Lexical Definition

‎εἴ τις‎ eí tis (i tis) if any ^G:COND
from ‎εἰ‎ and ‎τὶς‎

he that, if a(-ny) man('s thing, from any, ought), whether any, whosoever.

• if any

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combination of: εἰ (εἰ+τὶς)

Related to: εἴ τις,

Attic dialect-Ionic dialect and [εἴ τιςκ, see below 11 ad [near the start]), = \_Doric dialect\_ and \_Aeolic dialect\_ αἰ, αἰκ (which see), 5th c.AD: Cypria ">Refs 4th c.AD+] ἤ [εἴ τις and αἰ">Refs] in Epic dialect:— Particle used interjectionally with imperative and to express a wish, but usually either in conditions, if, or in indirect questions, whether. In the former use its regular negative is μ; in the latter, οὐ.

__A INTERJECTIONALLY, in [Refs 8th c.BC+], come now! with imperative, εἴ τις δὲ.. ἄκουσον [εἴ τις δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ φευγόντων [prev. work] 46; most frequently with ἄγε (which see), 1.302, +others ">Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.2 in wishes, with optative, ἀλλ᾽ εἴ τις.. καλέσειεν [Refs]; so later, εἴ μοι ξυνείη μοῖρα [εἴ τις γὰρ γενοίμην ἀντὶ σοῦ νεκρός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1410; εἴ τις γὰρ γένοιτο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.38; εἴ τις γὰρ ἐν τούτῳ εἴη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310d ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; of unattained wishes, in [εἴ τις γὰρ ἐγὼν.. Διὸς πάϊς αἰγιόχοιο εἴην 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.825; Ζεῦ πάτερ, αἰ γὰρ ἐμὸς πόσις εἴη 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 29 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; later with past tenses of indicative, εἴ τις γάρ μ᾽ ὑπὸ γῆν.. ἧκεν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἴ τις γὰρ τοσαύτην δύναμιν εἶχον ὥστε.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive (compare the use of infinitive in commands), αἰ γὰρ τοῖος ἐὼν.. ἐμὸς γαμβρὸς καλέεσθαι [Refs]
__A.2.b εἴθε, Epic dialect αἴθε, is frequently used in wishes in the above constructions, εἴθε οἱ αὐτῷ Ζεὺς ἀγαθὸν τελέσειεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]: later with infinitive, γαίης χθαμαλωτέρη εἴθε.. κεῖσθαι [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__A.2.c εἴ τις γάρ, εἴθε are also used with ὤφελον (Epic dialect ὤφελλον), of past unattained wishes, αἴθ᾽ ὤφελλες στρατοῦ ἄλλου σημαίνειν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἴ τις γὰρ ὤφελον [κατιδεῖν] [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.2.d followed by a clause expressing a consequence of the fulfilment of the wish, αἰ γὰρ τοῦτο.. ἔπος τετελεσμένον εἴη· τῷ κε τάχα γνοίης.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; sometimes hard to distinguish from εἴ τις in conditions (which may be derived from this use), εἴ μοί τι πίθοιο, τό κεν πολὺ κέρδιον εἴη [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B IN CONDITIONS, if:
__B.I with INDIC.,
__B.I.1 with all tenses (for future, see below [εἴ τις δ᾽ οὕτω τοῦτ᾽ ἐστίν, ἐμοὶ μέλλει φίλον εἶναι but ">Refs]if this is so, it will be.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]: any form of the Verb may stand in apodosi, εἴ τις θεοί τι δρῶσιν αἰσχρόν, οὐκ εἴ τιςσὶν θεοί [εἴ τις δοκεῖ, πλέωμεν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 526; εἴ τις Φαῖδρον ἀγνοῶ, καὶ ἐμαυτοῦ ἐπιλέλησμαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 228a; κάκιστ᾽ ἀπολοίμην, Ξανθίαν εἴ τις μὴ φιλῶ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 579, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.475; εἴ τις θεοῦ ἦν, οὐκ ἦν αἰσχροκερδής· εἴ τις δ᾽ αἰσχροκερδής, οὐκ ἦν θεοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 408c; εἴ τις ταῦτα λέγων διαφθείρω τοὺς νέους, ταῦτ᾽ ἂν εἴη βλαβερά [prev. author] “Ap.” 30b, compare 25b ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἴ τις οὗτοι ὀρθῶς ἀπέστησαν, ὑμεῖς ἂν οὐ χρεὼν ἄρχοιτε if these were right in their revolt, (it would follow that) you rule when you have no right, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.I.1.b to express a general condition, if ever, whenever, sometimes with present, εἴ τις δύο ἢ καὶ πλείους τις ἡμέρας λογίζεται, μάταιός ἐστιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with imperfect, εἴ τίς τι ἠρώτα ἀπεκρίνοντο [Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely with aorist, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__B.I.2 with future (much less frequently than ἐάν with subjunctive), either to express a future supposition emphatically, εἴ τις φθάσομεν τοὺς πολεμίους κατακαίνοντες οὐδεὶς ἡμῶν ἀποθανεῖται [εἴ τις μὴ βοηθήσετε οὐ περιέσται τἀκεῖ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.91; εἴ τις αὕτη ἡ πόλις ληφθήσεται, ἔχεται ἡ πᾶσα Σικελία [prev. passage];">Refs 5th c.BC+] in threats or warnings, εἴ τις μὴ καθέξεις γλῶσσαν ἔσται σοι κακά [εἴ τις τιμωρήσεις Πατρόκλῳ, αὐτὸς ἀποθανῇ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 28c, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 28.21: or, ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.I.2.b to express a present intention or expectation, αἶρε πλῆκτρον εἴ τις μαχεῖ if you mean to fight, [εἴ τις ταῦτ᾽ ἀνατεὶ τῇδε κείσεται κράτη 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 485, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.61, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 863. ">Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.I.3 with historical tenses, implying that the condition is or was unfulfilled.
__B.I.3.a with imperfect, referring to present time or to continued or repeated action in past time (in [εἴ τις μὴ διαίτῃ μετρίᾳ ἐχρῶντο they would not be able to do this (as they do)">Refs 8th c.BC+], if they did not live an abstemious life, [εἴ τις μή τι καὶ ναυτικὸν εἶχεν he (from Agamemnon)">Refs 5th c.BC+] would not have been master of islands, if he had not had also some naval force, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; εἴ τις ἦσαν ἄνδρες ἀγαθοὶ.. οὐκ ἄν ποτε ταῦτα ἔπασχον if they had been good men, they would never have suffered as they did, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴ τις γὰρ ἐγὼ τάδε ᾔδἐ.. οὐκ ἂν ὑπεξέφυγε if I had known this.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.I.3.b with aorist referring to past time, εἴ τις μὴ ἔφυσε θεὸς μέλι.. ἔφασκον γλύσσονα σῦκα πέλεσθαι [Refs 6th c.BC+]; εἴ τις μὴ ὑμεῖς ἤλθετε, ἐπορευόμεθα ἂν ἐπὶ βασιλέα had you not come, we should be on our way.., [εἴ τις μὴ ἡ ἀρχὴ διὰ ταχέων κατελύθη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 32d, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.680, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.364, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.5, 27.63 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]: with pluperfect in apodosi, εἴ τις τριάκοντα μόναι μετέπεσον τῶν ψήφων, ἀπεπεφεύγη ἄν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.I.3.c rarely with pluperfect referring to action finished in past or present time, λοιπὸν δ᾽ ἂν ἦν ἡμῖν ἔτι περὶ τῆς πόλεως διαλεχθῆναι, εἴ τις μὴ προτέρα τῶν ἄλλων τὴν εἴ τιςρήνην ἐπεποίητο if she had not (as she has done) made peace before the rest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II with SUB[εἴ τις is regularly joined with ἄν">Refs 1st c.AD+] (Epic dialect κε, κεν), compare ἐάν: [εἴ τιςκαν in Tegean Inscrr. of 4th c.BC (“IG” 5(2).3.16, 31, 6.2, “SIG” 306.34) should be understood as εἴ τιςκ ἄν (εἴ τις: εἴ τιςκ ={οὐ}: οὐκ), since εἴ τις δ᾽ ἄν is also found in “IG” 5(2).3.2, 6.45, and εἴ τιςκ alone, [prev. work]3.21">Refs 4th c.BC+]; but ἄν (κε, κεν) are frequently absent in [εἴ τις with ἄν or κε (ν)) “P.” 4.266, +others; in dialects, αἰ δείλητ᾽ ἀγχωρεῖν “IG” 9(1).334.6 (\_Locrian dialect\_, 5th c.BC)">Refs 8th c.BC+], cf. Foed.Doric dialect cited in [εἴ τις μὴ ἀναβῇ 2.13 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; occasionally in Trag., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; very rarely in Attic dialect Prose, εἴ τις ξυστῶσιν αἱ πόλεις [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in later Prose, εἴ τις θελήσῃ [εἴ τις φονεύῃ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.9.9, compare 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 26. ">NT+3rd c.AD+]
__B.II.1 when the apodosis is future, to express a future condition more distinctly and vividly than εἴ τις with optative, but less so than εἴ τις with future indicative (above [Refs]; εἴ τις δέ κεν ὣς ἕρξῃς καί τοι πείθωνται Ἀχαιοί, γνώσῃ ἔπειθ᾽.. if thou do thus.., thou shalt know, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἂν μὴ νῦν ἐθέλωμεν ἐκεῖ πολεμεῖν αὐτῷ, ἐνθάδ᾽ ἴσως ἀναγκασθησόμεθα τοῦτο ποιεῖν if we be not now willing, [εἴ τιςρήνης δοκῆτε δεῖσθαι, ἄνευ ὅπλων ἥκετε [prev. work] 3.2.13, compare 5.4.30. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.2 when the apodosis is present, denoting customary or repeated action, to express a general condition, if ever, ἤν ποτε δασμὸς ἵκηται, σοὶ τὸ γέρας πολὺ μεῖζον (i.e. ἐστί) whenever a division comes, your prize is (always) greater, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἢν ἐγγὺς ἔλθῃ θάνατος, οὐδεὶς βούλεται θνῄσκειν if death come near, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with ἄν omitted, εἴ περ γάρ τε χόλον.. καταπέψῃ ἀλλά.. ἔχει κότον [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.II.2.b with Rhet. present in apodosis, ἐὰν μὴ οἱ φιλόσοφοι βασιλεύσωσιν, οὐκ ἔστι κακῶν παῦλα there is (i.e. can be, will be) no rest.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III with OPTATIVE (never with ἄν in early Gr., later ἐάν with optative, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
__B.III.1 to express a future condition less definitely than ἐάν with subjunctive, usually with optative with ἄν in apodosis, ἦ κεν γηθήσαι Πρίαμος Πριάμοιό τε παῖδες.. εἴ τις σφῶιν τάδε πάντα πυθοίατο μαρναμένοιιν surely they would exult, if they should hear.., [εἴ τις πράσσοις καλῶς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 979; οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄν με ἐπαινοίη, εἴ τις ἐξελαύνοιμι τοὺς εὐεργέτας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.11; οἶκος δ᾽ αὐτός, εἴ τις φθογγὴν λάβοι, σαφέστατ᾽ ἂν λέξειεν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 37, etc.">Refs 8th c.BC+]: future optative is falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with present indicative in apodosis, [Refs 6th c.BC+]: with future indicative, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III.1.b in Hom.sometimes with present optative, to express an unfulfilled present condition, εἴ τις μὲν νῦν ἐπὶ ἄλλῳ ἀεθλεύοιμεν, ἦ τ᾽ ἂν ἐγὼ τὰ πρῶτα φεροίμην if we were now contending, etc., [εἴ τις μὴ κνίζοι (={εἴ τις μὴ ἔκνιζε}) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 568; also εἴ τις ἀναγκαῖον εἴη ἀδικεῖν ἢ ἀδικεῖσθαι, ἑλοίμην ἂν μᾶλλον ἀδικεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 469c. ">Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.III.2 when the apodosis is past, denoting customary or repeated action, to express a general condition in past time (corresponding to use of subjunctive in present time, above [Refs]; once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἴ τις δέ τινας θορυβουμένους αἴσθοιτο.., κατασβεννύναι τὴν ταραχὴν ἐπειρᾶτο if he should see (whenever he saw) any troops in confusion, he (always) tried, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴ τις ἀντείποι, εὐθὺς ἐτεθνήκει if any one made objection, he was a dead man at once, [εἴ τις with \_indicative\_ in this sense see above 1.1 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]: indicative and optative are found in same sentence, ἐμίσει, οὐκ εἴ τις κακῶς πάσχων ἠμύνετο, ἀλλ᾽ εἴ τις εὐεργετούμενος ἀχάριστος φαίνοιτο [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III.3 in oratio obliqua after past tenses, representing ἐάν with subjunctive or εἴ τις with a primary (never an historical) tense of the indicative in oratio recta, ἐλογίζοντο ὡς, εἴ τις μὴ μάχοιντο, ἀποστήσοιντο αἱ πόλεις (representing ἐὰν μὴ μαχώμεθα, ἀποστήσονται) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔλεγεν ὅτι, εἴ τις βλαβερὰ πεπραχὼς εἴη, δίκαιος εἴη ζημιοῦσθαι (representing εἴ τις βλαβερὰ πέπραχε, δίκαιός ἐστι)[Refs]; εἴ τις δέ τινα φεύγοντα λήψοιτο, προηγόρευεν ὅτι ὡς πολεμίῳ χρήσοιτο (representing εἴ τινα λήψομαι, χρήσομαι) [Refs]; also, where oratio obliqua is implied in the leading clause, οὐκ ἦν τοῦ πολέμου πέρας Φιλίππῳ, εἴ τις μὴ Θηβαίους.. ἐχθροὺς ποιήσειε τῇ πόλει, i.e. Philip thought there would be no end to the war, unless he should make.. (his thought having been ἐὰν μὴ ποιήσω), [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III.4 with optative with ἄν, only when the clause serves as apodosis as well as protasis,[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.IV with infinitive, in oratio obliqua, only in [εἴ τις γὰρ δὴ δεῖν πάντως περιθεῖναι ἄλλῳ τέῳ τὴν βασιληΐην, [ἔφη] δικαιότερον εἶναι κτλ. 1.129; εἴ τις εἶναι τοῦτο μὴ φίλον 2.64, compare 172, 3.105, 108. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.V after Verbs denoting wonder, delight, indignation, disappointment, contentment, and similar emotions, εἴ τις with indicative is used instead of ὅτι, to express the object of the feeling in a hypothetical form, θαυμάζω εἴ τις μηδεὶς ὑμῶν μήτ᾽ ἐνθυμεῖται μήτ᾽ ὀργίζεται, ὁρῶν.. I wonder that no one of you is either concerned or angry when he sees.., [εἴ τις μὴ δίκην δέδωκεν, ἀλλ᾽ εἴ τις μὴ καὶ χρυσῷ στεφάνῳ στεφανωθήσεται ἀγανακτεῖ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.147 ">Refs 4th c.BC+]: after past tenses, ἐθαύμασε δ᾽ εἴ τις μὴ φανερόν ἐστιν [εἴ τιςσῄει, εἴ τις μὴ.. δόξει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.33; ἐθαύμαζον εἴ τι ἕξει τις χρήσασθαι τῷ λόγῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 95a; οὐδὲ ᾐσχύνθη εἴ τις.. ἐπάγει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.105: in oratio obliqua (expressed or implied) with \_optative\_, ἐπεῖπεν ὡς δεινὸν (i.e. εἴη) εἴ τις.. μεγαλόψυχος γένοιτο 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.157; ᾤκτιρον εἴ τις ἁλώσοιντο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.4.7 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐθαύμαζε δ᾽ εἴ τις ἀρετὴν ἐπαγγελλόμενος ἀργύριον πράττοιτο he wondered that any one should demand money, [Refs]; ἔχαιρον ἀγαπῶν εἴ τις ἐάσοι I rejoiced, being content if any one should let it pass, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —in this use the _negative_ οὐ is also found, ἀγανακτῶ εἴ τις ὁ Φίλιππος ἁρπάζων οὐ λυπεῖ [εἴ τις οἱ ἐκείνων ξύμμαχοι οὐκ ἀπεροῦσιν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.121; τέρας λέγεις, εἴ τις οὐκ ἂν δύναιντο λαθεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 91d, etc. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.VI in citing a fact as a ground of argument or appeal, as surely as, since, εἴ ποτ᾽ ἔην γε if there was [as there was], i.e. as sure as there was such an one, [εἴ τις τότε κοῦρος ἔα, νῦν αὖτέ με γῆρας ὀπάζει 4.321 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; πολλοὺς γὰρ οἶκε εἶναι εὐπετέστερον διαβάλλειν ἢ ἕνα, εἴ τις Κλεομένεα μὲν μοῦνον οὐκ οἷός τε ἐγένετο διαβαλεῖν, τρεῖς δὲ μυριάδας Ἀθηναίων ἐποίησε τοῦτο it seems easier to deceive many than one, if (as was the fact, i.e. since) he was not able.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.VII ELLIPTICAL CONSTRUCTIONS:
__B.VII.1 with apodosis implied in the context, εἴ τις having the force of in case, supposing that, πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, εἴ τις ἐπιβοηθοῖεν, ἐχώρουν they marched towards the city [so as to meet the citizens], in case they should rush out, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱκέται πρὸς σὲ δεῦρ᾽ ἀφίγμεθα, εἴ τινα πόλιν φράσειας ἡμῖν εὔερον we have come hither to you, in case you should tell us of some fleecy city (i.e. that we might hear of it), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρέζεο καὶ λαβὲ γούνων, αἴ κέν πως ἐθέλῃσιν ἐπὶ Τρώεσσιν ἀρῆξαι sit by him and grasp his knees [so as to persuade him], in case he be willing to help the Trojans, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄκουσον καὶ ἐμοῦ, ἐάν σοι ἔτι ταὐτὰ δοκῇ hear me also [that you may assent], in case the same opinion please you, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἰδὲ δή, ἐάν σοι ὅπερ ἐμοὶ συνδοκῇ look now, in case you approve what I do, [Refs]
__B.VII.2 with apodosis suppressed for rhetorical reasons, εἴ περ γάρ κ᾽ ἐθέλῃσιν Ὀλύμπιος.. στυφελίξαι if he wish to thrust him away, [he will do so], [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἴ τις μὲν δώσουσι γέρας—· εἴ τις δέ κε μὴ δώωσιν, ἐγὼ δέ κεν αὐτὸς ἕλωμαι if they shall give me a prize, [well and good]; but if they give not, then I will take one for myself, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ ἢν μὲν ξυμβῇ ἡ πεῖρα—· εἴ τις δὲ μή.. and if the attempt succeed, [well]; otherwise.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.VII.3 with the Verb of the protasis omitted, chiefly in the following expressions:
__B.VII.3.a εἴ τις μή except, οὐδὲν ἄλλο σιτέονται, εἴ τις μὴ ἰχθῦς μοῦνον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὰ τὼ θεώ, εἴ τις μὴ Κρίτυλλά γ᾽ [εἴ τιςμί]—nay, if I'm not Critylla! i.e. I am, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴ τις μὴ ὅσον except only, ἐγὼ μέν μιν οὐκ εἶδον, εἴ τις μὴ ὅσον γραφῇ [εἴ τις μὴ εἴ τις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.17, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 480b, etc.">Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴ τις μή τι οὖν, ἀλλὰ σμικρόν γέ μοι τῆς ἀρχῆς χάλασον if nothing else, yet.., [εἴ τις μὴ ἄρα ἡ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐπιμέλεια διαφθορά ἐστιν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.8; εἴ τις μή πέρ γε τὸν ὑοσκύαμον χρήματα εἶναι φήσομεν [prev. author] “Oec.” 1.13. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.VII.3.b εἴ τις δὲ μή but if not, i.e. otherwise, προηγόρευε τοῖς Λαμψακηνοῖσι μετιέναι Μιλτιάδεα, εἴ τις δὲ μή, σφέας πίτυος τρόπον ἀπείλεε ἐκτρίψειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; after μάλιστα μέν, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —after a preceding _negative_, μὴ τύπτ᾽· εἴ τις δὲ μή, σαυτόν ποτ᾽ αἰτιάσει don't beat me; otherwise, you will have yourself to blame, [εἴ τις δὲ μή, οὐ θαρροῦντά με ἕξεις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.35; οὔτ᾽ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι τὰ ὅπλα ἦν ἔχειν· εἴ τις δὲ μή [prev. author] “An.” 4.3.6, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.28, 131, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 91c. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.VII.3.c εἴ τις δέ sometimes stands for εἴ τις δὲ μή, εἴ τις μὲν βούλεται, ἑψέτω· εἴ τις δ᾽, ὅτι βούλεται, τοῦτο ποιείτω [εἴ τις δ᾽ οὖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 722; εἴ τις δ᾽ οὕτως 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1094a24 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴ τις δὲ τοῦτο and if so, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__B.VII.3.d εἴ τις γάρ for if so, [Refs]
__B.VII.3.e εἴ τις if any, i. e. as much as or more than any, τῶν γε νῦν αἴ τις ἐπιχθονίων, ὀρθῶς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴ τις ἄλλος, siquis alius, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also κατ᾽ εἴ τις δέ τινα τρόπον in any way, [Refs]
__B.VII.3.f εἴ ποτε or εἴπερ ποτέ now if ever, ἡμῖν δὲ καλῶς, εἴπερ ποτέ, ἔχει.. ἡ ξυναλλαγή [Refs 7th c.BC+]; but in prayers, εἴ ποτέ τοι ἐπὶ νηὸν ἔρεψα.. τόδε μοι κρήηνον ἐέλδωρ [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.VII.3.g εἴ ποθεν (i.e. δυνατόν ἐστι) if from any quarter, i.e. from some quarter or other, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so εἴ ποθι somewhere, anywhere, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.VII.3.h εἴ πως[Refs 5th c.BC+]: in an elliptical sentence (cf. VII. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.VIII with other PARTICLES:
__B.VIII.1 for the distinction between καὶ εἴ τις (or καὶ ἐάν, or κἄν) even if, and εἴ τις καί (or ἐὰν καί) even though, see at {καί}:—the opposite of καὶ εἴ τις is οὐδ᾽ εἴ τις, not even if; that of εἴ τις καί is εἴ τις μηδέ, if (although) not even.
__B.VIII.2 for ὡς εἴ τις, ὡς εἴ τε, ὥσπερ εἴ τις, etc., see at {ὡς} and ὥσπερ.
__B.VIII.3 for εἴ τις ἄρα, see at {ἄρα}; for εἴ τις δή, εἴπερ, see at {εἴ τις δή, εἴπερ}; for εἴ γε, see at {γέ}.
__B.IX in negative oaths, = Hebrew im, [LXX+NT]
__C IN INDIRECT QUESTIONS, whether, followed by the indicative, subjunctive, or optative, according to the principles of oratio obliqua:
__C.1 with IN[εἴ τις θεός ἐστιν">Refs 4th c.BC+] whether he is a god, [εἴ τις ξυμπονήσεις.. σκόπει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 41. ">Refs 8th c.BC+]
__C.2 with SUB[Refs 1st c.AD+]subjunctive in the direct question, τὰ ἐκπώματα οὐκ οἶδ᾽ εἴ τις Χρυσάντᾳ τουτῳῒ δῶ whether I should give them, [εἴ τις στρατεύηται ἐπὶ τοὺς Πέρσας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.75. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.3 OPT. after past tenses, representing either of the two previous constructions in the direct question, ἤρετο εἴ τις ἐμοῦ εἴη σοφώτερος he asked whether any one was wiser than I (direct ἔστι τις σοφώτερο;), [εἴ τις βούλοιτό οἱ τὴν θυγατέρα ἔχειν γυναῖκα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.60: rarely ">Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist optative for the aorist indicative, ἠρώτων αὐτὸν εἴ τις ἀναπλεύσειεν I asked him whether he had set sail (direct ἀνέπλευσα;), [Refs 4th c.BC+]aorist optative usually represents aorist subjunctive, τὸν θεὸν ἐπήροντο εἴ τις παραδοῖεν Κορινθίοις τὴν πόλιν.. καὶ τιμωρίαν τινὰ πειρῷντ᾽ ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ποιεῖσθαι they asked whether they should deliver their city to the Corinthians, and should try.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] —in both constructions the _indicative_ or subjunctive may be retained, ψῆφον ἐβούλοντο ἐπαγαγεῖν εἴ τις χρὴ πολεμεῖν[Refs]; ἐβουλεύοντο εἴτε κατακαύσωσιν.. εἴτε τι ἄλλο χρήσωνται whether they should burn them or should dispose of them in some other way, [Refs]; ἀνακοινοῦσθαι αὐτὸν αὑτῷ εἴ τις δῷ ἐπιψηφίσαι τοῖς προέδροις [he said that] he consulted him whether he should give.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__C.4 with OPT. and ἄν when this was the form of the direct question, ἠρώτων εἴ τις δοῖεν ἂν τούτων τὰ πιστά they asked whether they would give (direct δοιήτε ἄ;), [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.5 the NEG. used with εἴ τις in indirect questions is οὐ, when οὐ would be used in the direct question, ἐνετέλλετο.. εἴ τιςρωτᾶν εἴ τις οὔ τι ἐπαισχύνεται whether he is not ashamed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but if μή would be required in the direct form, it is retained in the indirect, οὐ τοῦτο ἐρωτῶ, ἀλλ᾽ εἴ τις τοῦ μὲν δικαίου μὴ ἀξιοῖ πλέον ἔχειν μηδὲ βούλεται ὁ δίκαιος, τοῦ δὲ ἀδίκου (the direct question would be μὴ ἀξιοῖ μηδὲ βούλετα; he does not see fit nor wish, does he?) [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—in double indirect questions, εἴτε.. εἴτε..; εἴ τις.. εἴτε..; εἴτε.. ἢ.., either οὐ or μή can be used in the second clause, ὅπως ἴδῃς εἴτ᾽ ἔνδον εἴτ᾽ οὐκ ἔνδον [εἴ τις ἡμῖν πρέπει ἢ οὔ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 451d ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴ τις ἀληθὲς ἢ μή, πειράσομαι μαθεῖν[εἴ τις παρ᾽ ἐκείνῳ διῃτᾶτο ἢ οὔ, καὶ γάμους εἴ τις διττοὺς ὑπὲρ ταύτης εἱστίασεν ἢ μὴ.. πάντα ταῦτα εἴ τιςδέναι τοὺς οἰκέτας 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.9 ">Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοὺς νόμους καταμανθάνειν εἴ τις καλῶς κεῖνται ἢ μή.. τοὺς λόγους εἴ τις ὀρθῶς ὑμᾶς διδάσκουσιν ἢ οὔ [Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Rev.11.5 ☩ LXX.Ps.94.11* ☩ Mark.8.12}