ὀΐομαι

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.ǐː.o.mai̯/ → /oˈi.o.mɛ/ → /oˈi.o.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.ǐː.o.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈi.o.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈi.o.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈi.o.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈi.o.me/

The iota (ι) always scans as long in the Iliad and Odyssey. Otherwise, the word would have a sequence of three short vowels, or four when the final αι comes before a vowel, both of which are impossible in dactylic hexameter.

Verb

ὀῑ̈́ομαι • (oī̈́omai)

1. Epic form of οἴομαι (oíomai)