Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἔσω ‎(ésō)

Adverb

εἴσω • ‎(eísō) (comparative ἐσωτέρω; superlative ἐσωτᾰ́τω)

1. (of motion) into
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.775

     μή πού τις ἐπαγγείιῃσι καὶ εἴσω

     lest someone may carry the news to within [the house]

2. (of location) inside, within
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 7.13

     ἥ οἱ πῦρ ἀνέκαιε καὶ εἴσω δόρπον ἐκόσμει

     She it was who kindled the fire for her, and made ready her supper inside the chamber.

   1. (of time)
      • 161 CE – 180 CE, Hermogenes, On Issues 8

Usage notes

ἔσω was the primary form used in Ionic and old Attic prose, but in other prose and comedy only εἴσω was used. In poetry either form is used as the meter requires. Compare εἰς, ἐς. When εἴσω takes an object, that object is usually in the accusative case, but may be in the genitive. εἴσω generally follows its object.

Derived terms

• ἐσώτερος ‎(esṓteros)
• ἐσώτατος ‎(esṓtatos)

Synonyms

• (within): ἔνδον ‎(éndon), ἔνδοθι ‎(éndothi), ἐντός ‎(entós)

References

• εἴσω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• εἴσω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• εἴσω in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «εἴσω» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «εἴσω» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• «εἴσω» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• εἴσω in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • door idem, page 247.
  • in idem, page 425.
  • inside idem, page 444.
  • inward idem, page 459.
  • within idem, page 984.