εἴθε

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

αἴθε (aíthe) — Epic
εἴθ’ (eíth’) — apocopic

Etymology

εἴ (eí) +‎ -θε (-the)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ěː.tʰe/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.tʰe/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.θe/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.θe/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.θe/

Particle

εἴθε • (eíthe)

if only (signifies a wish), would that

Descendants

Greek: είθε (eíthe)

Further reading

εἴθε in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“εἴθε”, 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.
- would that idem, page 991.

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