εἰ
εἰ, Att.- Ion. and Arc. (for εἰκ, v. infr. II ad init.), = Dor. and Aeol. αἰ, αἰκ (q. v.), Cypr. ἤ Inscr.Cypr. 135.10 H., both εἰ and αἰ in Ep.:—
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OT 863 (lyr.); εἴ μοι γένοιτο φθόγγος ἐν βραχίοσιν E. Hec. 836: more freq. folld. by γάρ, αἲ γὰρ δὴ οὕτως εἴη Il. 4.189, al.; εἰ γὰρ γενοίμην ἀντὶ σοῦ νεκρός E. Hipp. 1410; εἰ γὰρ γένοιτο X. Cyr. 6.1.38; εἰ γὰρ ἐν τούτῳ εἴη Pl. Prt. 310d; of unattained wishes, in Hom. only c. opt., εἰ γὰρ ἐγὼν . . Διὸς πάϊς αἰγιόχοιο εἴην Il. 13.825; Ζεῦ πάτερ, αἰ γὰρ ἐμὸς πόσις εἴη Alcm. 29; later with past tenses of ind., εἰ γάρ μʼ ὑπὸ γῆν . . ἧκεν A. Pr. 152 (anap.); εἰ γὰρ τοσαύτην δύναμιν εἶχον ὥστε . . E. Alc. 1072: twice in Od. c. inf. (cf. the use of inf. in commands), αἰ γὰρ τοῖος ἐὼν . . ἐμὸς γαμβρὸς καλέεσθαι 7.311, cf. 24.376.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-1-0-0", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38685", "data": { "quote": "ἀλλʼ εἴ τις . . καλέσειεν", "ref": "10.111", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.111" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38686", "data": { "quote": "εἴ μοι ξυνείη μοῖρα", "ref": "S. OT 863", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc2:863" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38687", "data": { "quote": "εἴ μοι γένοιτο φθόγγος ἐν βραχίοσιν", "ref": "E. 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Mem. 1.2.46: later c. inf., γαίης χθαμαλωτέρη εἴθε . . κεῖσθαι AP 9.284 ( Crin.).", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-1-0-0-0", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38696", "data": { "quote": "εἴθε οἱ αὐτῷ Ζεὺς ἀγαθὸν τελέσειεν", "ref": "2.33", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.33" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38697", "data": { "quote": "εἴθʼ ὣς ἡβώοιμι", "ref": "Il. 7.157", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.157" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38698", "data": { "quote": "ἰὼ γᾶ, εἴθʼ ἔμʼ ἐδέξω", "ref": "A. Ag. 1537", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc2:1537" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38699", "data": { "quote": "εἴθε σοι, ὦ Περίκλεις, τότε συνεγενόμην", "ref": "X. 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Od. 15.536, cf. 17.496, al.; sts. hard to distinguish from εἰ in conditions (which may be derived from this use), εἴ μοί τι πίθοιο, τό κεν πολὺ κέρδιον εἴη Il. 7.28.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-1-0-0-2", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38702", "data": { "quote": "εἴ μοί τι πίθοιο, τό κεν πολὺ κέρδιον εἴη", "ref": "Il. 7.28", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.28" } } ], "children": [] } ] } ] } ] }, { "label": "B", "definition": "<i>if</i>:", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2", "citations": [], "children": [ { "label": "I", "definition": "", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-0", "citations": [], "children": [ { "label": "1", "definition": "fut., v. infr. 2), to state a condition, with nothing implied as to its fulfilment, εἰ δʼ οὕτω τοῦτʼ ἐστίν, ἐμοὶ μέλλει φίλον εἶναι but <i>if</i> this is so, it will be . . , Il. 1.564: any form of the Verb may stand in apodosi, εἰ θεοί τι δρῶσιν αἰσχρόν, οὐκ εἰσὶν θεοί E. Fr. 292.7; εἰ δοκεῖ, πλέωμεν S. Ph. 526; εἰ Φαῖδρον ἀγνοῶ, καὶ ἐμαυτοῦ ἐπιλέλησμαι Pl. Phdr. 228a; κάκιστʼ ἀπολοίμην, Ξανθίαν εἰ μὴ φιλῶ Ar. Ra. 579, cf. Od. 17.475; εἰ θεοῦ ἦν, οὐκ ἦν αἰσχροκερδής· εἰ δʼ αἰσχροκερδής, οὐκ ἦν θεοῦ Pl. R. 408c; εἰ ταῦτα λέγων διαφθείρω τοὺς νέους, ταῦτʼ ἂν εἴη βλαβερά Id. Ap. 30b, cf. 25b; εἰ οὗτοι ὀρθῶς ἀπέστησαν, ὑμεῖς ἂν οὐ χρεὼν ἄρχοιτε <i>if</i> these were right in their revolt, (it would follow that) you rule when you have no right, Th. 3.40.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-0-0", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38703", "data": { "quote": "εἰ θεοί τι δρῶσιν αἰσχρόν, οὐκ εἰσὶν θεοί", "ref": "E. Fr. 292.7", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg020.perseus-grc2:292.7" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38704", "data": { "quote": "εἰ δοκεῖ, πλέωμεν", "ref": "S. Ph. 526", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc2:526" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38705", "data": { "quote": "εἰ Φαῖδρον ἀγνοῶ, καὶ ἐμαυτοῦ ἐπιλέλησμαι", "ref": "Pl. Phdr. 228a", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012.perseus-grc2:228a" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38706", "data": { "quote": "κάκιστʼ ἀπολοίμην, Ξανθίαν εἰ μὴ φιλῶ", "ref": "Ar. Ra. 579", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc2:579" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38707", "data": { "quote": "εἰ θεοῦ ἦν, οὐκ ἦν αἰσχροκερδής· εἰ δʼ αἰσχροκερδής, οὐκ ἦν θεοῦ", "ref": "Pl. R. 408c", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:408c" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38708", "data": { "quote": "εἰ ταῦτα λέγων διαφθείρω τοὺς νέους, ταῦτʼ ἂν εἴη βλαβερά", "ref": "Id. Ap. 30b", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc2:30b" } } ], "children": [ { "label": "b", "definition": "<i>if ever, whenever,</i> sts. with pres., εἴ τις δύο ἢ καὶ πλείους τις ἡμέρας λογίζεται, μάταιός ἐστιν S. Tr. 943: with impf., εἴ τίς τι ἠρώτα ἀπεκρίνοντο Th. 7.10: rarely with aor., D.S. 31.26.1, S.E. P. 1.84; cf. III.2.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-0-0-0", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38709", "data": { "quote": "εἴ τις δύο ἢ καὶ πλείους τις ἡμέρας λογίζεται, μάταιός ἐστιν", "ref": "S. Tr. 943", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc2:943" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38710", "data": { "quote": "εἴ τίς τι ἠρώτα ἀπεκρίνοντο", "ref": "Th. 7.10", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.10" } } ], "children": [] } ] }, { "label": "2", "definition": "fut. (much less freq. than ἐάν c. subj.), either to express a future supposition emphatically, εἰ φθάσομεν τοὺς πολεμίους κατακαίνοντες οὐδεὶς ἡμῶν ἀποθανεῖται X. Cyr. 7.1.19; εἰ μὴ βοηθήσετε οὐ περιέσται τἀκεῖ Th. 6.91; εἰ αὕτη ἡ πόλις ληφθήσεται, ἔχεται ἡ πᾶσα Σικελία ibid.; in threats or warnings, εἰ μὴ καθέξεις γλῶσσαν ἔσται σοι κακά E. Fr. 5; εἰ τιμωρήσεις Πατρόκλῳ, αὐτὸς ἀποθανῇ Pl. Ap. 28c, cf. D. 28.21: or,", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-0-1", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38711", "data": { "quote": "εἰ φθάσομεν τοὺς πολεμίους κατακαίνοντες οὐδεὶς ἡμῶν ἀποθανεῖται", "ref": "X. Cyr. 7.1.19", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007:7.1.perseus-grc2.19" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38712", "data": { "quote": "εἰ μὴ βοηθήσετε οὐ περιέσται τἀκεῖ", "ref": "Th. 6.91", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.91" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38713", "data": { "quote": "εἰ μὴ καθέξεις γλῶσσαν ἔσται σοι κακά", "ref": "E. Fr. 5", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg020.perseus-grc2:5" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38714", "data": { "quote": "εἰ τιμωρήσεις Πατρόκλῳ, αὐτὸς ἀποθανῇ", "ref": "Pl. Ap. 28c", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc2:28c" } } ], "children": [ { "label": "b", "definition": "αἶρε πλῆκτρον εἰ μαχεῖ <i>if</i> you mean to fight, Ar. Av. 759; ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ ἀνήρ . . εἰ ταῦτʼ ἀνατεὶ τῇδε κείσεται κράτη S. Ant. 485, cf. Il. 1.61, E. Hec. 863.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-0-1-0", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38715", "data": { "quote": "ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ ἀνήρ . . εἰ ταῦτʼ ἀνατεὶ τῇδε κείσεται κράτη", "ref": "S. Ant. 485", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc2:485" } } ], "children": [] } ] }, { "label": "3", "definition": "", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-0-2", "citations": [], "children": [ { "label": "a", "definition": "impf., referring to present time or to continued or repeated action in past time (in Hom. always the latter, Il. 24.715, al.): ταῦτα οὐκ ἂν ἐδύναντο ποιεῖν, εἰ μὴ διαίτῃ μετρίᾳ ἐχρῶντο they would not be able to do this (as they do), <i>if</i> they did not live an abstemious life, X. Cyr. 1.2.16, cf. Pl. R. 489b; οὐκ ἂν νήσων ἐκράτει, εἰ μή τι καὶ ναυτικὸν εἶχεν he ( Agamemnon) would not have been master of islands, <i>if</i> he had not had also some naval force, Th. 1.9; αἰ δʼ ἦχες ἔσλων ἴμερον ἢ κάλων . . αἴδως κεν . . ἦχεν Sapph. 28; εἰ ἦσαν ἄνδρες ἀγαθοὶ . . οὐκ ἄν ποτε ταῦτα ἔπασχον <i>if</i> they had been good men, they would never have suffered as they did, Pl. Grg. 516e, cf. X. Mem. 1.1.5; εἰ γὰρ ἐγὼ τάδε ᾔδεʼ . . οὐκ ἂν ὑπεξέφυγε <i>if</i> I had known this . . , Il. 8.366.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-0-2-0", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38716", "data": { "quote": "αἰ δʼ ἦχες ἔσλων ἴμερον ἢ κάλων . . αἴδως κεν . . ἦχεν", "ref": "", "urn": "" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "b", "definition": "aor. referring to past time, εἰ μὴ ἔφυσε θεὸς μέλι . . ἔφασκον γλύσσονα σῦκα πέλεσθαι Xenoph. 38; εἰ μὴ ὑμεῖς ἤλθετε, ἐπορευόμεθα ἂν ἐπὶ βασιλέα had you not come, we should be on our way . . , X. An. 2.1.4; καὶ ἴσως ἂν ἀπέθανον, εἰ μὴ ἡ ἀρχὴ διὰ ταχέων κατελύθη Pl. Ap. 32d, cf. Il. 5.680, Od. 4.364, D. 4.5, 27.63: with plpf. in apodosi, εἰ τριάκοντα μόναι μετέπεσον τῶν ψήφων, ἀπεπεφεύγη ἄν Pl. Ap. 36a.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-0-2-1", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38717", "data": { "quote": "εἰ μὴ ἔφυσε θεὸς μέλι . . ἔφασκον γλύσσονα σῦκα πέλεσθαι", "ref": "Xenoph. 38", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0267.tlg001.perseus-grc2:38" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38718", "data": { "quote": "καὶ ἴσως ἂν ἀπέθανον, εἰ μὴ ἡ ἀρχὴ διὰ ταχέων κατελύθη", "ref": "Pl. Ap. 32d", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc2:32d" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38719", "data": { "quote": "εἰ τριάκοντα μόναι μετέπεσον τῶν ψήφων, ἀπεπεφεύγη ἄν", "ref": "Pl. Ap. 36a", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc2:36a" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "c", "definition": "plpf. referring to action finished in past or present time, λοιπὸν δʼ ἂν ἦν ἡμῖν ἔτι περὶ τῆς πόλεως διαλεχθῆναι, εἰ μὴ προτέρα τῶν ἄλλων τὴν εἰρήνην ἐπεποίητο <i>if</i> she had not (as she has done) made peace before the rest, Isoc. 5.56, cf. Pl. Ti. 21c.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-0-2-2", "citations": [], "children": [] } ] } ] }, { "label": "II", "definition": "εἰ is regularly joined with ἄν ( Ep. κε, κεν), cf. ἐάν: Arc. εἰκαν in Tegean Inscrr. of iv B. C. ( IG 5(2).3.16, 31, 6.2, SIG 306.34) should be understood as εἰκ ἄν ( εἰ: εἰκ = οὐ: οὐκ), since εἰ δʼ ἄν is also found in IG 5(2).3.2, 6.45, and εἰκ alone, ib. 3.21; but ἄν ( κε, κεν) are freq. absent in Hom. as Od. 5.221, 14.373 (and cf. infr. 2), and Lyr., Pi. (who never uses εἰ with ἄν or κε(ν)) P. 4.266, al.; in dialects, αἰ δείλητʼ ἀγχωρεῖν IG 9(1).334.6 ( Locr., v B. C.), cf. Foed.Dor. ap. Th. 5.79; rarely in Hdt., εἰ μὴ ἀναβῇ 2.13; occasionally in Trag., A. Eu. 234, S. OT 198 (lyr.), etc.; very rarely in Att. Prose, εἰ ξυστῶσιν αἱ πόλεις Th. 6.21; εἴ τι που ἄλσος ἢ τέμενος ἀφειμένον ᾖ Pl. Lg. 761c: in later Prose, εἴ τις θελήσῃ Apoc. 11.5; εἰ φονεύῃ Plot. 2.9.9, cf. Procl. Inst. 26.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-1", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38720", "data": { "quote": "αἰ δείλητʼ ἀγχωρεῖν", "ref": "", "urn": "" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38721", "data": { "quote": "εἰ μὴ ἀναβῇ", "ref": "2.13", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.13" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38722", "data": { "quote": "εἰ ξυστῶσιν αἱ πόλεις", "ref": "Th. 6.21", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.21" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38723", "data": { "quote": "εἴ τι που ἄλσος ἢ τέμενος ἀφειμένον ᾖ", "ref": "Pl. Lg. 761c", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc2:761c" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38724", "data": { "quote": "εἴ τις θελήσῃ", "ref": "Apoc. 11.5", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg027.perseus-grc2:11.5" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38725", "data": { "quote": "εἰ φονεύῃ", "ref": "Plot. 2.9.9", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:2.9.perseus-grc2.9" } } ], "children": [ { "label": "1", "definition": "fut., to express a future condition more distinctly and vividly than εἰ c. opt., but less so than εἰ c. fut. ind. (supr. I.2a); εἰ δέ κεν ὣς ἕρξῃς καί τοι πείθωνται Ἀχαιοί, γνώσῃ ἔπειθʼ . . <i>if</i> thou do thus . . , thou shalt know, Il. 2.364, cf. 1.128, 3.281, Od. 17.549; ἂν δέ τις ἀνθιστῆται, σὺν ὑμῖν πειρασόμεθα χειροῦσθαι X. An. 7.3.11; ἂν μὴ νῦν ἐθέλωμεν ἐκεῖ πολεμεῖν αὐτῷ, ἐνθάδʼ ἴσως ἀναγκασθησόμεθα τοῦτο ποιεῖν <i>if</i> we be not now willing, D. 4.50, cf. X. Cyr. 5.3.27: folld. by imper., ἢν εἰρήνης δοκῆτε δεῖσθαι, ἄνευ ὅπλων ἥκετε ib. 3.2.13, cf. 5.4.30.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-1-0", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38726", "data": { "quote": "ἂν δέ τις ἀνθιστῆται, σὺν ὑμῖν πειρασόμεθα χειροῦσθαι", "ref": "X. An. 7.3.11", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006:7.3.perseus-grc2.11" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "2", "definition": "<i>if ever,</i> ἤν ποτε δασμὸς ἵκηται, σοὶ τὸ γέρας πολὺ μεῖζον (sc. ἐστί) <i>whenever</i> a division comes, your prize is (always) greater, Il. 1.166; ἢν ἐγγὺς ἔλθῃ θάνατος, οὐδεὶς βούλεται θνῄσκειν <i>if</i> death come near, E. Alc. 671; with ἄν omitted, εἴ περ γάρ τε χόλον . . καταπέψῃ ἀλλά . . ἔχει κότον Il. 1.81.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-1-1", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38727", "data": { "quote": "εἴ περ γάρ τε χόλον . . καταπέψῃ ἀλλά . . ἔχει κότον", "ref": "Il. 1.81", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.81" } } ], "children": [ { "label": "b", "definition": "ἐὰν μὴ οἱ φιλόσοφοι βασιλεύσωσιν, οὐκ ἔστι κακῶν παῦλα there is (i.e. can be, will be) no rest . . , Pl. R. 473d.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-1-1-0", "citations": [], "children": [] } ] } ] }, { "label": "III", "definition": "ἄν in early Gr., later ἐάν c. opt., Dam. Pr. 114, al.),", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-2", "citations": [], "children": [ { "label": "1", "definition": "ἐάν c. subj., usu. with opt. with ἄν in apod., ἦ κεν γηθήσαι Πρίαμος Πριάμοιό τε παῖδες . . εἰ σφῶιν τάδε πάντα πυθοίατο μαρναμένοιιν surely they would exult, <i>if</i> they should hear . . , Il. 1.255, cf. 7.28, Od. 3.223; εἴης φορητὸς οὐκ ἄν, εἰ πράσσοις καλῶς A. Pr. 979; οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄν με ἐπαινοίη, εἰ ἐξελαύνοιμι τοὺς εὐεργέτας X. An. 7.7.11; οἶκος δʼ αὐτός, εἰ φθογγὴν λάβοι, σαφέστατʼ ἂν λέξειεν A. Ag. 37, etc.: fut. opt. is f.l. in Pl. Tht. 164a: with pres. ind. in apod., Xenoph. 34.3, Democr. 253: with fut.ind., Meliss. 5.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-2-0", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38728", "data": { "quote": "εἴης φορητὸς οὐκ ἄν, εἰ πράσσοις καλῶς", "ref": "A. Pr. 979", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc2:979" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38729", "data": { "quote": "οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄν με ἐπαινοίη, εἰ ἐξελαύνοιμι τοὺς εὐεργέτας", "ref": "X. An. 7.7.11", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006:7.7.perseus-grc2.11" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38730", "data": { "quote": "οἶκος δʼ αὐτός, εἰ φθογγὴν λάβοι, σαφέστατʼ ἂν λέξειεν", "ref": "A. Ag. 37", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc2:37" } } ], "children": [ { "label": "b", "definition": "pres. opt., to express an unfulfilled present condition, εἰ μὲν νῦν ἐπὶ ἄλλῳ ἀεθλεύοιμεν, ἦ τʼ ἂν ἐγὼ τὰ πρῶτα φεροίμην <i>if</i> we were now contending, etc., Il. 23.274: rarely in Trag., εἰ μὴ κνίζοι ( = εἰ μὴ ἔκνιζε) E. Med. 568; also εἰ ἀναγκαῖον εἴη ἀδικεῖν ἢ ἀδικεῖσθαι, ἑλοίμην ἂν μᾶλλον ἀδικεῖσθαι Pl. Grg. 469c.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-2-0-0", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38731", "data": { "quote": "εἰ ἀναγκαῖον εἴη ἀδικεῖν ἢ ἀδικεῖσθαι, ἑλοίμην ἂν μᾶλλον ἀδικεῖσθαι", "ref": "Pl. Grg. 469c", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023.perseus-grc2:469c" } } ], "children": [] } ] }, { "label": "2", "definition": "subj. in present time, supr. II.2); once in Hom., εἴ τίς με . . ἐνίπτοι, ἀλλὰ σὺ τόν γʼ . . κατέρυκες Il. 24.768; εἰ δέ τινας θορυβουμένους αἴσθοιτο . . , κατασβεννύναι τὴν ταραχὴν ἐπειρᾶτο <i>if</i> he should see ( <i>whenever</i> he saw) any troops in confusion, he (always) tried, X. Cyr. 5.3.55, cf. An. 4.5.13, Mem. 4.2.40; εἴ τις ἀντείποι, εὐθὺς ἐτεθνήκει <i>if</i> any one made objection, he was a dead man at once, Th. 8.66; ἀλλʼ εἴ τι μὴ φέροιμεν, ὤτρυνεν φέρειν E. Alc. 755. For εἰ c. ind. in this sense v. supr. I.1: ind. and opt. are found in same sentence, ἐμίσει, οὐκ εἴ τις κακῶς πάσχων ἠμύνετο, ἀλλʼ εἴ τις εὐεργετούμενος ἀχάριστος φαίνοιτο X. Ages. 11.3.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-2-1", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38732", "data": { "quote": "εἴ τίς με . . ἐνίπτοι, ἀλλὰ σὺ τόν γʼ . . κατέρυκες", "ref": "Il. 24.768", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.768" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38733", "data": { "quote": "ἀλλʼ εἴ τι μὴ φέροιμεν, ὤτρυνεν φέρειν", "ref": "E. Alc. 755", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc2:755" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38734", "data": { "quote": "ἐμίσει, οὐκ εἴ τις κακῶς πάσχων ἠμύνετο, ἀλλʼ εἴ τις εὐεργετούμενος ἀχάριστος φαίνοιτο", "ref": "X. Ages. 11.3", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg009.perseus-grc2:11.3" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "3", "definition": "ἐάν c. subj. or εἰ with a primary (never an historical) tense of the ind. in oratio recta, ἐλογίζοντο ὡς, εἰ μὴ μάχοιντο, ἀποστήσοιντο αἱ πόλεις (representing ἐὰν μὴ μαχώμεθα, ἀποστήσονται) X. HG 6.4.6, cf. D. 21.104, X. HG 5.2.2; ἔλεγεν ὅτι, εἰ βλαβερὰ πεπραχὼς εἴη, δίκαιος εἴη ζημιοῦσθαι (representing εἰ βλαβερὰ πέπραχε, δίκαιός ἐστι) ib. 32, cf. An. 6.6.25; εἰ δέ τινα φεύγοντα λήψοιτο, προηγόρευεν ὅτι ὡς πολεμίῳ χρήσοιτο (representing εἴ τινα λήψομαι, χρήσομαι) Id. Cyr. 3.1.3; also, where oratio obliqua is implied in the leading clause, οὐκ ἦν τοῦ πολέμου πέρας Φιλίππῳ, εἰ μὴ Θηβαίους . . ἐχθροὺς ποιήσειε τῇ πόλει, i.e. Philip thought there would be no end to the war, <i>un</i>less he should make . . (his thought having been ἐὰν μὴ ποιήσω), D. 18.145; ἐβούλοντο γὰρ σφίσιν, εἴ τινα λάβοιεν, ὑπάρχειν ἀντὶ τῶν ἔνδον, ἢν ἄρα τύχωσί τινες ἐζωγρημένοι Th. 2.5.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-2-2", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38735", "data": { "quote": "ἐβούλοντο γὰρ σφίσιν, εἴ τινα λάβοιεν, ὑπάρχειν ἀντὶ τῶν ἔνδον, ἢν ἄρα τύχωσί τινες ἐζωγρημένοι", "ref": "Th. 2.5", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.5" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "4", "definition": "ἄν, only when the clause serves as apodosis as well as protasis, cf. Pl. Prt. 329b, D. 4.18, X. Mem. 1.5.3 (v. ἄν A. III. d).", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-2-3", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38736", "data": { "quote": "ἄν A. III", "ref": "", "urn": "" } } ], "children": [] } ] }, { "label": "IV", "definition": "Hdt., εἰ γὰρ δὴ δεῖν πάντως περιθεῖναι ἄλλῳ τέῳ τὴν βασιληΐην, [ἔφη] δικαιότερον εἶναι κτλ. 1.129; εἰ εἶναι τοῦτο μὴ φίλον 2.64, cf. 172, 3.105, 108.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-3", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38737", "data": { "quote": "εἰ γὰρ δὴ δεῖν πάντως περιθεῖναι ἄλλῳ τέῳ τὴν βασιληΐην, [ἔφη] δικαιότερον εἶναι κτλ.", "ref": "1.129", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.129" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38738", "data": { "quote": "εἰ εἶναι τοῦτο μὴ φίλον", "ref": "2.64", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.64" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "V", "definition": "<i>wonder, delight, indignation, disappointment, contentment,</i> and similar emotions, εἰ c. ind. is used instead of ὅτι, to express the object of the feeling in a hypothetical form, θαυμάζω εἰ μηδεὶς ὑμῶν μήτʼ ἐνθυμεῖται μήτʼ ὀργίζεται, ὁρῶν . . I wonder <i>that</i> no one of you is either concerned or angry when he sees . . , D. 4.43; οὐκ ἀγαπᾷ εἰ μὴ δίκην δέδωκεν, ἀλλʼ εἰ μὴ καὶ χρυσῷ στεφάνῳ στεφανωθήσεται ἀγανακτεῖ Aeschin. 3.147: after past tenses, ἐθαύμασε δʼ εἰ μὴ φανερόν ἐστιν X. Mem. 1.1.13; δεινὸν εἰσῄει, εἰ μὴ . . δόξει D. 19.33; ἐθαύμαζον εἴ τι ἕξει τις χρήσασθαι τῷ λόγῳ Pl. Phd. 95a; οὐδὲ ᾐσχύνθη εἰ . . ἐπάγει D. 21.105: in oratio obliqua (expressed or implied) c. opt., ἐπεῖπεν ὡς δεινὸν (sc. εἴη) εἰ . . μεγαλόψυχος γένοιτο Aeschin. 2.157; ᾤκτιρον εἰ ἁλώσοιντο X. An. 1.4.7; ἐθαύμαζε δʼ εἴ τις ἀρετὴν ἐπαγγελλόμενος ἀργύριον πράττοιτο he wondered <i>that</i> any one should demand money, Id. Mem. 1.2.7; ἔχαιρον ἀγαπῶν εἴ τις ἐάσοι I rejoiced, being content <i>if</i> any one should let it pass, Pl. R. 450a:—in this use the neg. οὐ is also found, ἀγανακτῶ εἰ ὁ Φίλιππος ἁρπάζων οὐ λυπεῖ D. 8.55; δεινὸν ἂν εἴη εἰ οἱ ἐκείνων ξύμμαχοι οὐκ ἀπεροῦσιν Th. 1.121; τέρας λέγεις, εἰ οὐκ ἂν δύναιντο λαθεῖν Pl. Men. 91d, etc.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-4", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38739", "data": { "quote": "οὐκ ἀγαπᾷ εἰ μὴ δίκην δέδωκεν, ἀλλʼ εἰ μὴ καὶ χρυσῷ στεφάνῳ στεφανωθήσεται ἀγανακτεῖ", "ref": "Aeschin. 3.147", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc2:147" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38740", "data": { "quote": "ἐθαύμασε δʼ εἰ μὴ φανερόν ἐστιν", "ref": "X. Mem. 1.1.13", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002:1.1.perseus-grc2.13" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38741", "data": { "quote": "δεινὸν εἰσῄει, εἰ μὴ . . δόξει", "ref": "D. 19.33", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc2:33" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38742", "data": { "quote": "ἐθαύμαζον εἴ τι ἕξει τις χρήσασθαι τῷ λόγῳ", "ref": "Pl. Phd. 95a", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc2:95a" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38743", "data": { "quote": "οὐδὲ ᾐσχύνθη εἰ . . ἐπάγει", "ref": "D. 21.105", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc2:105" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38744", "data": { "quote": "εἰ . . μεγαλόψυχος γένοιτο", "ref": "Aeschin. 2.157", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg002.perseus-grc2:157" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38745", "data": { "quote": "ᾤκτιρον εἰ ἁλώσοιντο", "ref": "X. An. 1.4.7", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006:1.4.perseus-grc2.7" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38746", "data": { "quote": "ἀγανακτῶ εἰ ὁ Φίλιππος ἁρπάζων οὐ λυπεῖ", "ref": "D. 8.55", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg008.perseus-grc2:55" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38747", "data": { "quote": "δεινὸν ἂν εἴη εἰ οἱ ἐκείνων ξύμμαχοι οὐκ ἀπεροῦσιν", "ref": "Th. 1.121", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.121" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38748", "data": { "quote": "τέρας λέγεις, εἰ οὐκ ἂν δύναιντο λαθεῖν", "ref": "Pl. Men. 91d", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg024.perseus-grc2:91d" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "VI", "definition": "<i>as surely as, since,</i> εἴ ποτʼ ἔην γε <i>if</i> there was [as there was], i.e. <i>as sure as</i> there was such an one, Il. 3.180, al.; εἰ τότε κοῦρος ἔα, νῦν αὖτέ με γῆρας ὀπάζει 4.321; πολλοὺς γὰρ οἶκε εἶναι εὐπετέστερον διαβάλλειν ἢ ἕνα, εἰ Κλεομένεα μὲν μοῦνον οὐκ οἷός τε ἐγένετο διαβαλεῖν, τρεῖς δὲ μυριάδας Ἀθηναίων ἐποίησε τοῦτο it seems easier to deceive many than one, <i>if</i> (as was the fact, i.e. <i>since</i>) he was not able . . , Hdt. 5.97, cf. 1.60, al.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-5", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38749", "data": { "quote": "εἰ τότε κοῦρος ἔα, νῦν αὖτέ με γῆρας ὀπάζει", "ref": "4.321", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.321" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "VII", "definition": "", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-6", "citations": [], "children": [ { "label": "1", "definition": "εἰ having the force of <i>in case, supposing that,</i> πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, εἰ ἐπιβοηθοῖεν, ἐχώρουν they marched towards the city [so as to meet the citizens], <i>in case</i> they should rush out, Th. 6.100; ἱκέται πρὸς σὲ δεῦρʼ ἀφίγμεθα, εἴ τινα πόλιν φράσειας ἡμῖν εὔερον we have come hither to you, <i>in case</i> you should tell us of some fleecy city (i.e. that we might hear of it), Ar. Av. 120; παρέζεο καὶ λαβὲ γούνων, αἴ κέν πως ἐθέλῃσιν ἐπὶ Τρώεσσιν ἀρῆξαι sit by him and grasp his knees [so as to persuade him], <i>in case</i> he be willing to help the Trojans, Il. 1.408, cf. 66, Od. 1.94, 3.92; ἄκουσον καὶ ἐμοῦ, ἐάν σοι ἔτι ταὐτὰ δοκῇ hear me also [that you may assent], <i>in case</i> the same opinion please you, Pl. R. 358b; ἰδὲ δή, ἐάν σοι ὅπερ ἐμοὶ συνδοκῇ look now, <i>in case</i> you approve what I do, ib. 434a.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-6-0", "citations": [], "children": [] }, { "label": "2", "definition": "εἴ περ γάρ κʼ ἐθέλῃσιν Ὀλύμπιος . . στυφελίξαι <i>if</i> he wish to thrust him away, [he will do so], Il. 1.580; εἰ μὲν δώσουσι γέρας—· εἰ δέ κε μὴ δώωσιν, ἐγὼ δέ κεν αὐτὸς ἕλωμαι <i>if</i> they shall give me a prize, [well and good]; but <i>if</i> they give not, then I will take one for myself, 1.135, cf. 6.150, Ar. Pl. 468; καὶ ἢν μὲν ξυμβῇ ἡ πεῖρα—· εἰ δὲ μή . . and <i>if</i> the attempt succeed, [well]; otherwise . . , Th. 3.3, cf. Pl. Prt. 325d.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-6-1", "citations": [], "children": [] }, { "label": "3", "definition": "", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-6-2", "citations": [], "children": [ { "label": "a", "definition": "εἰ μή <i>except,</i> οὐδὲν ἄλλο σιτέονται, εἰ μὴ ἰχθῦς μοῦνον Hdt. 1.200; μὰ τὼ θεώ, εἰ μὴ Κρίτυλλά γʼ [εἰμί]—nay, <i>if</i> Iʼm not Critylla! i.e. I am, Ar. Th. 898; εἰ μὴ ὅσον <i>except</i> only, ἐγὼ μέν μιν οὐκ εἶδον, εἰ μὴ ὅσον γραφῇ Hdt. 2.73, cf. 1.45, 2.20; εἰ μὴ εἰ Th. 1.17, Pl. Grg. 480b, etc.; εἰ μή τι οὖν, ἀλλὰ σμικρόν γέ μοι τῆς ἀρχῆς χάλασον <i>if</i> nothing else, yet . . , Id. Men. 86e; ironical, εἰ μὴ ἄρα ἡ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐπιμέλεια διαφθορά ἐστιν X. Mem. 1.2.8; εἰ μή πέρ γε τὸν ὑοσκύαμον χρήματα εἶναι φήσομεν Id. Oec. 1.13.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-6-2-0", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38750", "data": { "quote": "οὐδὲν ἄλλο σιτέονται, εἰ μὴ ἰχθῦς μοῦνον", "ref": "Hdt. 1.200", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.200" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38751", "data": { "quote": "ἐγὼ μέν μιν οὐκ εἶδον, εἰ μὴ ὅσον γραφῇ", "ref": "Hdt. 2.73", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.73" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38752", "data": { "quote": "εἰ μὴ εἰ", "ref": "Th. 1.17", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.17" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38753", "data": { "quote": "εἰ μὴ ἄρα ἡ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐπιμέλεια διαφθορά ἐστιν", "ref": "X. Mem. 1.2.8", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002:1.2.perseus-grc2.8" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38754", "data": { "quote": "εἰ μή πέρ γε τὸν ὑοσκύαμον χρήματα εἶναι φήσομεν", "ref": "Id. Oec. 1.13", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc2:1.13" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "b", "definition": "εἰ δὲ μή but <i>if</i> not, i.e. <i>otherwise,</i> προηγόρευε τοῖς Λαμψακηνοῖσι μετιέναι Μιλτιάδεα, εἰ δὲ μή, σφέας πίτυος τρόπον ἀπείλεε ἐκτρίψειν Hdt. 6.37, cf. 56; after μάλιστα μέν, Th. 1.32, 35, etc.:—after a preceding neg., μὴ τύπτʼ· εἰ δὲ μή, σαυτόν ποτʼ αἰτιάσει donʼt beat me; <i>otherwise,</i> you will have yourself to blame, Ar. Nu. 1433; ὦ Κῦρε, μὴ οὕτω λέγε· εἰ δὲ μή, οὐ θαρροῦντά με ἕξεις X. Cyr. 3.1.35; οὔτʼ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι τὰ ὅπλα ἦν ἔχειν· εἰ δὲ μή Id. An. 4.3.6, cf. Th. 1.28, 131, Pl. Phd. 91c.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-6-2-1", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38755", "data": { "quote": "προηγόρευε τοῖς Λαμψακηνοῖσι μετιέναι Μιλτιάδεα, εἰ δὲ μή, σφέας πίτυος τρόπον ἀπείλεε ἐκτρίψειν", "ref": "Hdt. 6.37", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.37" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38756", "data": { "quote": "ὦ Κῦρε, μὴ οὕτω λέγε· εἰ δὲ μή, οὐ θαρροῦντά με ἕξεις", "ref": "X. Cyr. 3.1.35", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007:3.1.perseus-grc2.35" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38757", "data": { "quote": "οὔτʼ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι τὰ ὅπλα ἦν ἔχειν· εἰ δὲ μή", "ref": "Id. An. 4.3.6", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006:4.3.perseus-grc2.6" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "c", "definition": "εἰ δέ sts. stands for εἰ δὲ μή, εἰ μὲν βούλεται, ἑψέτω· εἰ δʼ, ὅτι βούλεται, τοῦτο ποιείτω Pl. Euthd. 285c, cf. Smp. 212c; εἰ δʼ οὖν S. Ant. 722; εἰ δʼ οὕτως Arist. EN 1094a24; εἰ δὲ τοῦτο and <i>if</i> so, Str. 2.1.29.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-6-2-2", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38758", "data": { "quote": "εἰ δὲ μή, εἰ μὲν βούλεται, ἑψέτω· εἰ δʼ, ὅτι βούλεται, τοῦτο ποιείτω", "ref": "Pl. Euthd. 285c", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021.perseus-grc2:285c" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38759", "data": { "quote": "εἰ δʼ οὖν", "ref": "S. Ant. 722", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc2:722" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38760", "data": { "quote": "εἰ δʼ οὕτως", "ref": "Arist. EN 1094a24", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010:1094a.perseus-grc2.24" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "d", "definition": "εἰ γάρ for <i>if</i> so, Id. 7.3.6.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-6-2-3", "citations": [], "children": [] }, { "label": "e", "definition": "εἴ τις <i>if</i> any, i.e. <i>as much as</i> or <i>more than</i> any, τῶν γε νῦν αἴ τις ἐπιχθονίων, ὀρθῶς B. 5.5; ὄτλον ἄλγιστον ἔσχον, εἴ τις Αἰτωλὶς γυνή S. Tr. 8, cf. OC 734; εἴ τις ἄλλος, siquis alius, E. Andr. 6, etc.; εἴ τινες καὶ ἄλλοι Hdt. 3.2, etc.; εἴπερ τις ἄλλος Pl. R. 501d; also κατʼ εἰ δέ τινα τρόπον in <i>any</i> way, IG 5(2).6.27 ( Tegea).", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-6-2-4", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38761", "data": { "quote": "τῶν γε νῦν αἴ τις ἐπιχθονίων, ὀρθῶς", "ref": "B. 5.5", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.5" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38762", "data": { "quote": "ὄτλον ἄλγιστον ἔσχον, εἴ τις Αἰτωλὶς γυνή", "ref": "S. Tr. 8", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38763", "data": { "quote": "εἴ τινες καὶ ἄλλοι", "ref": "Hdt. 3.2", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.2" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38764", "data": { "quote": "εἴπερ τις ἄλλος", "ref": "Pl. R. 501d", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:501d" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "f", "definition": "εἴ ποτε or εἴπερ ποτέ <i>now if</i> ever, ἡμῖν δὲ καλῶς, εἴπερ ποτέ, ἔχει . . ἡ ξυναλλαγή Th. 4.20, cf. Ar. Eq. 594; αἴ ποτα κἄλλοτα Alc. Supp. 7.11, cf. X. An. 6.4.12, etc.; but in prayers, εἴ ποτέ τοι ἐπὶ νηὸν ἔρεψα . . τόδε μοι κρήηνον ἐέλδωρ Il. 1.39.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-6-2-5", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38765", "data": { "quote": "ἡμῖν δὲ καλῶς, εἴπερ ποτέ, ἔχει . . ἡ ξυναλλαγή", "ref": "Th. 4.20", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.20" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38766", "data": { "quote": "αἴ ποτα κἄλλοτα", "ref": "", "urn": "" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38767", "data": { "quote": "εἴ ποτέ τοι ἐπὶ νηὸν ἔρεψα . . τόδε μοι κρήηνον ἐέλδωρ", "ref": "Il. 1.39", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.39" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "g", "definition": "εἴ ποθεν (sc. δυνατόν ἐστι) <i>if</i> from any quarter, i.e. from some quarter or other, S. Ph. 1204 (lyr.); so εἴ ποθι somewhere, anywhere, Id. Aj. 885 (lyr.); εἴ που Od. 4.193.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-6-2-6", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38768", "data": { "quote": "εἴ που", "ref": "Od. 4.193", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.193" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "h", "definition": "εἴ πως ib. 388, X. An. 2.3.11: in an elliptical sentence (cf. VII. 1), πρέσβεις πέμψαντες, εἴ πως πείσειαν Th. 1.58.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-6-2-7", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38769", "data": { "quote": "πρέσβεις πέμψαντες, εἴ πως πείσειαν", "ref": "Th. 1.58", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.58" } } ], "children": [] } ] } ] }, { "label": "VIII", "definition": "", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-7", "citations": [], "children": [ { "label": "1", "definition": "καὶ εἰ (or καὶ ἐάν, or κἄν) even <i>if,</i> and εἰ καί (or ἐὰν καί) even <i>though,</i> v. καί:—the opposite of καὶ εἰ is οὐδʼ εἰ, not even <i>if</i>; that of εἰ καί is εἰ μηδέ, <i>if (although</i>) not even.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-7-0", "citations": [], "children": [] }, { "label": "2", "definition": "ὡς εἰ, ὡς εἴ τε, ὥσπερ εἰ, etc., v. ὡς and ὥσπερ.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-7-1", "citations": [], "children": [] }, { "label": "3", "definition": "εἰ ἄρα, v. ἄρα; for εἰ δή, εἴπερ, v. εἰ δή, εἴπερ; for εἴ γε, v. γέ.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-7-2", "citations": [], "children": [] } ] }, { "label": "IX", "definition": "= Hebr. im, LXX Ps. 94(95).11, Ev.Marc. 8.12, al.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-2-8", "citations": [], "children": [] } ] }, { "label": "C", "definition": "<i>whether,</i> folld. by the ind., subj., or opt., according to the principles of oratio obliqua:", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-3", "citations": [], "children": [ { "definition": "", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-3-0", "children": [ { "label": "1", "definition": "σάφα δʼ οὐκ οἶδʼ εἰ θεός ἐστιν <i>whether</i> he is a god, Il. 5.183; εἰ ξυμπονήσεις . . σκόπει S. Ant. 41.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-3-0-0", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38770", "data": { "quote": "εἰ ξυμπονήσεις . . σκόπει", "ref": "S. Ant. 41", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc2:41" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "2", "definition": "subj. in the direct question, τὰ ἐκπώματα οὐκ οἶδʼ εἰ Χρυσάντᾳ τουτῳῒ δῶ <i>whether</i> I should give them, X. Cyr. 8.4.16: sts. elliptical, ἐς τὰ χρηστήρια ἔπεμπε, εἰ στρατεύηται ἐπὶ τοὺς Πέρσας Hdt. 1.75.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-3-0-1", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38771", "data": { "quote": "ἐς τὰ χρηστήρια ἔπεμπε, εἰ στρατεύηται ἐπὶ τοὺς Πέρσας", "ref": "Hdt. 1.75", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.75" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "3", "definition": "ἤρετο εἴ τις ἐμοῦ εἴη σοφώτερος he asked <i>whether</i> any one was wiser than I (direct ἔστι τις σοφώτερος;), Pl. Ap. 21a; ἐπεκηρυκεύετο Πεισιστράτῳ, εἰ βούλοιτό οἱ τὴν θυγατέρα ἔχειν γυναῖκα Hdt. 1.60: rarely aor. opt. for the aor. ind., ἠρώτων αὐτὸν εἰ ἀναπλεύσειεν I asked him <i>whether</i> he had set sail (direct ἀνέπλευσας;), D. 50.55: but aor. opt. usually represents aor. subj., τὸν θεὸν ἐπήροντο εἰ παραδοῖεν Κορινθίοις τὴν πόλιν . . καὶ τιμωρίαν τινὰ πειρῷντʼ ἀπʼ αὐτῶν ποιεῖσθαι they asked <i>whether</i> they should deliver their city to the Corinthians, and should try . . , Th. 1.25:—in both constructions the ind. or subj. may be retained, ψῆφον ἐβούλοντο ἐπαγαγεῖν εἰ χρὴ πολεμεῖν ib. 119; ἐβουλεύοντο εἴτε κατακαύσωσιν . . εἴτε τι ἄλλο χρήσωνται <i>whether</i> they should burn them or should dispose of them in some other way, Id. 2.4; ἀνακοινοῦσθαι αὐτὸν αὑτῷ εἰ δῷ ἐπιψηφίσαι τοῖς προέδροις [he said that] he consulted him <i>whether</i> he should give . . , Aeschin. 2.68.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-3-0-2", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38772", "data": { "quote": "ἐπεκηρυκεύετο Πεισιστράτῳ, εἰ βούλοιτό οἱ τὴν θυγατέρα ἔχειν γυναῖκα", "ref": "Hdt. 1.60", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.60" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "4", "definition": "ἄν when this was the form of the direct question, ἠρώτων εἰ δοῖεν ἂν τούτων τὰ πιστά they asked <i>whether</i> they would give (direct δοιήτε ἄν;), X. An. 4.8.7.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-3-0-3", "citations": [], "children": [] }, { "label": "5", "definition": "εἰ in indirect questions is οὐ, when οὐ would be used in the direct question, ἐνετέλλετο . . εἰρωτᾶν εἰ οὔ τι ἐπαισχύνεται <i>whether</i> he is not ashamed, Hdt. 1.90, etc.; but if μή would be required in the direct form, it is retained in the indirect, οὐ τοῦτο ἐρωτῶ, ἀλλʼ εἰ τοῦ μὲν δικαίου μὴ ἀξιοῖ πλέον ἔχειν μηδὲ βούλεται ὁ δίκαιος, τοῦ δὲ ἀδίκου (the direct question would be μὴ ἀξιοῖ μηδὲ βούλεται; he does not see fit nor wish, does he?) Pl. R. 349b:—in double indirect questions, εἴτε . . εἴτε . . ; εἰ . . εἴτε . . ; εἴτε . . ἢ . . , either οὐ or μή can be used in the second clause, ὅπως ἴδῃς εἴτʼ ἔνδον εἴτʼ οὐκ ἔνδον S. Aj. 7; σκοπῶμεν εἰ ἡμῖν πρέπει ἢ οὔ Pl. R. 451d; εἰ ἀληθὲς ἢ μή, πειράσομαι μαθεῖν ib. 339a; πολλὰ ἂν περιεσκέψω, εἴτε ἐπιτρεπτέον εἴτε οὔ· . . οὐδένα λόγον οὐδὲ συμβουλὴν ποιῇ, εἴτε χρὴ ἐπιτρέπειν σαυτὸν αὐτῷ εἴτε μή Id. Prt. 313a, 313b; ἀνάγκη τὴν ἐμὴν μητέρα, εἴτε θυγάτηρ ἦν Κίρωνος εἴτε μή, καὶ εἰ παρʼ ἐκείνῳ διῃτᾶτο ἢ οὔ, καὶ γάμους εἰ διττοὺς ὑπὲρ ταύτης εἱστίασεν ἢ μὴ . . πάντα ταῦτα εἰδέναι τοὺς οἰκέτας Is. 8.9; τοὺς νόμους καταμανθάνειν εἰ καλῶς κεῖνται ἢ μή.. τοὺς λόγους εἰ ὀρθῶς ὑμᾶς διδάσκουσιν ἢ οὔ Antipho 5.14.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n30817-0-3-0-4", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38773", "data": { "quote": "ὅπως ἴδῃς εἴτʼ ἔνδον εἴτʼ οὐκ ἔνδον", "ref": "S. Aj. 7", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc2:7" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38774", "data": { "quote": "σκοπῶμεν εἰ ἡμῖν πρέπει ἢ οὔ", "ref": "Pl. R. 451d", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:451d" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38775", "data": { "quote": "πολλὰ ἂν περιεσκέψω, εἴτε ἐπιτρεπτέον εἴτε οὔ· . . οὐδένα λόγον οὐδὲ συμβουλὴν ποιῇ, εἴτε χρὴ ἐπιτρέπειν σαυτὸν αὐτῷ εἴτε μή", "ref": "Id. Prt. 313a", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022.perseus-grc2:313a" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-38776", "data": { "quote": "ἀνάγκη τὴν ἐμὴν μητέρα, εἴτε θυγάτηρ ἦν Κίρωνος εἴτε μή, καὶ εἰ παρʼ ἐκείνῳ διῃτᾶτο ἢ οὔ, καὶ γάμους εἰ διττοὺς ὑπὲρ ταύτης εἱστίασεν ἢ μὴ . . πάντα ταῦτα εἰδέναι τοὺς οἰκέτας", "ref": "Is. 8.9", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg008.perseus-grc2:9" } } ], "children": [] } ] } ] } ] } ], "key": "ei)", "type": "main" }