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Εἴσῃ · you will know (ει 259) · Suda

Letters

Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ει259

ει255they were letting in
ει256they were pouring in
ει257I enter
ει258you will know
ει259you will know
ει260impeached
ει261reproach
ει262they were to introduce
ει263instructing

Suda/ΕΙ epsiloniota/ει259

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Εἴσῃ

you will know

Translated by Catharine Roth25 Jun 2005Vetting: high4 revisions

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3 notes · 35 words

Translation

[Meaning] you will learn.¹
Also [sc. attested is] ei)so/menon ["being about to know"], [meaning] learning.² "[He] having given orders to investigate, in order to know what the enemy are doing and what they intend [...]."³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εἴσῃ· μαθήσῃ. καὶ Εἰσόμενον, μαθόντα. ἐντολὰς δοὺς κατασκέψασθαι, τί πράττουσιν οἱ πολέμιοι καὶ τί διανοοῦνται εἰσόμενον.

Betacode

*ei)/sh|: maqh/sh|. kai\ *ei)so/menon, maqo/nta. e)ntola\s dou\s kataske/yasqai, ti/ pra/ttousin oi( pole/mioi kai\ ti/ dianoou=ntai ei)so/menon.

Notes (3)

cf. epsiloniota 33, epsiloniota 47.
1Future indicative of oi)=da, second person singular, as at epsiloniota 258. See also epsiloniota 296. ↩
2Future participle of oi)=da, masculine accusative singular (from the quotation which follows), glossed with an aorist participle. ↩
3Quotation unidentifiable.

Linked from4 entries

ει33Εἰδήσειςyou might see, you will see, you might know, you will know[Meaning] you might learn, you would grasp. "You might see the eminent Alcman striker of the Laconian lyre, whom the number of the nine Muses includes." Also [sc. attested is] ei)dh=|s, in reference to the same meaning:…
ει47Εἰδώςknowing[Meaning he] having learned.
ει258Εἴσῃyou will know[Meaning] you might observe, you would reckon. Euripides [writes]: "if I should save you" -- from [the play] Andromeda -- "o maiden, will you know gratitude to me?"
ει296ΕἴσομαιI will know[Meaning] I will understand. "So hereafter we will know how to yield to the gods, and we will know how to honor the sons of Atreus. For they are rulers, so they must be obeyed: why not? For even terrible and mighty…

Neighbouring entries

ει257ΕἴσειμιI enter ει258Εἴσῃyou will know ει259Εἴσῃyou will know ει260Εἰσήγγειλενimpeached ει261Εἰσηγορίαreproach

Revision history4 revisions · last 27 Nov 2012

27 Nov 2012cosmetics — David Whitehead
21 Mar 2011more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
26 Jun 2005cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
26 Jun 2005augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
25 Jun 2005Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Εἴσῃ (Adler number epsiloniota 259), trans. Catharine Roth, 25 Jun 2005. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsiloniota/259

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗