ἐστί

See also: ἔστι and ἐστι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἔστι (ésti) — paroxytone
• ἐστι (esti) — unstressed
• ἔστιν (éstin) — paroxytone with movable nu
• ἐστιν (estin) — unstressed with movable nu

Etymology

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

 

• IPA^(key): /es.tí/ → /esˈti/ → /esˈti/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /es.tí/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /esˈti/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /esˈti/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /esˈti/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /esˈti/

Verb

ἐστῐ́ • (estí)

1. third-person singular present active indicative of εἰμί (eimí)

References

• 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.
  • become idem, page 68.
  • decide idem, page 200.
  • destine idem, page 217.
  • determine idem, page 219.
  • due idem, page 255.
  • incumbent idem, page 431.
  • permissible idem, page 607.