ἔξεστι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐξ- (ex-) +‎ ἐστί (estí).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ék.ses.ti/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈek.ses.ti/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.ses.ti/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.ses.ti/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈek.ses.ti/

Verb

ἔξεστῐ • (éxesti)

(impersonal) to be allowed, to be possible

Conjugation

As an impersonal verb, only third-person singular forms, infinitives, and neuter singular participle forms are found.

Present active indicative: ἔξεστι (éxesti)
Present active imperative: ἐξέστω (exéstō)
Present active subjunctive: ἐξῇ (exêi)
Present active infinitive: ἐξεῖναι (exeînai)
Present active participle: ἐξόν (exón), (Ionic) ἐξεόν (exeón)
Imperfect active indicative: ἐξῆν (exên)
Future middle indicative: ἐξέσται (exéstai)
Future middle optative: ἐξέσοιτο (exésoito)
Future middle participle: ἐξεσόμενον (exesómenon)

Derived terms

ἐξουσίᾱ (exousíā)

Further reading

ἔξεστι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“ἔξεστι”, 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.
- admissible idem, page 12.
- allow idem, page 25.
- open idem, page 574.
- permissible idem, page 607.
- permit idem, page 607.
- possible idem, page 628.
- time idem, page 875.

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