εἰ

εἰ

Grammatical information: pcle (wish, condition, question)

Meaning: `if'

Other forms: (Ion. Att., Arc.) beside αἰ (Aeol. Dor.), sometimes εἰκ, αἰκ (after οὑ : οὑκ), ἠ (Cypr. Dor.)

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Uncertain. - For interjective origin of αἰ, partly also of εἰ Schwyzer-Debrunner 557 and 683. Also (with Brugmann-Thumb 616) a demonstrative εἰ `then' (cf. εἶ-τα), orig. lokative of the demonstrative *e-, o- (Schwyzer 550). See Schwyzer-Debrunner a. a. O.

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