Ἦεν

was

Translated by Catharine Roth2 Feb 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

7 words

[h)=en means the same as] u(ph=rxen ["existed"].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἦεν· ὑπῆρχεν.

Betacode

*)=hen: u(ph=rxen.

The headword is epic third person singular, imperfect, of ei)mi/; Smyth §768D, p. 210. Similar entry in Hesychius (eta178) and see also the scholia on Homer, Iliad 3.211, one of numerous passages where it occurs.