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ἴσᾱμι

isami

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What it meant

1. ἴσᾶμι · isami — Beekes

ἴσᾶμι [v.] Tknow’. eVAR Inf. μισάμην (Gortyn). *ETYM A Doric innovation (Theoc., Cret., etc.) starting from the 3pl. foavti = Att. ἴσασι, based on ἵσταντι : ἵστᾶμι. Rejected by Floyd KZ 90 (1976): 166-177. — [Beekes, s.v. ἴσᾶμι, p. 646]

2. ἴσᾶμι · isami — Chantraine

ἴσᾶμι : «je sais», présent dorien créé en partant de 3e pl. ἴσαντι = ion.-att. Toäot, par rapprochement avec ἵσταντι : ἵστᾶμι. Attesté notamment en crétois inf. Fioturv (βοῦν σον 182,19, Gortyne), subj. 3e pl. ἔσαντι (ibid. 190). Nombreux exemples dans la littérature dorienne : ἴσᾶμι (Epich. 254, Pi, P, 4,248, Théoc. 5,119), 2e sg, ἴσαις (Théoc. 14,34), ἴσᾶτι (Théoc. 15,146), 15 pl ἴσἄμεν (Pi. Ν. 1,14). Hsch. a la … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἴσᾶμι, p. 483]

3. ἴσᾶμι · isami — Frisk

ἴσᾶμι ‘weiß’, Inf. ξισάμην (Gortyn), dor. Neubildung (Theok., kret. usw.) zu 3. pl. ἴσαντι = att. ἴσασι nach ἵσταντι : ἱστᾶμι. Schwyzer 665 A.3 m.Lit., 773. — [Frisk, s.v. ἴσᾶμι, p. 768]

4. Ἰσᾶμι · Isami — Frisk

Ἰσᾶμι. Dazu noch yıoauev(ar)‘ εἰδέναι H. — [Frisk, s.v. Ἰσᾶμι, p. 2239]

5. ἴσᾱμι · isami — LSJ

v. οἶδα, and add: ἴσᾱμι Theoc. 5.119; ἴσαις (2 sg.) Id. 14.34; ἴσᾱτι Id. 15.146; ἴσᾰτε Periand. ap. D.L. 1.99; ἴσαντι Theoc. 15.64; inf. γισάμεναι (i.e. ϝισ-) · εἰδέναι, Hsch.; Arc. ἰσάμεν (ισμεν lapis), IG 5(2).357.12; 3 pl. subj. ἴσαντι Schwyzer 190 (Cretan).

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No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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