- εἰμι
- εἰμιGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `to be'.Other forms: Inf. εἶναι (Ion.-Att.), Dor. ἠμί, inf. ἤμεν, Aeol. ἔμμι, inf. ἔμμεν, -αι only presentstem (with future)Compounds: Often with prefix: ἄπ-, ἔν-, ἔξ- (ἔξεστι), ἔπ-, πάρ-, σύν- etc.Derivatives: ἐστ-ώ f. (to ἐστί) = οὑσία (to ὤν) `substance' (Archyt. Philos.), ἀπ-εστώ `absence' (Hdt. 9, 85; συν-εστώ 6, 128 v. l. to συνεστίη), s. Schwyzer 478 , Chantr. Form. 117; cf. also on εὑεστώ; ἀπεστύς ἀποχώρησις H. (Chantraine 291). - From part. ὤν, ὄντ-ος : οὑσία (s. above) with ἀπ-, ἐξ-, παρ-, συν-ουσία etc. from ἀπ-ών etc.; from there e. g. συνουσιάζω with συνουσιαστής, -αστικός a. o.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [340] *h₁es- `to be'Etymology: Old athematic root present with exact agreeing forms in several languages: εἰμί, εἶ (ep. Dor. ἐσσί), ἐστί = Skt. ásmi, ási, ásti, OLith. esmì, esì, ẽsti, Hitt. ešmi, ešši (eši), ešzi, Goth. im, is, ist, Lat. es(s), est (sum is innovation), IE *es-mi, *esi (\< *es-si, also resored through analogy), *es-ti; 3. plur. with zero grade εἰσί, Dor. ἐντί \< *hεντι (psilosis after εἰμί etc.) = Skt. sánti, Umbr. sent, Goth. etc. sind, IE *h₁s-enti. Ipf. 1. sg. Hom. ἦα = Skt. ā́sam (with anal. -m), IE *ēs-m̥, 3. sg. Dor. Aeol. Arc. Cypr. ἦς = Skt. (Ved.) ā́s, IE *ēs-t; further forms Schwyzer 676ff.Page in Frisk: 1,463-464
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.