ἦν

See also: ἤν, ἥν, and Appendix:Variations of "en"

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̂ːn/ → /in/ → /in/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛ̂ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝n/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /in/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /in/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /in/

Verb

ἦν • (ên)

1. first/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, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • counterpart idem, page 177.