tolerable

tolerable

tolerable

ὑποιστός

tolerable: neut nom /voc /acc pl

ὑποιστά̱, ὑποιστός

tolerable: fem nom /voc /acc dual

ὑποιστά̱, ὑποιστός

tolerable: fem nom /voc sg (doric aeolic)

ὑποιστός

tolerable: neut nom /voc /acc pl

ὑποιστά̱, ὑποιστός

tolerable: fem nom /voc /acc dual

ὑποιστά̱, ὑποιστός

tolerable: fem nom /voc sg (doric aeolic)

ὑποιστός

tolerable: masc acc sg

ὑποιστός

tolerable: neut nom /voc /acc sg

ὑποιστός

tolerable: masc acc sg

ὑποιστός

tolerable: neut nom /voc /acc sg

μέτριος, α, ον, also ος, ον Pl.Ti. 59d; [dialect] Aeol. [full] μέτερρος Lyr.Adesp.66 (but

A

μέτριος Sapph.Oxy.1231.5

): ([etym.] μέτρον):—within measure, moderate, and so,

I of Size, μ. ἄνδρες men of average height, Hdt.2.32; μ. πῆχυς the common cubit, Id.1.178; ἰσχὰς μ. a fair-sized fig, Diocl.Fr.140; of Time, μ. μῆκος λόγων the proper length of speech, Pl.Prt. 338b; μ. χρόνος ἀκμῆς a fair average time of maturity, Id.R. 460e.

II of Number, [ἱππεῖς] μ. a reasonable number of.., X. Cyr.2.4.14.

III mostly of Degree, moderate,

ἔργα Hes.Op. 306

;

μ. νῦν ἔπος εὔχου A.Supp. 1059

(lyr.);

μ. χάρις E.IA 554

(lyr.);

σῖτος -ώτατος X.Lac.1.3

; τὸ μ. the mean, S.OC 1212 (lyr.), cf. Pl.Lg. 719e, Plt. 284e;

ὁμολογεῖται τὸ μ. ἄριστον καὶ τὸ μέσον Arist.Pol. 1295b4

;

περαιτέρω τοῦ μ. X.Mem.3.13.5

;

πέρα τοῦ μ. Thphr.CP6.1.4

;

ἐνδοτέρω τοῦ μ. Plu.2.656f

;

τὰ μ. E.Med. 125

(anap.);

εἴη γ' ἐμοὶ μέτρια Id. Ion 632

;

τὰ μ. κεκτῆσθαι X.Mem.2.6.22

;

μ. καὶ δίκαια Ar.Nu. 1137

; μ. φιλία a friendship not too great, E.Hipp. 253 (anap.);

μετρίων λέκτρων μετρίων δὲ γάμων.. κῦρσαι θνητοῖσιν ἄριστον Id.Fr. 503

(anap.); μ. ἐσθῆτι χρῆσθαι simple dress, Th.1.6; μετρία φυλακῇ not in strict custody, Id.4.30;

βίος μ. καὶ βέβαιος Pl.R. 466b

; μ. σχῆμα modest apparel, Id.Grg. 511e;

μ. οὐσίαν κεκτῆσθαι Arist.Pol. 1292b26

; οἱ μ. respectable people, D.18.10; later, poor,

μ. καὶ δυστυχεῖς POxy.120.7

(iv A. D.), etc.: with inf., ὅσον οἰόμεθα μέτριον εἶναι πιεῖν just sufficient, Pl.Phd. 117b.

2 tolerable,

οἷς μὴ μ. αἰών S.Ph. 179

(lyr.);

ἀπὸ τῶν μ. ἐπ' ἀμήχανον ἄλγος Id.El. 140

(lyr.);

μ. ἄχθος E.Alc. 884

(anap.);

κακά Id.Tr. 722

; ναύταις μ. χειμὼν φέρειν ib. 688; μετρίων δεομένῳ making a moderate request, Hdt.4.84;

τυχεῖν τῶν μετρίων Lys.9.4

; τὰ μ. tolerable terms. Decr. ap. D.18.165;

ἐπὶ μετρίοις Th.4.22

; μηδὲν μ. λέγειν nothing tolerably accurate, Pl.Tht. 181b; - ωτάτη ἡ δημοκρατία least intolerable, Arist.Pol. 1289b4, cf. Men.532.17 ([comp] Sup.).

3 of Persons, moderate in desires and the like , temperate, Ar.Pl. 245; -

ώτεροι ἐς τὰ πολιτικά Th.6.89

;

μ. πρὸς τὰς ἡδονάς Pl.Lg. 816b

;

σώφρων καὶ μ. πρὸς τὴν καθ' ἡμέραν δίαιταν Aeschin.3.170

;

ἐν τῷ σίτῳ X.Cyr.5.2.17

; of Love, μάκαρες οἳ μ. θεοῦ (sc. Ἀφροδίτης)

μετέσχον E.IA 543

(lyr.), cf. Fr. 967 (lyr.);

εἰ δ' ἦσθα μ. τἄλλα γ' ἡδίστη θεῶν πέφυκας Id.Hel. 1105

; also, moderate, fair, Thgn.615, Pl.R. 396c, etc.; a favourite word in democratic states,

μ. καὶ φιλάνθρωπος D.21.185

; σαυτὸν -ώτερον παρέχειν ib.134; μ. πρὸς τοὺς ὑπηκόους mild towards.., Th.1.77.

4 proportionate, fitting,

μισθὸς σώφροσι μ. Pl.Ti. 18b

;

μ. λόγοι X.Smp.8.3

.

5 enjoying 'middling' health (cf.

μετριάζω 1.3

), Cat.Cod.Astr.8(1).182.

B Adv. μετρίως moderately, within due limits,

ἀπηγήσεσθαι Hdt.2.161

; in due measure, neither exaggerating nor depreciating,

εἰπεῖν Th.2.35

;

λέγειν Pl.R. 518b

;

μ. περὶ αὑτῶν διαλεχθέντες Isoc.12.171

; μ. ἔχειν to be in due proportion, neither too much nor too little, Pl.Tht. 191d; μ. ἔχειν βίου to be moderately well off, Hdt.1.32;

μ. φιλοσοφίας ἔχειν Pl.Euthd. 305d

: [comp] Comp. μετριώτερον (infr. 3), also - ωτέρως Arist.HA 587a1: [comp] Sup. - ώτατα Th.6.88, etc.

2 enough,

μ. κεχόρευται Ar.Nu. 1511

(anap.);

μ. πρὸς τὴν ἐμὴν ἀνάγκην εἰρημένα Id.Ec. 969

; moderately, pretty well,

ἐν οἰκουμένῃ καὶ μ. πολιτείᾳ Pl.Lg. 936b

;

σωφρονοῦσι καὶ μ. D.6.19

; μ. [λέγειν] Men.Pk. 262;

ἀποδέξασθαι μ. Pl. Tht. 161b

.

3 modestly, temperately,

χαίρειν E.IA 921

, cf. HF 709;

ἀποκρίνασθαι X.An.2.3.20

;

μ. βεβιωκώς Lys. 16.3

(but μ. διάγειν to be moderately off, X.Hier.1.8);

πενθεῖν μ. Antiph.53.1

;

φέρειν Plb.3.85.9

; on fair terms,

μ. ξυναλλαγῆναι Th.4.19

, cf. 20: [comp] Comp. - ώτερον

, πρός τινας φρονεῖν X.Cyr.4.3.7

.

4

μ. ἔχειν

to be in 'middling' health,

PLips.108.6

(ii/iii A. D.).

II neut. μέτριον and μέτρια as Adv.,

μέτριον ἔχειν Pl.Lg. 846c

(sed leg. μέτρον)

; μέτρια βασανισθείς Id.Sph. 237b

: also with Art.,

τὸ μέτριον ἀποκοιμηθῆναι X.Cyr.2.4.26

;

τὰ μέτρια διαφέρεσθαι Th.4.19

, cf. 8.84.

ἀνεκτός, όν, later ή, όν IGRom.4.293 ii 4 (Pergam.), D.L.2.36: [dialect] Aeol. [full] ὄνεκτος Alc.Supp.27.9:—

A bearable, sufferable, tolcrable, mostly with a neg. (like ἀνασχετός)

, λοίγια ἔργα.. οὐδ' ἔτ' ἀνεκτά Il.1.573

;

χρειὼ.. οὐκέτ' ἀνεκτός 10.118

, Thgn.1195, etc.: so mostly in [dialect] Att.,

οὐκ ἀνεκτόν A.Ag. 1364

;

οὐκ ἀνεκτά S.Ant. 282

, etc.; or with a question,

ἦ ταῦτα δῆτ' ἀνεκτά; Id.OT 429

;

ταυτὶ δῆτ' ἀνέκτ' ἀκούειν; Ar. Th. 563

:—οὐκ ἀνεκτόν [ἐστι] foll. by inf., with or without μὴ οὐ, Pl. Tht. 154c, 181b; τὸ μὲν οὐκ ἀ. ἐμοὶ.. γίγνεσθαι Id.Lg. 861d.

2 without a neg.,

τὸ μὲν καὶ ἀνεκτὸν ἔχει κακόν

that can be endured,

Od.20.83

;

ἀ. χοὖτος ἦν ὅμως ἐμοί Pherecr.145.13

;

ἀνεκτὰ παθεῖν Th. 7.77

;

μέχρι τοῦδε ἀνεκτοὶ οἱ ἔπαινοι ἐς ὅσον.. Id.2.35

; παντὶ τρόπψ ὅστις καὶ ὁπωσοῦν ἀνεκτός in any tolerable manner whatsoever, Id.8.90;

ἀ. τι λέγειν Isoc.8.65

;

συμβίωσιν -όν Phld.Ir.p.78W.

;

ἀνεκτότερα

more tolerable,

Cic.Att.12.45.2

;

ἀνεκτότερον ἔσται τινί Ev.Matt. 10.15

,11.22, etc.: [comp] Sup., Phld.Rh.2.226S.

b of persons,

μόγις ἀνεκτοί Lys.22.20

, cf. D.Ep.3.13.

II Adv. -τῶς, in Hom. always οὐκέτ' ἀνεκτῶς, Od.9.350, etc.; οὐκ ἀνεκτῶς ἔχει it is not to be borne, X.HG7.3.1: without neg., Phld.D.3Fr.2, Oec.p.31J.

ὑποιστός

tolerable: masc nom sg

ὑποιστός

tolerable: masc nom sg

κατατίθημι, [tense] fut. - θήσω: Hom. freq. uses the [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. forms, [voice] Act. κάτθεμεν, κάτθετε, κάτθεσαν, inf. κατθέμεν ([dialect] Dor. κατθέμειν prob. in Epich.71, [dialect] Aeol.

A

κά (θ) θηκε Schwyzer647a

(Naucratis, vi B.C.)), [voice] Med. κατθέμεθα, κατθέσθην, κατθέμενοι (sg.

κάτθετο A.R.3.867

); also καταθείομεν, [tense] aor. subj. for καταθῶμεν, Od.21.264; καταθείομαι, [tense] aor. subj. [voice] Med. for καταθῶμαι, Il.22.111, Od.19.17:—place, put, lay down, folld. by various Preps.,

κ. ἄρνας ἐπὶ χθονός Il.3.293

;

κόρυθ' ἐπὶ χθονί 6.473

; κ. τινὰ ἐν Λυκίης δήμῳ or εἰς Ἰθάκην, set him down in.., 16.683, Od.16.230;

τινὰ ἐν λεχέεσσι Il.18.233

;

τεύχε' ἐς θάλαμον Od.24.166

;

ἐς μέγαρον ἐπὶ θρόνου 20.96

;

κλισίην τινὶ παρὰ πυρί 19.55

;

τι ὑπὸ ζυγά 13.20

; τι ἐκ καπνοῦ take down out of the smoke, 16.288, 19.7.

2 put down, offer as a prize,

ἄπυρον κατέθηκε λέβητα Il.23.267

, cf. 885 (tm.);

κ. ἄεθλα Od.24.91

; but κ. ἄεθλον ordain a contest, 19.572; εἰς τὴν ἀγορὰν γράμματα κ. set up as a public notice, Pl.Lg. 946d; so also κ. τι ἐς μέσον put it down in the midst, i.e. for common use, E.Cyc. 547, cf. Ar.Ec. 602; οὐσίαν, χρήματα κ., ib. 855, 871;

τὰ ὅπλα εἰς τὸ μέσον X.Cyr.2.1.14

; but ἐς μέσον Πέρσῃσι κ. τὰ πρήγματα communicate power to them, give them a common share of it, Hdt. 3.80;

ἐς μέσον Κῴοισι κ. τὴν ἀρχήν Id.7.164

;

τὸ αὑτῶν ἔργον ἅπασι κοινὸν κ. Pl.R. 369e

; κ. εἰς τὸ μέσον or εἰς τὸ κοινόν, propose for common discussion, Id.Phlb. 14b, Cra. 384c.

3 put down as payment, pay down, Hdt.9.120, Ar.Ra. 176, Nu. 246, Th.1.27, Pl.Prt. 314b, Lg. 921d, etc.;

τέλη Antipho 5.77

;

μετοίκιον Lys.31.9

;

τὸ ὄφλημα D. 21.99

, cf. 151;

τὰς συμβολάς Antiph.26.8

; put down as paid (in accounts), X. Oec.9.8; τί.. τουτοινὶ καταθῶ σοι .. ; what shall I pay you for these? Ar. Pax 1214: generally, pay, perform what one has promised,

νικῶντί γε χάριν κ. Pi.N.7.76

; ἃ δ' ὑπέσχεο ποῖ καταθήσεις; S. OC 227 (anap.):—alsoin [voice] Med., v.infr.11.7.

b dedicate, Schwyzer647a (Naucratis, vi B.C.), 682 (2) (Cypr.), al.

4 deposit, παρακαταθήκην ὲς .. Hdt.5.92.

ή; ἐνέχυρα IG5(2).344.18

(Orchom.Arc., iii B.C.):— in this sense usu. in [voice] Med., cf. 11.4.

b mortgage, Leg.Gort.6.19, Test.Epict.2.13, etc.

5 deposit in the tomb, bury, v.l. in Ev.Marc. 15.46.

6 sow seed, POxy.1031.17 (iii A.D.).

7 κ. ὁδόν lay down, make a road, Pi.P.5.90.

8 dish up, serve, Epich.71.

9 in late form κατατίθω, consign,

ἀγγέλοις καταχθονίοις Tab.Defix.Aud. 75.1

.

II [voice] Med., lay down from oneself, put off, lay aside, esp. of arms,

τεύχεα.., τὰ μὲν κατέθεντ' ἐπὶ γαίῃ Il.3.114

, cf. Od.22.141 (hence, comically,

θυμὸν κατάθου παρὰ τὴν ὀργὴν ὥσπερ ὁπλίτης Ar.Av. 401

);

χλαίνας μὲν κατέθεντο κατὰ κλισμούς Od.17.86

; ζώναν καταθηκαμένα, of a maiden, Pi.O.6.39; θοἰμάτιον, etc., Ar.Pl. 926, etc.; τὴν χλαμύδα (of the ἔφηβος) prob. in Philem.34; τὴν μοναρχίαν lay down, Plu.Fab.9.

2 metaph., put an end to, settle,

τὸν πόλεμον Th.1.121

, Lys.33.6, D.19.264:—[voice] Pass., ξυμφορᾶς μετρίως κατατιθεμένης being arranged on tolerable terms, Th.4.20.

b put aside, leave out of the question,

τοὺς ποιητάς Pl.Prt. 348a

, cf. Ti. 59c, Democr.3; κ. ἐν ἀμελείᾳ treat negligently, X.Mem.1.4.15.

3 lay down in a place; of the dead, bury, Od.24.190;

κ. πηδάλιον ὑπὲρ καπνοῦ Hes.Op.45

;

τὰς μαχαίρας ἐνθαδί Ar.Eq. 489

; [ τὰ στρώματα] Id.Ra. 166; ὤμοισι κατ' ἄμβροτα θήκατο τεύχη on one's shoulders, Q.S.12.303; put on shore, disembark, Luc.Alex.57; ποῖ δὴ ἡμᾶς ὁ ἀνὴρ -θήσεται; Plu.Caes.37: metaph., πολλὰ αἱ μακραὶ ἁμέραι κατέθεντο λύπας ἐγγυτέρω have brought them nearer.., S.OC 1216 (lyr.).

4 deposit for oneself, lay by, lay up in store (v.supr.1.4), [γαστέρας] ἐπὶ δόρπῳ for supper, Od.18.45;

ἔντεα ἐς θάλαμον 19.17

;

ὅπλα εἰς τὰς ἄκρας X.Cyr.7.5.34

;

βίον Hes.Op. 601

; σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ ib. 361;

καρποὺς ἐς φορβήν Hdt.1.202

;

παραθήκην Id.6.73

;

χρήματα Antipho Soph.54

;

θησαυρὸν παισί Thgn.409

;

θησαυροὺς ἐν οἴκῳ X. Cyr.8.2.15

;

μυρίους δαρεικοὺς εἰς τὸ ἴδιον ἐμοί Id.An.1.3.3

; [ σῖτον] hoarditup in hope of high prices, Lys.22.9.

b metaph., κλέος lay up store of glory, Hdt.7.220, 9.78, Pl.Smp. 208c;

ἀΐδιον δόξαν κ. Th. 4.87

;

κ. ἀποστροφήν τινι X. An.7.6.34

: freq. χάριτα or χάριν κατατίθεσθαι τινι or πρός τινα, lay up a store of gratitude or favour, Hdt.6.41, 7.178, Antipho 5.61, Th.1.33, D.59.21, etc.;

εὐεργεσίαν κ. ἐς βασιλέα Th.1.128

(so in [voice] Pass.,

μεγάλων μοι κατατεθεισῶν ἐς αὐτὸν εὐεργεσιῶν Hdn.3.6.2

, cf. 1.4.3); also

ἔχθραν καταθέσθαι πρὸς ἐκείνους ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν Lys.2.22

;

κατέθετο μῖσος διπλάσιον τῆς οὐσίας Men.626

; but κ. ὀργὴν εἴς τινας vent one's fury upon.., X. Cyn.10.8.

5 deposit in a place of safety,

τοὺς πρέσβεις κατέθεντο εἰς Αἴγιναν Th.3.72

;

τὴν λείαν ἐς τοὺς Βιθυνούς X.HG1.3.2

;

κ. εἰς τὸ οἴκημα D.56.4

;

οἴκαδε Pl.Prt. 314a

;

διαθήκην παρά τινι Is.6.27

;

φιλίαν παρὰ θεούς X.An.2.5.8

; [

Διόνυσον] ἐν Δρακάνῳ Theoc.26.34

:—[voice] Pass., of prisoners, ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ κατατεθῶσιν Lex ap.D.24.63, cf. D.C.58.1.

6 lay up in memory or as a memorial, χρὴ.. γνώμην ταύτην ( ταύτῃ Bgk.)

καταθέσθαι Thgn.717

;

μνημεῖον παρά τινι Pl.Tht. 209c

; κ. εἰς μνήμην record, register, Id.Lg. 858d;

κ. τι ἐς βιβλίον D.61.2

;

γνώμην -θέσθαι εἰς μέσον D.H.Rh.9.4

.

7 pay (cf. 1.3),

ἐκφόριον BGU1059.22

(i B.C.), cf. PTeb.329.7 (ii A.D.), etc.

b employ, spend, τὴν ἀκμὴν.. πρὸς τί κατατιθέμενος on what he is employing the prime of life, Apollod. Com.13.4;

τὸν βίον εἴς τι Phld.Rh.1.244

S.; κ. τὴν σχολὴν εἰς καλόν τι employ one's leisure in.., Plu.2.135d;

τὴν τοῦ λέγειν δύναμιν εἰς τὴν τῶν ἀδικουμένων βοήθειαν D.S.9.13

; σπουδὴν-τιθέμενοι Polystr.p.19 W.

8 impose,

ὄνομα Parm.19.3

, cf. 8.39; but μορφὰς κατέθεντο δύο γνώμας ὀνομάζειν recorded their decision, decided to name, ib.53.

9 in Law, depose, aver,

ἐν ὑπομνήμασι PLips.35.16

(iv A.D.), cf. Cod.Just.1.5.16.1, etc.

b = συγκατατίθεμαι, Eust. 1261.19.

c make a testamentary disposition,

κ. διαθηκιμαίαν βούλησιν PMasp.151.43

, al. (vi A.D.).—Freq. in Hom. and familiar [dialect] Att.; rare in Trag.

χειρο-ήθης, ες,

A accustomed to the hand, manageable, commonly of animals, tame,

κροκόδειλος Hdt.2.69

; θεός τις χ., as Cambyses sneeringly calls Apis, Id.3.28;

χ.πῶλος X.Eq.2.3

;

λέων D.S.1.48

, etc.: c. dat., used to,

ἐγχέλεις ἀνθρώποις χ. Plu.2.976a

; [θηρία] χ. γιγνόμενα τοῖς πόνοις, i.e. by training, ib.2f.

2 of persons, civilized, Str.11.2.4; amenable, c. dat., μοι χ. ἦν καὶ ἐτιθας (ς) εύετο (fort. ἐτετιθάσευτο ) had become submissive to me, of a person, X. Oec.7.10;

τιθασεύουσι χειροήθεις ἑαυτοῖς ποιοῦντες D.3.31

;

τῷ δήμῳ Plu.Per.15

;

τοῖς [ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ λεγομένοις] παρέχουσιν ἑαυτοὺς χ. Id.2.14e

; χ. ὕβρει used to it, Luc.Merc.Cond.35: [comp] Comp.,

ἡδονῇ -έστερος Jul.Caes. 318a

.

3 of things, manageable, tolerable,

τῇ διανοία χ. διὰ τῆς ὄψεως Plu.Mar.16

;

τὰ ὅπλα τοῖς σώμασιν ἐγίνετο χ. Id.Phil.9

, cf. 2.47b;

αὑτῷ χ. καταστησάτω τὸ παθηματικὸν τῆς ψυχῆς μόριον Jul. Or.6.199c

.

ἄνοχον, τό,

A evacuation of the bowels, Thphr.HP3.18.13. [full] ἄνοχος, ον, of weather, tolerable, Cat.Cod.Astr.7.184.35.

ἐπιεικ-ής, ές,

A fitting, meet, suitable, τύμβον οὐ μάλα πολλὸν.., ἀλλ' ἐπιεικέα τοῖον not very large but meet in size, Il.23.246; τείσουσι βοῶν ἐπιεικέ' ἀμοιβήν a fair recompense for them, Od.12.382.—Elsewh. Hom. has only the neut. ἐπιεικές, either in the phrase ὡς ἐπιεικές as is meet, Il.19.147, 23.537, Od.8.389: or c.inf., ὅν κ' ἐπιεικὲς ἀκουέμεν whom it may be meet for you to hear, Il.1.547; ὅπλα.. οἷ' ἐπιεικὲς ἔργ' ἔμεν ἀθανάτων such as is meet they should be, 19.21, cf. 23.50, Od.2.207.

ἐπιεικτός, ή, όν,

A yielding, [dialect] Ep. word, in Hom. always with neg., σθένος οὐκ ἐ. unyielding, dauntless might, Il.8.32; μένος ἔμπεδον οὐδ' ἐ. Od.19.493; μένος.. ἀάσχετον, οὐκ ἐ. Il.5.892; πένθος ἄσχετον, οὐκ ἐ. ceaseless, 16.549.

ἱκᾰν-ός [ῐ], ή, όν, ([etym.] ἱκνέομαι)

A sufficing, becoming, befitting; prose Adj., used two or three times by Trag. (v. infr.):

I of persons, sufficient, competent to do a thing, c. inf., Hdt.3.45, Antipho 1.15, etc.; ἱ. τεκμηριῶσαι sufficient to prove a point, Th.1.9;

-ώτατος [εἰπεῖν] καὶ γνῶναι Lys.2.42

; τίς σοῦ -ώτερος πεῖσαι; X.Cyr.1.4.12; ἱ. ζημιοῦν with sufficient power to punish, Id.Lac.8.4;

ἱ. βοηθεῖν Pl. Phdr. 277a

, cf. R. 365a;

ἱ. ὥστε γνῶναι Id.Lg. 875a

, cf. Phdr. 258b;

ἱ. κατὰ τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν Plb.25.3.6

, al.: c. acc. rei, ἀνὴρ γνώμην ἱ. a man of sufficient prudence, Hdt.3.4; ἱ. τὴν ἰατρικήν sufficiently versed in medicine, X.Cyr.1.6.15: c. dat. rei,

ἱ. ἐμπειρίᾳ καὶ ἡλικίᾳ Pl.R. 467d

;

οἱ τοῖς χρήμασιν -ώτατοι X.Eq.2.1

: c. dat. pers., a match for, equivalent to,

εἷς ἔχων ἰατρικὴν πολλοῖς ἱ. ἰδιώταις Pl.Prt. 322c

, cf. Tht. 169a: abs.,

ἱ. Ἁπόλλων S.OT 377

;

οἱ -ώτατοι τῶν πολιτῶν Isoc. 12.132

;

κριτὴς -ώτερος Id.10.38

;

ἱ. σοφιστής Pl.Ly. 204a

; αὐληταὶ ἱ. ὡς πρὸς ἰδιώτας very tolerable in comparison with.., Id.Prt. 327c;

γυνὴ ἱ. μέν, ἄγροικος δέ Luc.DDeor.20.3

; ὁ Ἱ. the Almighty, LXXRu. 1.21.

2 in bad sense, capable,

ἱ. εἶ λαλῶν κατακόψαι πάντα Men.Sam.69

.

II of things, in amount, sufficient, adequate,

τὰ ἀρκοῦνθ' ἱ. τοῖς γε σώφροσιν E.Ph. 554

;

ἱ. τὰ κακὰ καὶ τὰ παρακείμενα Ar.Lys. 1047

; ἱκανὰ τοῖς πολεμίοις ηὐτύχηται they have had successes enough, Th.7.77; ἱ. εἴς, ἐπί, πρός τι, X.Hier.4.9, Pl.R. 371e, Prt. 322b; [

πρόβατα] ἱ. ἐς φορβήν Hdt.4.121

; of size, large enough,

οὐχ ἱκανῆς οὔσης τῆς Ἁττικῆς Th.1.2

; οὐδ' ἦν ἱκανά σοι.. μέλαθρα.. ἐγκαθυβρίζειν not large enough to riot in, E.Tr. 996;

χώρα ἱ. τρέφειν τοὺς τότε Pl.R. 373d

, al.; of number or magnitude, considerable,

λῦπαι Antipho 2.2.2

; μέρος τῶν ὄντων ib.2.1.6, etc.; of Time, considerable, long,

ἱ. χρόνον Ar. Pax 354

(lyr.);

ἱ. χρόνος τινὶ ἐπιλαθέσθαι Lys.3.10

;

ἱκανόν ἐστί τινι Damox.1.1

: with personal constr.,

ἔφη ἱκανὸς αὐτὸς ἀτυχῶν εἶναι Is.2.7

.

2 sufficient, satisfactory,

ἱ. μαρτυρίαν παρέχεσθαι Pl.Smp. 179b

;

ἱ. λόγῳ ἀποδεῖξαι Id.Hp.Mi. 369c

; τὸ ἱ. λαμβάνειν to take security or bail, Act.Ap.17.9, OGI629.100 (Palmyra, ii A.D.); τὸ ἱ. ποιεῖν give security, Plb.32.3.13, D.L.4.50, Just.Nov.86.4 (but simply, satisfy,

τῷ ὄχλῳ Ev.Marc.15.15

);

ἱ. δοῦναι PSI6.554.23

(iii B.C.), POxy.294.23 (i A.D.); ἐφ' ἱκανόν,= ἱκανῶς, Plb.11.25.1, D.S.11.40.

III Adv. - νῶς sufficiently, adequately, Th.6.92, etc.; λαγόνες λαπαραὶ ἱ. X.Cyn.5.30, cf. Arist.Phgn. 807b26;

ἱ. εἴρηται περί τινος Id.EN 1096a3

, al.; later, considerably, amply, Philostr.VA3.6, VS1.8.3, Ant.Lib.7.7; fully,

μιᾶς ὥρας ἱ. παρελθούσης Ptol.Alm.4.6

.

b excessively, οὔτε γὰρ ἱ. ὑγρόν ἐστι not too moist, Gal.6.765, cf. 767,768;

ἱ. βλαβερά Id.Vict.Att.8

; παχὺ ἱ. αἷμα ibid.

2 ἱ. ἔχειν to be sufficient, Th.1.91, etc.; ἱ. ἐχέτω let this be enough, Pl.Sph. 245e;

ἱ. ἔχει πρός τι Id.R. 430c

, cf. X.Cyr.6.3.22;

περί τινος Pl.R. 402a

; ἱ. ἔχειν τινί to be sufficiently supplied with.., Id.Grg. 493c;

ἱ. ἔχειν τοῦ βάθους Id.Tht. 194d

;

ἐπιστήμης Id.Phlb. 62a

;

ἱ. πεφυκέναι πρὸς τἆλλα Id.Chrm. 158b

: abs., Antipho 2.1.1: [comp] Sup.

- ωτάτως Hp. de Arte12

;

- ώτατα Pl.Phlb. 67a

.

ὑπεύδιος, ον,

A under the calm sky,

γέρανοι Arat.1012

; τὰ ὑπεύδια καὶ κατασκιαζόμενα τῶν δένδρων sheltered.. trees, Plu. ap. EM103.53 = Sch.Il.15.625.

II somewhat calm,

ἀκτή A.R.1.584

, cf. 3.1202;

ὑ. καὶ λεία θάλαττα Ael.NA1.41

, etc.;

τὸ ὑ. τῆς θαλάσσης

a tolerable calm,

Plu.Them.32

. [[pron. full] ῑ in Arat. l.c. metrigr., cf. εὔδιος.]

ὑποιστός, ή, όν, ([etym.] ὑποφέρω)

A tolerable, Hsch., Phot., Suid.

εἰμί (Hom.+) impv. ἴσθι, ἔσο IPol 4:1, ἔστω—also colloq. ἤτω (BGU 276, 24; 419, 13; POxy 533, 9; Ps 103:31; 1 Macc 10:31) 1 Cor 16:22; Js 5:12; 1 Cl 48:5; Hv 3, 3, 4;—3 pers. pl. ἔστωσαν (ins since 200 B.C. Meisterhans³-Schw. 191; PPetr III, 2, 22 [237 B.C.]) Lk 12:35; 1 Ti 3:12; GJs 7:2. Inf. εἶναι. Impf. 1 pers. only mid. ἤμην (Jos., Bell. 1, 389; 631; s. further below); ἦν only Ac 20:18 D, 2 pers. ἦσθα (Jos., Ant. 6, 104) Mt 26:69; Mk 14:67 and ἦς (Lobeck, Phryn. 149 ‘say ἦσθα’; Jos., Ant. 17, 110 al.; Sb 6262, 16 [III A.D.]) Mt 25:21, 23 al., 3 sg. ἦν, 1 pl. ἦμεν. Beside this the mid. form ἤμην (pap since III B.C.; Job 29:16; Tob 12:13 BA), s. above, gives the pl. ἤμεθα (pap since III B.C.; Bar 1:19) Mt 23:30; Ac 27:37; Eph 2:3. Both forms in succession Gal. 4:3. Fut. ἔσομαι, ptc. ἐσόμενος. The mss. vary in choice of act. or mid., but like the edd. lean toward the mid. (W-S. §14, 1; Mlt-H. 201–3; Rob. index; B-D-F §98; Rdm.² 99; 101f; Helbing 108f; Reinhold 86f). Also s. ἔνι.

① be, exist, be on hand a pred. use (for other pred. use s. 3a, 4, 5, 6, 7): of God (Epicurus in Diog. L. 10, 123 θεοί εἰσιν; Zaleucus in Diod S 12, 20, 2 θεοὺς εἶναι; Wsd 12:13; Just., D. 128, 4 angels) ἔστιν ὁ θεός God exists Hb 11:6; cp. 1 Cor 8:5. ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν the one who is and who was (cp. SibOr 3, 16; as amulet PMich 155, 3 [II A.D.] ὁ ὢν θεὸς ὁ Ἰάω κύριος παντοκράτωρ=the god … who exists.) Rv 11:17; 16:5. ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος, in this and the two preceding passages ἦν is treated as a ptc. (for the unusual use of ἦν cp. Simonides 74 D.: ἦν ἑκατὸν φιάλαι) 1:4; 4:8 (cp. Ex 3:14; Wsd 13:1; Paus. 10, 12, 10 Ζεὺς ἦν, Ζ. ἔστι, Ζ. ἔσσεται; cp. Theosophien 18. S. OWeinreich, ARW 19, 1919, 178f). οὐδʼ εἶναι θεὸν παντοκράτορα AcPlCor 1:11. ἐγώ εἰμι (ins in the Athena-Isis temple of Saïs in Plut., Is. et Os. 9, 354c: ἐγώ εἰμι πᾶν τὸ γεγονὸς κ. ὸ̓ν κ. ἐσόμενον. On the role of Isis in Gk. rel. s. IBergman, Ich bin Isis ’68; RMerkelbach, Isis Regina—Zeus Sarapis ’95; for further lit. s. MGustafson in: Prayer fr. Alexander to Constantine, ed. MKiley et al. ’97, 158.) Rv 1:8 (s. ἐγώ beg.). ὁ ὤν, … θεός Ro 9:5 is classed here and taken to mean Christ by JWordsworth ad loc. and HWarner, JTS 48, ’47, 203f. Of the λόγος: ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λ. J 1:1 (for ἦν cp. Herm. Wr. 1, 4; 3, 1b ἦν σκότος, Fgm. IX 1 p. 422, 23 Sc. γέγονεν ἡ ὕλη καὶ ἦν).—Of Christ πρὶν Ἀβραὰμ γενέσθαι, ἐγὼ εἰμί before Abraham was born, I am 8:58 (on the pres. εἰμί cp. Parmenides 8, 5: of the Eternal we cannot say ἦν οὐδʼ ἔσται, only ἔστιν; Ammonius Hermiae [Comm. in Aristotl. IV 5 ed. ABusse 1897] 6 p. 172: in Timaeus we read that we must not say of the gods τὸ ἦν ἢ τὸ ἔσται μεταβολῆς τινος ὄντα σημαντικά, μόνον δὲ τὸ ἔστι=‘was’ or ‘will be’, suggesting change, but only ‘is’; Ps 89:2; DBall, ‘I Am’ in John’s Gospel [JSNT Suppl. 124] ’96).—Of the world πρὸ τοῦ τὸν κόσμον εἶναι before the world existed 17:5. Satirically, of the beast, who parodies the Lamb, ἦν καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν Rv 17:8. Of God’s temple: ἔστιν B 16:6f it exists. τὸ μὴ ὄν that which does not exist, the unreal (Sallust. 17 p. 32, 7 and 9; Philo, Aet. M. 5; 82) Hm 1:1. τὰ ὄντα that which exists contrasted w. τὰ μὴ ὄντα Ro 4:17; cp. 1 Cor 1:28; 2 Cl 1:8. Of God κτίσας ἐκ τοῦ μὴ ὄντος τὰ ὄντα what is out of what is not Hv 1, 1, 6 (on the contrast τὰ ὄντα and τὰ μὴ ὄντα cp. Ps.-Arist. on Xenophanes: Fgm. 21, 28; Artem. 1, 51 p. 49, 19 τὰ μὴ ὄντα ὡς ὄντα; Ocellus Luc. 12; Sallust. 17, 5 p. 30, 28–32, 12; Philo, Op. M. 81; PGM 4, 3077f ποιήσαντα τὰ πάντα ἐξ ὧν οὐκ ὄντων εἰς τὸ εἶναι; 13, 272f τὸν ἐκ μὴ ὄντων εἶναι ποιήσαντα καὶ ἐξ ὄντων μὴ εἶναι; Theoph. Ant. 1, 4 [p. 64, 21] τὰ πάντα ὁ θεὸς ἐποίησεν ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων εἰς τὸ εἶναι).—Of existing in the sense be present, available, provided πολλοῦ ὄχλου ὄντος since a large crowd was present Mk 8:1. ὄντων τῶν προσφερόντων those are provided who offer Hb 8:4. οὔπω ἦν πνεῦμα the Spirit had not yet come J 7:39. ἀκούσας ὄντα σιτία when he heard that grain was available Ac 7:12.—Freq. used to introduce parables and stories (once) there was: ἄνθρωπός τις ἦν πλούσιος there was (once) a rich man Lk 16:1, 19. ἦν ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τ. Φαρισαίων there was a man among the Pharisees J 3:1.—There is, there are ὥσπερ εἰσὶν θεοὶ πολλοί as there are many gods 1 Cor 8:5. διαιρέσεις χαρισμάτων εἰσίν there are various kinds of spiritual gifts 12:4ff; 1J 5:16 al. Neg. οὐκ ἔστι there is (are) not, no (Ps 52:2; Simplicius in Epict. p. 95, 42 as a quot. from ‘tragedy’ οὐκ εἰσὶν θεοί) δίκαιος there is no righteous man Ro 3:10 (Eccl 7:20). ἀνάστασις νεκρῶν οὐκ ἔστιν there is no resurr. of the dead 1 Cor 15:12; οὐδʼ εἶναι ἀνάστασιν AcPlCor 1:12; 2:24; cp. Mt 22:23; Ac 23:8 (cp. 2 Macc 7:14). εἰσὶν οἵ, or οἵτινες there are people who (Hom. et al.; LXX; Just., D. 47, 2 εἰ μήτι εἰσὶν οἱ λέγοντες ὅτι etc.—W. sing. and pl. combined: Arrian, Ind. 24, 9 ἔστι δὲ οἳ διέφυγον=but there are some who escaped) Mt 16:28; 19:12; Mk 9:1; Lk 9:27; J 6:64; Ac 11:20. Neg. οὐδείς ἐστιν ὅς there is no one who Mk 9:39; 10:29; Lk 1:61; 18:29. As a question τίς ἐστιν ὅς; who is there that? Mt 12:11—In an unusual (perh. bureaucratic terminology) participial construction Ac 13:1 ἡ οὖσα ἐκκλησία the congregation there (cp. Ps.-Pla., Eryx. 6, 394c οἱ ὄντες ἄνθρωποι=the people with whom he has to deal; PLond III 1168, 5 p. 136 [18 A.D.] ἐπὶ ταῖς οὔσαις γειτνίαις=on the adjoining areas there; PGen 49; PSI 229, 11 τοῦ ὄντος μηνός of the current month); cp. 14:13.—αἱ οὖσαι (sc. ἐξουσίαι) those that exist Ro 13:1 (cp. UPZ 180a I, 4 [113 B.C.] ἐφʼ ἱερέων καὶ ἱερειῶν τῶν ὄντων καὶ οὐσῶν).

② to be in close connection (with), is, freq. in statements of identity or equation, as a copula, the equative function, uniting subject and predicate. On absence of the copula, Mlt-Turner 294–310.

ⓐ gener. πραΰς εἰμι I am gentle Mt 11:29. ἐγώ εἰμι Γαβριήλ Lk 1:19. σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ Mk 3:11; J 1:49 and very oft. ἵνα … ὁ πονηρὸς … ἐλεγχθῇ [το? s. app. in Bodm.] μὴ ὢν θεός AcPlCor 2:15 (Just., D. 3, 3 φιλολόγος οὖν τις εἶ σύ).—The pred. can be supplied fr. the context: καὶ ἐσμέν and we are (really God’s children) 1J 3:1 (Eur., Ion 309 τ. θεοῦ καλοῦμαι δοῦλος εἰμί τε. Dio Chrys. 14 [31], 58 θεοφιλεῖς οἱ χρηστοὶ λέγονται καὶ εἰσίν; Epict. 2, 16, 44 Ἡρακλῆς ἐπιστεύθη Διὸς υἱὸς εἶναι καὶ ἦν.—The ptc. ὤν, οὖσα, ὄν used w. a noun or adj.and serving as an if-, since-, or although-clause sim. functions as a copula πονηροὶ ὄντες Mt 7:11; 12:34.—Lk 20:36; J 3:4; 4:9; Ac 16:21; Ro 5:10; 1 Cor 8:7; Gal 2:3 al.).—W. adv. of quality: οὕτως εἶναι be so preceded by ὥσπερ, καθώς or followed by ὡς, ὥσπερ Mt 13:40; 24:27, 37, 39; Mk 4:26; Lk 17:26. W. dat. of pers. οὕτως ἔσται ὁ υἱὸς τ. ἀ. τῇ γενεᾷ ταύτῃ so the Human One (Son of Man) will be for this generation 11:30. εἰμὶ ὡσ/ὥσπερ I am like Mt 6:5; Lk 18:11. W. dat. ἔστω σοι ὥσπερ τελώνης he shall be to you as a tax-collector Mt 18:17. εἰμὶ ὥς τις I am like someone of outward and inward similarity 28:3; Lk 6:40; 11:44; 22:27 al. καθώς εἰμι as I am Ac 22:3; 1J 3:2, 7; 4:17.—W. demonstr. pron. (Just., A I, 16, 1 ἃ ἔφη, ταῦτά ἐστι: foll. by a quotation; sim. 48, 5 ἔστι δὲ ταῦτα; and oft.) τὰ ὀνόματά ἐστιν ταῦτα Mt 10:2. αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία J 1:19. W. inf. foll. θρησκεία αὕτη ἐστίν, ἐπισκέπτεσθαι Js 1:27. W. ὅτι foll. αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ κρίσις, ὅτι τὸ φῶς ἐλήλυθεν J 3:19; cp. 21:24; 1J 1:5; 3:11; 5:11. W. ἵνα foll. τοῦτό ἐστιν τὸ ἔργον, ἵνα πιστεύητε J 6:29; cp. vs. 39f; 15:12; 17:3; 1J 3:11, 23; 5:3. W. τηλικοῦτος: τὰ πλοῖα, τηλικαῦτα ὄντα though they are so large Js 3:4. W. τοσοῦτος: τοσοῦτων ὄντων although there were so many J 21:11. W. τοιοῦτος: τοιοῦτος ὤν Phlm 9 (cp. Just., A I, 18, 4 ὅσα ἄλλα τοιαῦτά ἐστι).—W. interrog. pron. ὑμεῖς τίνα με λέγετε εἶναι; who do you say I am? Mt 16:15; cp. 21:10; Mk 1:24; 4:41; 8:27, 29; Lk 4:34 al.; σὺ τίς εἶ; J 1:19; 8:25; 21:12 al. (cp. JosAs 14:6 τίς εἶ συ tell me ‘who you are’). σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ κρίνων; (Pla., Gorg. 452b; Strabo 6, 2, 4 σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ τὸν Ὅμηρον ψέγων ὡς μυθογράφον;) Ro 14:4; ἐγὼ τίς ἤμην; (cp. Ex 3:11) Ac 11:17; τίς εἰμι ἐγὼ ὅτι who am I, that GJs 12:2 (Ex 3:11). W. πόσος: πόσος χρόνος ἐστίν; how long a time? Mk 9:21. W. ποταπός of what sort Lk 1:29.—W. relative pron. οἷος 2 Cor 10:11; ὁποῖος Ac 26:29; 1 Cor 3:13; Gal 2:6; ὅς Rv 1:19; ὅστις Gal 5:10, 19.—W. numerals ἦσαν οἱ φαγόντες πεντακισχίλιοι ἄνδρες 6:44 (cp. Polyaenus 7, 25 ἦσαν οἱ πεσόντες ἀνδρῶν μυριάδες δέκα); cp. Ac 19:7; 23:13. Λάζαρος εἷς ἦν ἐκ τῶν ἀνακειμένων L. was one of those at the table J 12:2; cp. Gal 3:20; Js 2:19. τῶν πιστευσάντων ἦν καρδία καὶ ψυχὴ μία Ac 4:32. εἷς εἶναι be one and the same Gal 3:28. ἓν εἶναι be one J 10:30; 17:11, 21ff; 1 Cor 3:8.—οὐδʼ εἶναι τὴν πλάσιν τὴν τῶν ἀνθρώπων τοῦ θεοῦ (that) the creation of humankind is not God’s doing AcPlCor 1:13.—To establish identity the formula ἐγώ εἰμι is oft. used in the gospels (corresp. to Hebr. אֲנִי הוּא Dt 32:39; Is 43:10), in such a way that the predicate must be understood fr. the context: Mt 14:27; Mk 6:50; 13:6; 14:62; Lk 22:70; J 4:26; 6:20; 8:24, 28; 13:19; 18:5f and oft.; s. on ἐγώ.—In a question μήτι ἐγώ εἰμι; surely it is not I? Mt 26:22, 25.

ⓑ to describe a special connection betw. the subject and a predicate noun ἡμεῖς ναὸς θεοῦ ἐσμεν ζῶντος we are a temple of the living God 2 Cor 6:16. ἡ ἐπιστολὴ ὑμεῖς ἐστε you are our letter (of recommendation) 3:2. σφραγίς μου τῆς ἀποστολῆς ὑμεῖς ἐστε you are the seal of my apostleship 1 Cor 9:2 and oft.

ⓒ in explanations:

α. to show how someth. is to be understood is a representation of, is the equivalent of; εἰμί here, too, serves as copula; we usually translate mean, so in the formula τοῦτʼ ἔστιν this or that means, that is to say (Epict., Ench. 33, 10; Arrian, Tact. 29, 3; SIG 880, 50; PFlor 157, 4; PSI 298, 9; PMert 91, 9; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 16; ApcMos 19; Just., D. 56, 23; 78, 3 al.) Mk 7:2; Ac 19:4; Ro 7:18; 9:8; 10:6, 8; Phlm 12; Hb 7:5 al.; in the sense that is (when translated) (Polyaenus 8, 14, 1 Μάξιμος ἀνηγορεύθη• τοῦτο δʼ ἄν εἴη Μέγιστον) Mt 27:46; Ac 1:19. So also w. relative pron.: ὅ ἐστιν Mk 3:17; 7:11, 34; Hb 7:2. After verbs of asking, recognizing, knowing and not knowing (Antiphanes Com. 231, 1f τὸ ζῆν τί ἐστι;) μάθετε τί ἐστιν learn what (this) means Mt 9:13. εἰ ἐγνώκειτε τί ἐστιν 12:7; cp. Mk 1:27; 9:10; Lk 20:17; J 16:17f; Eph 4:9. W. an indir. question (Stephan. Byz. s.v. Ἀγύλλα: τὶς ἠρώτα τί ἂν εἴη τὸ ὄνομα) τί ἂν εἴη ταῦτα Lk 15:26; τί εἴη τοῦτο 18:36. τίνα θέλει ταῦτα εἶναι what this means Ac 17:20; cp. 2:12, where the question is not about the mng. of terms but the significance of what is happening.—Esp. in interpr. of the parables (Artem. 1, 51 p. 48, 26 ἄρουρα οὐδὲν ἄλλο ἐστὶν ἢ γυνή=field means nothing else than woman) ὁ ἀγρός ἐστιν ὁ κόσμος the field means the world Mt 13:38; cp. vss. 19f, 22f; Mk 4:15f, 18, 20; Lk 8:11ff (cp. Gen 41:26f; Ezk 37:11; Ath. 22, 4 [Stoic interpr. of myths]). On τοῦτό ἐστιν τὸ σῶμά μου Mt 26:26; Mk 14:22; Lk 22:19 and its various interpretations, see lit. s.v. εὐχαριστία. Cp. Hipponax (VI B.C.) 45 Diehl αὕτη γάρ ἐστι συμφορή=this means misfortune.

β. to be of relative significance, be of moment or importance, amount to someth. w. indef. pron. εἰδωλόθυτόν τί ἐστιν meat offered to idols means anything 1 Cor 10:19. Esp. εἰμί τι I mean someth. of pers. 1 Cor 3:7; Gal 2:6; 6:3; and of things vs. 15. εἰμί τις Ac 5:36.—Of no account ἐμοὶ εἰς ἐλάχιστόν ἐστιν (telescoped fr. ἐλάχ. ἐστιν and εἰς ἐλάχ. γίνεται, of which there are many exx. in Schmid, I 398; II 161, 237; III 281; IV 455) it is of little or no importance to me 1 Cor 4:3.

③ be in reference to location, persons, condition, or time, be

ⓐ of various relations or positions involving a place or thing: w. ἀπό: εἶναι ἀπό τινος be or come from a certain place (X., An. 2, 4, 13) J 1:44.—W. ἐν: ἐν τοῖς τ. πατρός μου in my father’s house Lk 2:49 (cp. Jos., Ant. 16, 302 καταγωγὴ ἐν τοῖς Ἀντιπάτρου). ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ on the way Mk 10:32. ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ Mt 24:26. ἐν ἀγρῷ Lk 15:25. ἐν δεξιᾷ τ. θεοῦ at God’s right hand Ro 8:34; in heaven Eph 6:9.—W. εἰς: τὴν κοίτην Lk 11:7; τὸν κόλπον J1:18.—W. ἐπὶ w. gen. be on someth. of place, roof Lk 17:31; head J 20:7 (cp. 1 Macc 1:59); also fig., of one who is over someone (1 Macc 10:69; Jdth 14:13 ὁ ὢν ἐπὶ πάντων τῶν αὐτοῦ) Ro 9:5 (of the angel of death Mel., P. 20, 142 ἐπὶ τῶν πρωτοτόκων); also ἐπάνω τινός J 3:31.—W. dat. be at someth. the door Mt 24:33; Mk 13:29.—W. acc. be on someone: grace Lk 2:40; Ac 4:33; spirit (Is 61:1) Lk 2:25; εἶναι ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό be in the same place, together (Gen 29:2 v.l.) Ac 1:15; 2:1, 44; 1 Cor 7:5.—W. κατά w. acc. εἶναι κατὰ τὴν Ἰουδαίαν be in Judea Ac 11:1; εἶναι ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ κατὰ τὴν οὖσαν ἐκκλησίαν were at Antioch in the congregation there 13:1.—W. ὑπό w. acc. τι or τινα of place be under someth. J 1:48; 1 Cor 10:1.—W. παρά w. acc. παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν by the sea- (i.e. lake-) shore Mk 5:21; Ac 10:6.—W. πρός τι be close to, facing someth. Mk 4:1.—W. adv. of place ἐγγύς τινι near someth. Ac 9:38; 27:8. μακρὰν (ἀπό) Mk 12:34; J 21:8; Eph 2:13; also πόρρω Lk 14:32. χωρίς τινος without someth. Hb 12:8. ἐνθάδε Ac 16:28. ἔσω J 20:26. ἀπέναντί τινος Ro 3:18 (Ps 35:2). ἐκτός τινος 1 Cor 6:18; ἀντίπερά τινος Lk 8:26; ὁμοῦ J 21:2; οὗ Mt 2:9; ὅπου Mk 2:4; 5:40. ὧδε Mt 17:4; Mk 9:5; Lk 9:33. Also w. fut. mng. (ESchwartz, GGN 1908, 161 n.; on the fut. use of the pres. cp. POxy 531, 22 [II A.D.] ἔστι δὲ τοῦ Τῦβι μηνὸς σοὶ ὸ̔ θέλεις) ὅπου εἰμί J 7:34, 36; 12:26; 14:3; 17:24. As pred., to denote a relatively long stay at a place, stay, reside ἴσθι ἐκεῖ stay there Mt 2:13, cp. vs. 15; ἐπʼ ἐρήμοις τόποις in lonely places Mk 1:45; ἦν παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν he stayed by the lakeside 5:21.

ⓑ involving humans or transcendent beings: w. adv. ἔμπροσθέν τινος Lk 14:2. ἔναντί τινος Ac 8:21; ἐνώπιόν τινος Lk 14:10; Ac 4:19; 1 Pt 3:4; Rv 7:15; ἐντός τινος Lk 17:21; ἐγγύς τινος J 11:18; 19:20; Ro 10:8 (Dt 30:14).—W. prep. ἐν τινί equiv. to ἔκ τινος εἶναι be among Mt 27:56; cp. Mk 15:40; Ro 1:6. Of God, who is among his people 1 Cor 14:25 (Is 45:14; Jer 14:9); of the Spirit J 14:17. Of persons under Christ’s direction: ἐν θεῷ 1J 2:5; 5:20 (s. Norden, Agn. Th. 23, 1). ἔν τινι rest upon, arise from someth. (Aristot., Pol. 7, 1, 3 [1323b, 1] ἐν ἀρετῇ; Sir 9:16) Ac 4:12; 1 Cor 2:5; Eph 5:18.—εἴς τινα be directed, inclined toward Ac 23:30; 2 Cor 7:15; 1 Pt 1:21.—κατά w. gen. be against someone (Sir 6:12) Mt 12:30; Mk 9:40 and Lk 9:50 (both opp. ὑπέρ); Gal 5:23.—σύν τινι be with someone (Jos., Ant. 7, 181) Lk 22:56; 24:44; Ac 13:7; accompany, associate w. someone Lk 8:38; Ac 4:13; 22:9; take sides with someone (X., Cyr. 5, 4, 37; 7, 5, 77; Jos., Ant. 11, 259 [of God]) Ac 14:4.—πρός τινα be with someone Mt 13:56; Mk 6:3; J 1:1f. I am to be compared w. IMg 12.—μετά and gen. be with someone (Judg 14:11) Mt 17:17; Mk 3:14; 5:18; J 3:26; 12:17; ἔστω μεθʼ ὑμῶν εἰρήνη AcPlCor 2:40; of God, who is with someone (Gen 21:20; Judg 6:13 al.; Philo, Det. Pot. Ins. 4; Jos., Ant. 6, 181; 15, 138) Lk 1:66; J 3:2; 8:29; Ac 10:38 al.; also be with in the sense be favorable to, in league with (Ex 23:2) Mt 12:30; Lk 11:23; of punishment attending a pers. τὸ πῦρ ἐστι μετʼ αὐτοῦ AcPlCor 2:37.—παρά and gen. come from someone (X., An. 2, 4, 15; Just., D. 8, 4 ἔλεος παρὰ θεοῦ) fr. God J 6:46; 7:29; w. dat. be with, among persons Mt 22:25; Ac 10:6. W. neg. be strange to someone, there is no … in someone Ro 2:11; 9:14; Eph 6:9.—ὑπέρ w. gen. be on one’s side Mk 9:4 and Lk 9:50 (both opp. κατά); w. acc. be superior to (Sir 25:10; 30:16) Lk 6:40.

ⓒ of condition or circumstance: κατά w. acc. live in accordance with (Sir 28:10; 43:8; 2 Macc 9:20) κατὰ σάκρα, πνεῦμα Ro 8:5. οὐκ ἔστιν κατὰ ἄνθρωπον not human (in origin) Gal 1:11.—Fig. ὑπό w. acc. be under (the power of) someth. Ro 3:9; 6:14f; Gal 3:10, 25.—W. ἐν of existing ἐν τῷ θεῷ εἶναι of humankind: have its basis of existence in God Ac 17:28. Of states of being: ἐν δόξῃ 2 Cor 3:8; ἐν εἰρήνῃ Lk 11:21; ἐν ἔχθρᾳ at enmity 23:12; ἐν κρίματι under condemnation vs. 40. ἐν ῥύσει αἵματος suffer from hemorrhages Mk 5:25; Lk 8:43 (cp. Soph., Aj. 271 ἦν ἐν τῇ νόσῳ; cp. TestJob 35:1 ἐν πληγαῖς πολλαῖς). Periphrastically for an adj. ἐν ἐξουσίᾳ authoritative Lk 4:32. ἐν βάρει important 1 Th 2:7. ἐν τῇ πίστει true believers, believing 2 Cor 13:5. Be involved in someth. ἐν ἑορτῇ be at the festival=take part in it J 2:23. ἐν τούτοις ἴσθι devote yourself to these things 1 Ti 4:15 (cp. X., Hell. 4, 8, 7 ἐν τοιούτοις ὄντες=occupied w. such things; Jos., Ant. 2, 346 ἐν ὕμνοις ἦσαν=they occupied themselves w. the singing of hymns).—Fig., live in the light 1J 2:9; cp. vs. 11; 1 Th 5:4; in the flesh Ro 7:5; 8:8; AcPlCor 1:6. ἐν οἷς εἰμι in the situation in which I find myself Phil 4:11 (X., Hell. 4, 2, 1; Diod S 12, 63, 5; 12, 66, 4; Appian, Hann. 55 §228 ἐν τούτοις ἦν=he was in this situation; Jos., Ant. 7, 232 ἐν τούτοις ἦσαν=found themselves in this sit.; TestJob 35:6 ἐν τίνι ἐστίν; s. ZPE VIII 170). ἐν πολλοῖς ὢν ἀστοχήμασι AcPlCor 2:1. Of characteristics, emotions, etc. ἔν τινί ἐστιν, e.g. ἀδικία J 7:18; ἄγνοια Eph 4:18; ἀλήθεια J 8:44; 2 Cor 11:10 (cp. 1 Macc 7:18); ἁμαρτία 1J 3:5.

ⓓ of time ἐγγύς of καιρός be near Mt 26:18; Mk 13:28. πρὸς ἑσπέραν ἐστίν it is toward evening Lk 24:29 (Just., D. 137, 4 πρὸς δυσμὰς … ὁ ἥλιός ἐστι).

④ to be alive in a period of time, live, denoting temporal existence (Hom., Trag., Thu. et al.; Sir 42:21; En 102:5 Philo, De Jos. 17; Jos., Ant. 7, 254) εἰ ἤμεθα ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν if we had lived in the days of our fathers Mt 23:30. ὅτι οὐκ εἰσὶν because they were no more 2:18 (Jer 38:15). ἦσαν ἐπὶ χρόνον ἱκανόν (those who were healed and raised by Christ) remained alive for quite some time Qua.

⑤ to be the time at which someth. takes place w. indications of specific moments or occasions, be (X., Hell. 4, 5, 1, An. 4, 3, 8; Sus 13 Theod.; 1 Macc 6:49; 2 Macc 8:26; Jos., Ant. 6, 235 νουμηνία δʼ ἦν; 11, 251): ἦν ὥρα ἕκτη it was the sixth hour (=noon acc. to Jewish reckoning) Lk 23:44; J 4:6; 19:14.—Mk 15:25; J 1:39. ἦν ἑσπέρα ἤδη it was already evening Ac 4:3. πρωί̈ J 18:28. ἦν παρασκευή Mk 15:42. ἦν ἑορτὴ τῶν Ἰουδαίων J 5:1. σάββατόν ἐστιν vs. 10 et al. Short clauses (as Polyaenus 4, 9, 2 νὺξ ἦν; 7, 44, 2 πόλεμος ἦν; exc. 36, 8 ἦν ἀρίστου ὥρα; Jos., Ant. 19, 248 ἔτι δὲ νὺξ ἦν) χειμὼν ἦν J 10:22; ἦν δὲ νύξ (sim. Jos., Bell. 4, 64) 13:30; ψύχος it was cold 18:18; καύσων ἔσται it will be hot Lk 12:55.

⑥ to take place as a phenomenon or event, take place, occur, become, be, be in (Hom., Thu. et al.; LXX; En 104:5; 106:6.—Cp. Just., D. 82, 2 of Christ’s predictions ὅπερ καὶ ἔστι ‘which is in fact the case’.) ἔσται θόρυβος τοῦ λαοῦ a popular uprising Mk 14:2. γογγυσμὸς ἦν there was (much) muttering J 7:12. σχίσμα there was a division 9:16; 1 Cor 1:10; 12:25. ἔριδες … εἰσίν quarrels are going on 1:11. δεῖ αἱρέσεις εἶναι 11:19. θάνατος, πένθος, κραυγή, πόνος ἔσται Rv 21:4. ἔσονται λιμοὶ κ. σεισμοί Mt 24:7. Hence τὸ ἐσόμενον what was going to happen (Sir 48:25) Lk 22:49. πότε ταῦτα ἔσται; when will this happen? Mt 24:3. πῶς ἔσται τοῦτο; how can this be? Lk 1:34. Hebraistically (הָיָה; s. KBeyer, Semitische Syntax im NT, ’62, 63–65) καὶ ἔσται w. fut. of another verb foll. and it will come about that Ac 2:17 (Jo 3:1); 3:23 (w. δέ); Ro 9:26 (Hos 2:1).—W. dat. ἐστί τινι happen, be granted, come, to someone (X., An. 2, 1, 10; Jos., Ant. 11, 255; Just., D. 8, 4 σοὶ … ἔλεος ἔσται παρὰ θεοῦ) Mt 16:22; Mk 11:24; Lk 2:10; GJs 1:1; 4:3; 8:3; τί ἐστίν σοι τοῦτο, ὅτι what is the matter with you, that GJs 17:2.—Of becoming or turning into someth. become someth. εἰς χολὴν πικρίας εἶναι become bitter gall Ac 8:23. εἰς σάρκα μίαν Mt 19:5; Mk 10:8; 1 Cor 6:16; Eph 5:31 (all Gen 2:24. Cp. Syntipas p. 42, 24 οὐκ ἔτι ἔσομαι μετὰ σοῦ εἰς γυναῖκα); τὰ σκολιὰ εἰς εὐθείας Lk 3:5 (Is 40:4); εἰς πατέρα 2 Cor 6:18; Hb 1:5 (2 Km 7:14; 1 Ch 22:10; 28:6); εἰς τὸ ἕν 1J 5:8.— Serve as someth. (IPriene 50, 39 [c. II B.C.] εἶναι εἰς φυλακὴν τ. πόλεως; Aesop., Fab. 28 H.=18 P.; 26 Ch.; 18 H-H. εἰς ὠφέλειαν; Gen 9:13; s. also εἰς 4d) 1 Cor 14:22; Col 2:22; Js 5:3.—Of something being ἀνεκτότερον ἔσται it will be more tolerable τινί for someone Lk 10:12, 14.

⑦ to exist as possibility ἔστιν w. inf. foll. it is possible, one can (Περὶ ὕψους 6; Diog. L. 1, 110 ἔστιν εὑρεῖν=one can find; Just., A I, 59, 10 ἔστι ταῦτα ἀκοῦσαι καὶ μαθεῖν; D. 42, 3 ἰδεῖν al.; Mel., P. 19, 127); neg. οὐκ ἔστιν νῦν λέγειν it is not possible to speak at this time Hb 9:5. οὐκ ἔστιν φαγεῖν it is impossible to eat 1 Cor 11:20 (so Hom. et al.; UPZ 70, 23 [152/151 B.C.] οὐκ ἔστι ἀνακύψαι με πώποτε … ὑπὸ τῆς αἰσχύνης; 4 Macc 13:5; Wsd 5:10; Sir 14:16; 18:6; EpJer 49 al.; EpArist 163; Jos., Ant. 2, 335; Ath. 22, 3 ἔστιν εἰπεῖν).

⑧ to have a point of derivation or origin, be,/come from somewhere ἐκ τῆς ἐξουσίας Ἡρῴδου from Herod’s jurisdiction Lk 23:7; ἐκ Ναζαρέτ (as an insignificant place) J 1:46; ἐκ τῆς γῆς 3:31; ἐκ γυναικός 1 Cor 11:8 al. ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, ἐξ ἀνθρώπων be of heavenly (divine), human descent Mt 21:25; Mk 11:30; Lk 20:4. Be generated by (cp. Sb 8141, 21f [ins I B.C.] οὐδʼ ἐκ βροτοῦ ἤεν ἄνακτος, ἀλλὰ θεοῦ μεγάλου ἔκγονος; En 106:6) Mt 1:20. Esp. in Johannine usage ἐκ τοῦ διαβόλου εἶναι originate from the devil J 8:44; 1J 3:8. ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ 3:12; ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου J 15:19; 17:14, 16; 1J 4:5. ἐκ τῆς ἀληθείας εἶναι 2:21; J 18:37 etc. Cp. 9 end.

⑨ to belong to someone or someth. through association or genetic affiliation, be, belong w. simple gen. (X., Hell. 2, 4, 36; Iambl., Vi. Pyth. 33, 230 τῶν Πυθαγορείων) οἱ τῆς ὁδοῦ ὄντες those who belong to the Way Ac 9:2. εἰμὶ Παύλου I belong to Paul 1 Cor 1:12; 3:4; cp. Ro 8:9; 2 Cor 10:7; 1 Ti 1:20; Ac 23:6. ἡμέρας εἶναι belong to the day 1 Th 5:8, cp. vs. 5. W. ἔκ τινος 1 Cor 12:15f; Mt 26:73; Mk 14:69f; Lk 22:58 al. (cp. X., Mem. 3, 6, 17; oft LXX). ἐκ τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ τῶν δώδεκα belong to the twelve 22:3. ὅς ἐστιν ἐξ ὑμῶν who is a fellow-countryman of yours Col 4:9.—To belong through origin 2 Cor 4:7. Of Mary: ἦν τῆς φυλῆς τοῦ Δαυίδ was of David’s line GJs 10:1. Cp. 8 above.

⑩ to have someth. to do with someth. or someone, be. To denote a close relationship ἐξ ἔργων νόμου εἶναι rely on legal performance Gal 3:10. ὁ νόμος οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ πίστεως the law has nothing to do with faith vs. 12.—To denote a possessor Mt 5:3, 10; l9:14; Mk 12:7; Lk 18:16; 1 Cor 6:19. Esp. of God who owns the Christian Ac 27:23; 1 Cor 3:23; 2 Ti 2:19 (Num 16:5). οὐδʼ εἶναι τὸν κόσμον θεοῦ, ἀλλὰ ἀγγέλων AcPlCor 1:15 (cp. Just., A II, 13, 4 ὅσα … καλῶς εἴρηται, ἡμῶν τῶν χριστιανῶν ἐστι).—W. possess. pron. ὑμετέρα ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία Lk 6:20. οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμὸν δοῦναι Mk 10:40 (cp. Just., A I, 4, 2 ὑμέτερον ἀγωνιᾶσαί ἐστι ‘it is a matter for your concern’).—To denote function (X., An. 2, 1, 4) οὐχ ὑμῶν ἐστιν it is no concern of yours Ac 1:7—Of quality παιδεία οὐ δοκεῖ χαρᾶς εἶναι discipline does not seem to be (partake of) joy Hb 12:11.—10:39.

⑪ as an auxiliary: very commonly the simple tense forms are replaced by the periphrasis εἶναι and the ptc. (B-D-F §352–55; Mlt. 225–27, 249; Mlt-H. 451f; Rdm.² 102, 105, 205; Kühner-G. I 38ff; Rob. 374–76, 1119f; CTurner, Marcan Usage: JTS 28, 1927 349–51; GKilpatrick, BT 7, ’56, 7f; very oft. LXX).

ⓐ (as in Hom et al.) w. the pf. ptc. to express the pf., plpf. and fut. pf. act. and pass. (s. Mayser 329; 377) ἦσαν ἐληλυθότες they had come Lk 5:17. ἦν αὐτῶν ἡ καρδία πεπωρωμένη their hearts were hardened Mk 6:52. ἠλπικότες ἐσμέν we have set our hope 1 Cor 15:19. ὁ καιρὸς συνεσταλμένος ἐστίν the time has become short 7:29. ἦν ἑστώς (En 12:3) he was standing (more exactly he took his stand) Lk 5:1.

ⓑ w. pres. ptc. (B-D-F §353).

α. to express the pres. ἐστὶν προσαναπληροῦσα τὰ ὑστερήματα supplies the wants 2 Cor 9:12 (Just., A I, 26, 5 Μαρκίων … καὶ νῦν ἔτι ἐστὶ διδάσκων; Mel., P. 61, 441 ἐστὶν … κηρυσσόμενον).

β. impf. or aor. ἦν καθεύδων he was sleeping Mk 4:38. ἦσαν ἀναβαίνοντες … ἦν προάγων 10:32; cp. Lk 1:22; 5:17; 11:14 al. (JosAs 1:3 ἦν συνάγων τὸν σίτον; Mel., P. 80, 580 ἦσθα εὐφραινόμενος). ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀλήθινόν … ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον the true light entered the world J 1:9, w. ἦν introducing a statement in dramatic contrast to the initial phrase of vs. 8.—To denote age (Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 1, 2 al. Jac.; POxy 275, 9 [66 A.D.] οὐδέπω ὄντα τῶν ἐτῶν; Tob 14:11) Mk 5:42; Lk 3:23; Ac 4:22; GJs 12:3.—Mussies 304–6.

γ. fut. ἔσῃ σιωπῶν you will be silent Lk 1:20; cp. 5:10; Mt 24:9; Mk 13:13; Lk 21:17, 24 al.; 2 Cl 17:7 Bihlm. (the child) shall serve him (God).

ⓒ w. aor. ptc. as plpf. (Aelian, NA 7, 11; Hippiatr. 34, 14, vol. I p. 185, 3 ἦν σκευάσας; ISyriaW 2070b ἦν κτίσας; AcThom 16; 27 [Aa II/2 p. 123, 2f; p. 142, 10]; B-D-F §355 m.—JVogeser, Z. Sprache d. griech. Heiligenlegenden, diss. Munich 1907, 14; JWittmann, Sprachl. Untersuchungen zu Cosmas Indicopleustes, diss. Munich 1913, 20; SPsaltes, Gramm. d. byzant. Chroniken 1913, 230; Björck [διδάσκω end] 75; B-D-F §355). ἦν βληθείς had been thrown Lk 23:19; J 18:30 v.l.—GPt 6:23; 12:51. (Cp. Just., A II, 10, 2 διʼ εὑρέσεως … ἐστὶ πονηθέντα αὐτοῖς ‘they achieved through investigation’).

ⓓ Notice esp. the impersonals δέον ἐστίν it is necessary (Pla. et al.; POxy 727, 19; Sir praef. ln. 3; 1 Macc 12:11 δέον ἐστὶν καὶ πρέπον) Ac 19:36; εἰ δέον ἐστίν if it must be 1 Pt 1:6 (s. δεῖ 2a); 1 Cl 34:2; πρέπον ἐστίν it is appropriate (Pla. et al.; POxy 120, 24; 3 Macc 7:13) Mt 3:15; 1 Cor 11:13.

ⓔ In many cases the usage w. the ptc. serves to emphasize the duration of an action or condition (BGU 183, 25 ἐφʼ ὸ̔ν χρόνον ζῶσα ᾖ Σαταβούς); JosAs 2:1 ἦν … ἐξουθενοῦσα καὶ καταπτύουσα πάντα ἄνδρα). ἦν διδάσκων he customarily taught Mk 1:22; Lk 4:31; 19:47. ἦν θέλων he cherished the wish 23:8. ἦσαν νηστεύοντες they were keeping the fast Mk 2:18. ἦσαν συλλαλοῦντες they were conversing for a while 9:4. ἦν προσδεχόμενος he was waiting for (the kgdm.) 15:43. ἦν συγκύπτουσα she was bent over Lk 13:11.

ⓕ to emphasize the adjectival idea inherent in the ptc. rather than the concept of action expressed by the finite verb ζῶν εἰμι I am alive Rv 1:18. ἦν ὑποτασσόμενος he was obedient Lk 2:51. ἦν ἔχων κτήματα πολλά he was very rich Mt 19:22; Mk 10:22. ἴσθι ἐξουσίαν ἔχων you shall have authority Lk 19:17 (Lucian, Tim. 35 ἴσθι εὐδαιμονῶν). ἦν καταλλάσσων (God) was reconciling 2 Cor 5:19 (cp. Mel., P. 83, 622 οὗτος ἦν ὁ ἐκλεξάμενός σε; Ath. 15, 2 οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ … καρπούμενος).—LMcGaughy, Toward a Descriptive Analysis of ΕΙΝΑΙ as a Linking Verb in the Gk. NT, diss. Vanderbilt, ’70 (s. esp. critique of treatment of εἰμί in previous edd. of this lexicon pp. 12–15).—Mlt. 228. B. 635. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

μερίς, ίδος, ἡ (s. μερίζω and three next entries; Antiphon, Thu.+; ins, pap, LXX, TestSol; TestJob 38:2; 41:5; Test12Patr; Philo; Jos., Ant. 11, 292, Vi. 36; Just.).

① a portion of a whole that has been divided, part (Pla., Soph. p. 266a; Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 1, 14 Jac.; Diod S 15, 31, 2; 15, 64, 1 [where comparison with 15, 63, 4 τέτταρα μέρη … ἡ πρώτη μερίς shows that it is not necessary to assume that there is a difference in the meanings of these word-forms]. In ins and pap oft.=district: OGI 177, 9; 179, 8; PPetr III, 32 recto, 3 τῆς Θεμίστου μερίδος; BGU 975, 6 [45 A.D.]; PTebt 302, 4; 315, 13; Diod S 1, 54, 3; Josh 18:6). The wording of Ac 16:12 v.l in describing Philippi ἥτις ἐστὶν πρώτη τῆς μερίδος Μακεδονίας πόλις (vv.ll., among others, πρ. τῆς μερ. τῆς Μακ.; πρ. τῆς Μακ.) is difficult because of τῆς μερίδος.The transl. leading city of the district of Macedonia (e.g. Beyer, Steinmann, Bauernfeind, NRSV) is tolerable only through lack of a better one. As far as the form is concerned, the article is lacking w. πρώτη, and as far as subject matter goes, Philippi was not the capital city (which πρώτη means in such a context: Ps.-Scylax, Peripl. 35 [BFabricius 1878]; schol. on Pind., O. 8, 1h; cp. 6, 144g; Eunap. 7; 96; Procop., Aedif. 5, 4, 18 μητρόπολις … οὕτω πόλιν τ. πρώτην τοῦ ἔθνους καλοῦσι Ῥωμαῖοι) either of the province of Macedonia or of any of its districts. The Nestle text follows Blass, who favored the conjecture of Johannes Clericus (LeClerc), and reads πρώτη[ς] μερίδος τῆς Μακεδονίας of the first district of Macedonia, w. ref. to the fact that the Romans (Livy 45, 29) divided Macedonia into four μερίδες=districts in 167 B.C. (so also Hoennicke, Preuschen, Wlh., Zahn; Field, Notes 124; EHaupt, Gefangenschaftsbriefe⁷ 1902, 83f; Belser; Zürcher Bibel ’31; Haenchen ad loc; RBorger, TRu 52, ’87, 37f. On the textual variants, s. Metzger, Textual Commentary ad loc. S. also AClark and JLarsen s.v. κεφαλή 2b, end.—If the restoration of the apparently damaged text should result in a wording that would make it possible for πρώτη to refer to the progress of a journey, we might compare Arrian, Anab. 4, 23, 3 ἡ πρώτη καθʼ ὁδὸν πόλις; Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 35 §137 Ariminum ἐστὶν Ἰταλίας πρώτη [i.e., πόλις] μετὰ τὴν Γαλατίαν=the first city in Italy after [leaving] Gaul; Ps.-Scylax §67: from Thessaly the πρώτη πόλις Μακεδονίας is Ἡράκλειον.—Linguistically πρ. πόλ. can, of course, be understood of time as well, and can mean the first city in connection with which someth. happens [Diod S 12, 67, 2 Acanthus was the first city, πρ. πόλ., to revolt from Athens]).

② share, portion (Demosth. 43, 82; Plut., Ages. 17, 5; Lucian, De Merc. Cond. 26; Vett. Val. 345, 16; SIG 1013, 4; BGU 996 III, 1; PLond III, 880, 18ff p. 9 [113 B.C.]; POxy 1482, 21; LXX) τὴν ἀγαθὴν μ. ἐκλέγεσθαι choose the better portion Lk 10:42 (fig., of food? Cp. Mft., transl., ‘Mary has chosen the best dish’, and s. Gen 43:34; 1 Km 9:23, but against him TGillieson, ET 59, ’47/48, 111f. For other reff. Field, Notes 63f; HAlmqvist, Plutarch u. d. NT ’46, 65). μ. κυρίου the Lord’s portion 1 Cl 29:2 (Dt 32:9); cp. 30:1. τίς μερὶς πιστῷ μετὰ ἀπίστου; what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? (i.e., with ref. to the same thing; on μετά s. below) 2 Cor 6:15. Sim. μετὰ μοιχῶν τὴν μερίδα σου ἐτίθεις you cast your lot w. adulterers 1 Cl 35:8 (Ps 49:18). οὐκ ἔστιν σοι μ. οὐδὲ κλῆρος ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τούτῳ you have neither share nor lot in this matter Ac 8:21 (cp. Dt 12:12 οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ μ. οὐδὲ κλῆρος μεθʼ ὑμῶν.—μ. καὶ κλῆρος also TestSol 14:5 and Philo, Plant. 60.—μ. ἐν as 2 Km 20:1; TestJob 38:2 ἐν γῇ καὶ σποδῷ). ἡ μερὶς τοῦ κλήρου τῶν ἁγίων a share in the inheritance of the saints / holy ones (cp. 1QS 11:7f) Col 1:12.—DELG s.v. μείρομαι II p. 679. M-M. TW.