ἔξεστι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐξ- (ex-) +‎ ἐστί (estí).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ék.ses.ti/ → /ˈek.ses.ti/ → /ˈek.ses.ti/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ék.ses.ti/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈek.ses.ti/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.ses.ti/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.ses.ti/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈek.ses.ti/

Verb

ἔξεστῐ • (éxesti)

1. (impersonal) to be allowed, to be possible
   • 424 BCE, Euripides, Hecuba 435:

     προσειπεῖν γὰρ σὸν ὄνομ’ ἔξεστί μοι.

     proseipeîn gàr sòn ónom’ éxestí moi.

     For it is possible for me to address you by your name.

Inflection

As an impersonal verb, only third-person singular forms, infinitives, and neuter singular participle forms are found.

• Present active indicative: ἔξεστι (éxesti)
• Present active imperative: ἐξέστω (exéstō)
• Present active subjunctive: ἐξῇ (exêi)
• Present active infinitive: ἐξεῖναι (exeînai)
• Present active participle: ἐξόν (exón), (Ionic) ἐξεόν (exeón)
• Imperfect active indicative: ἐξῆν (exên)
• Future middle indicative: ἐξέσται (exéstai)
• Future middle optative: ἐξέσοιτο (exésoito)
• Future middle participle: ἐξεσόμενον (exesómenon)

Derived terms

• ἐξουσίᾱ (exousíā)

Further reading

• ἔξεστι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἔξεστι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • admissible idem, page 12.
  • allow idem, page 25.
  • open idem, page 574.
  • permissible idem, page 607.
  • permit idem, page 607.
  • possible idem, page 628.
  • time idem, page 875.