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Εἰδήμονος
expert
[Meaning] knowledgeable.
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Εἰ εἰδῇς
if you know
[Meaning] if you recognize.
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Εἰδήσεις
you 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 …
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ει
34
Εἰδῇς
[if] you know
[Meaning if] you recognize.
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short
ει
35
Εἴδησις
knowledge
[Meaning] acquaintance/knowing. Knowledge [is] threefold. For [I] science is called 'knowledge', as Plato says in the Phaedo: for to know is this, 'having acquired knowledge of something, to keep it and not to have …
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medium
ει
36
Εἰδοθέα
Eidothea
A proper name.
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short
ει
37
Εἴδομεν
we saw
[Meaning] we beheld.
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short
ει
38
Εἰδομένη
resembling
[Meaning] made similar to.
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short
ει
39
Εἰδοποιῶ
I endow with form, I shape
[Used] with an accusative.
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short
ει
40
Εἶδος
appearance, species
[Meaning] form/shape. And what is below genus; as man is a species of animal according to philosophers. "Proclus used to marvel at Isidore's appearance, as it was possessed by the divine and full of …
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ει
41
Εἴδω
I place
The [verb that means] I establish, [with] ei)/sw the future tense. But ei)/dw [also means] I know; [used] with an accusative.
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ει
42
Εἰδωλεῖον
idol-shrine
[Meaning] the temple of the idols. But ei)dw/lion is the likeness of the idol. It also means the yoke of a ship.
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short
ει
43
Εἰδωλολατρία
idolatry
[Meaning] the offerings of [= made to] idols.
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ει
44
Εἰδωλολάτρης
idolator
[Meaning] a worshipper of images.
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short
ει
45
Εἴδωλον
likeness, image, phantom
[Meaning] a shadowy image; or an appearance of a body, a certain cloudy shadow. As Bacchylides [writes]: "dark-dyed likeness of an Ithacan man." Also the Poet [writes] about Antikleia: "three times like a shadow …
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medium
ει
46
Εἴδωλον
image
[Meaning] the likeness of an appearance. Sophocles [writes]: "[Odysseus] 'I see that we who are alive are nothing but images or an insubstantial shadow.' [Athena] 'Therefore seeing such matters, do not say any insolent …
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short
ει
47
Εἰδώς
knowing
[Meaning he] having learned.
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short
ει
48
Εἰδοί
Ides
[sc. A particular day] of the month.
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short
ει
49
Εἰδυλίσα
wise woman
[Meaning] she who understands.
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ει
50
Εἶεν
well!
[Meaning] come then. [Expressing] agreement with what has been said, and connection with what is to come.
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ει
51
Εἶεν
well!
This is called a close of a discourse. Meaning let this be so.
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short
ει
52
Εἰ εἰδῇς
if you know
[Meaning] if you have learned.
high
short
ει
53
Εἴη
might be
[Meaning he/she/it] might exist.
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short
ει
54
Εἶθαρ
at once
A temporal [adverb]. Meaning straightway, or forthwith. But [there is also] i)qu/s, for the most part, [used] in reference to a nominative.
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short
ει
55
Εἴθε
would that
An adverb expressing anger. And ei) ["if"] [sc. is used] similarly.
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ει
56
Εἰκάδιος
Eikadios, Icadius
A proper name.
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ει
57
Εἰκάζων
conjecturing, comparing
[Meaning he] supposing, or likening. "She had, as covering for the face, a small apparitions[sic], intended to make her shape more a matter of conjecture than precise observation". And elsewhere: "he was regarded as …
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short
ει
58
Εἴκαθεν
yielded
[Meaning he/she/it] was giving way. "To whom the unquenchable fire yielded."
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ει
59
Εἰκάθειν
to yield
[ei)ka/qein is the same as] ei)/kein, with an added syllable.
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ει
60
Εἰκάθειν
to yield
[Meaning] to give way, to submit. Sophocles [writes]: "but [she] making no complaint at last to yield to those in power [...]."
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