ἔξεστι

ἔξεστι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐξ- (ex-) +‎ ἐστί (estí).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ék.ses.ti/ → /ˈek.ses.ti/ → /ˈek.ses.ti/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ék.ses.ti/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈek.ses.ti/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.ses.ti/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.ses.ti/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈek.ses.ti/

Verb

ἔξεστῐ • (éxesti)

1. (impersonal) to be allowed, to be possible

Conjugation

As an impersonal verb, only third-person singular forms, infinitives, and neuter singular participle forms are found.

• Present active indicative: ἔξεστι (éxesti)
• Present active imperative: ἐξέστω (exéstō)
• Present active subjunctive: ἐξῇ (exêi)
• Present active infinitive: ἐξεῖναι (exeînai)
• Present active participle: ἐξόν (exón), (Ionic) ἐξεόν (exeón)
• Imperfect active indicative: ἐξῆν (exên)
• Future middle indicative: ἐξέσται (exéstai)
• Future middle optative: ἐξέσοιτο (exésoito)
• Future middle participle: ἐξεσόμενον (exesómenon)

Derived terms

• ἐξουσίᾱ (exousíā)

Further reading

• ἔξεστι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἔξεστι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • admissible idem, page 12.
  • allow idem, page 25.
  • open idem, page 574.
  • permissible idem, page 607.
  • permit idem, page 607.
  • possible idem, page 628.
  • time idem, page 875.