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ἠμί

ἠμί, to say

ἠμί (v. sub fin.), I
  • say, the 1st pers. of pres. being used in Att. dialogue in emphatic repetitions, παῖ ἠμί, παῖ boy Isay, boy! Ar. Nu. 1145, Ra. 37; otherwise only in 3sg. ἠσί Hermipp. 1, Aeol. ἦσι Sapph. 97, Dor. ἠτί Alcm. 139.
    • II impf. ἦν, 3sg. ἦ (the only part used by Hom., chiefly in Il., always at the end of a speech), ἦ, καὶ ἐπʼ ἀργυρέῃ κώπῃ σχέθε χεῖρα he spake and ..., Il. 1.219, etc.; ἦ ῥα, καὶ ἀμπεπαλὼν προΐει ... ἔγχος 3.355, etc.; rarely with the subject expressed, ἦ ῥα γυνὴ ταμίη 6.390, cf. Theoc. 22.75: freq. in Att. in the phrases ἦν δʼ ἐγώ said I, Pl. R. 327c, etc.; ἦ δʼ ὅς said he, Cratin. 192, etc.; ἦ δʼ ὃς λέγων Ar. V. 795; ἦ δʼ ἥ Pl. Smp. 205c; with the subject repeated, ἦ δʼ ὃς ὁ Γλαύκων Id. R. 327b, etc.; later without ὅς, ἦ δʼ ὁ Νεῖλος Philostr. VA 6.16. (Cf. Lat. aio, ad-agium: ἦ fr. *ἧκτ, hence ἠμί etc. on analogy of φῆ: φημί, etc.)

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