      2. οἴομαι δεῖνoíomai deînto hold it necessary, think it one's duty (see δέω (déō))

Usage notes edit

Homer has forms with diaeresis, and several forms of the present middle often have long for the sake of meter; otherwise ὀίομαι (oíomai), for instance, would begin in short–short–short, which is unmetrical.

Inflection edit

See also ὀῑ̈́ω (oī̈́ō)

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