ἵημι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *yīyēmi, reduplicated present of Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- (to throw). Compare Latin iaciō. This has been connected with Hittite [script needed] (iya-, to do, make), but that hypothesis is rejected by Kloekhorst (2008).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ῑ̔́ημῐ • (hī́ēmi)

  1. to release, let go
  2. (of sounds) to utter, speak, say
  3. to throw, shoot, hurl
  4. (of water) to let flow, flow, spout forth
  5. to send
  6. (middle voice) to speed oneself, hasten
  7. (middle voice, with infinitive) to be eager, to desire (to do something)
  8. (middle voice, with genitive) to be set upon, long for

Usage notes

All forms except the present and imperfect are used only in composition.

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἑσία (hesía)
  • ἕσις (hésis)
  • ἑσμός (hesmós)
  • ἑτός (hetós)
  • ἵεσις (híesis)

References

  • ἵημι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἵημι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἵημι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἵημι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ἵημι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ἵημι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Encyclopedia Papyrus-Larousse (1963)
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  • Pokorny *i_e:-
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