ἦν
See also: ἤν, ἥν, and Appendix:Variations of "en"
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
1st person forms:
- ἔᾱ (éā) – Epic
- ἔον (éon) – Epic
- ἔσκον (éskon) – Epic
- ἦ (ê)
- ἦα (êa) – Epic
3rd person forms:
- ἔην (éēn) – Epic
- ἔσκε (éske) – Epic
- ἦεν (êen) – Epic
- ἤην (ḗēn) – Epic
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛ̂ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e̝n/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /in/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /in/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /in/
Verb
ἦν • (ên)
- first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of εἰμί (eimí): I/he/she/it was
References
- “ἦν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἦν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G2258 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- counterpart idem, page 177.