The irregular verb οἶδα (= to know)
Formally, as one can see especially by the ptc, this is a perfect. The stem (see list) must have
originally have meant something like “to experience by one’s senses”.
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pr-ind |
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οἶδα |
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οἶσθα |
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>M |
>Ne |
>F |
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οἶδεν |
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εἰδώς |
εἰδός |
εἰδυῖα |
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ἴσμεν |
εἰδῶ |
εἰδείην |
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εἰδότος |
εἰδότος |
εἰδυίας |
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ἴστε |
εἰδῇς |
εἰδείης |
ἴσθι |
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εἰδότι |
εἰδότι |
εἰδυίᾳ |
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ἴσασιν |
εἰδῇ |
εἰδείη |
ἴστω |
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εἰδότα |
εἰδός |
εἰδυῖαν |
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ᾔδη |
εἰδῶμεν |
εἴδειμεν |
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εἰδέναι |
εἰδότες |
εἰδότα |
εἰδυῖαι |
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ᾔδησθα |
εἰδῆτε |
εἴδειτε |
ἴστε |
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εἰδότων |
εἰδότων |
εἰδυιῶν |
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ᾔδειν |
εἰδῶσιν |
εἴδειεν |
ἴστων |
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εἰδόσιν |
εἰδόσιν |
εἰδυίαις |
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ᾖσμεν |
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εἰδότας |
εἰδότα |
εἰδυίας |
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ᾖστε |
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ᾔδεσαν |
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dual forms: pr-ind: ἴστον, pa-ind: ᾔστην, subj: εἰδῆτον, opt: εἰδείτην.
Alternatives for pa-ind, 1&2 sg: ᾔδειν, ᾔδεις.
Other verb of similar sense: γιγνώσκω.
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