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ει152ΕἰμίI am… the headword as quoted from Homer, Iliad 1.186); and cf. Choeroboscus in Anecdota Oxoniensia 2.210.32, 211.18. See also epsiloniota 158, eta 568, and cf. omicron 407. [2] This puzzling statement perhaps distinguishes ei)mi/ "be", …Matched in noteshighshort
η102Ἦδοςdelight… in Lexicon Ambrosianum] o)/felos. It occurs also in Herodian and Choeroboscus. The original source is probably a scholion (scholia vetera) to the Homeric passage (see note 3) h)=dos: h(donh/. w)fe/leia. o)/felos, 'delight: pleasure. Advantage. …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1579ΔύνωμαιI were able, I would be able… in explanation of du/namai. In Etym.Magn. 290.24 (probably taken from Choeroboscus’ commentaries on the Psalms) the same verb is glossed in the subjunctive mood, as here, but in the third person plural: "du/nwntai: from …

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Εἰμί

I am

[Meaning] I exist. This does not have a future [sense]; but of ei)=mi, [meaning] I proceed, the plurals and the duals [are written] with an iota: i)/men, i)/te. Homer [writes]: "for I am going to the limits of the…

Εἰμί· ὑπάρχω. τοῦτο μέλλοντα οὐκ ἔχει· τοῦ δὲ εἶμι, τὸ πορεύομαι, τὰ πληθυντικὰ διὰ τοῦ ι καὶ τὰ δυϊκά· ἴμεν, ἴτε. Ὅμηρος· εἶμι γὰρ ὀψομένη πολυφόρβου πείρατα γαίης. Αἴας φησίν·…

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ε14Ἕαταιthey sit… singular. [2] Hypothetical athematic forms, cited by [ps.-]Herodian and George Choeroboscus as first person singular. [3] The regular first person singular. [4] The regular Attic third person plural. [5] Both e(/atai and ei(/atai occur …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3308Ἔτηςtownsman… Gudianum 547.13, (with more serious differences) Etymologicum Magnum 386.44; cf. Choeroboscus 215.3, Et. Gud. 511.23; contrast Orion [Author, Myth] 170.20. See also omega 260 and ps.-Zonaras s.v. e)/ths. Some of the lexicography may derive …Matched in noteshighshort

η86Ἤδηalready, by this time, now… or lexicographic works used by Byzantine lexicographers: Herodian (Partitiones 45), Choeroboscus (De spiritibus 11); alternatively, one of several scholia where the gloss occurs (e.g. to Aristophanes, Clouds 295; to Homer, Odyssey 1.303; to Oppian, …Matched in noteshighshort