ἐστί
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ἔστι (ésti) — paroxytone
- ἐστι (esti) — unstressed
- ἔστιν (éstin) — paroxytone with movable nu
- ἐστιν (estin) — unstressed with movable nu
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti.
Cognate with Sanskrit अस्ति (ásti), Latin est, Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎡𐎹 (astiy), Hittite 𒂊𒌍𒍣 (ēszi), Old Church Slavonic єстъ (estŭ), Gothic 𐌹𐍃𐍄 (ist).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /es.tí/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /esˈti/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /esˈti/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /esˈti/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /esˈti/
Verb
[edit]ἐστῐ́ • (estí)
- third-person singular present active indicative of εἰμί (eimí)
References
[edit]- ἐστί in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G2076 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.