oîda

oîda agr. 'sehe'

Von uig. *wóyde, von *weyd-. Vgl. εἶδον eîdon, „sehen“ und εἴδομαι eídomai, „scheinen“, die aus verschiedenen Aspektformen derselben Verbwurzel stammen. Zu den verwandten Wörtern zählen das protoslawische *věděti, das altarmenische գիտեմ gitem, das Sanskrit वेद veda, das lateinische vīdī und das protogermanische *witaną (englischer wit).

Pronunciation IPA^(key): /ôi̯.da/ → /ˈy.ða/ → /ˈi.ða/

Verb

οἶδᾰ • (oîda) first-singular present indicative

1. (transitive) to know, be acquainted with [+accusative = something]
   1. (with neuter accusative plural of an adjective): have a quality in one's heart
   2. (transitive) to be skilled in [+genitive = something]

[ quotations ▼]

1. (intransitive) to know how to [+infinitive = do something]
2. (transitive, when main verb and participle have separate subjects) to know that [+accusative noun and accusative participle = someone else does something]
   1. (intransitive, when subject of main verb and subject of participle are the same) to know that [+nominative participle = one does something]
   2. to know that, with accusative and then an indirect statement introduced by ὅτι (hóti) or ὡς (hōs)
   3. (negative) οὐκ οἶδα εἰ (ouk oîda ei): to don't know if or whether, to doubt that
3. (parenthetic)
4. (a superlative is often followed by the phrase "ὧν ἴσμεν")

Usage notes

The perfect inflections function as present tense, and the pluperfect as imperfect. The inflection is highly variable and irregular, and reflects a more archaic inflectional pattern.