Greek number
εἷς
εἷς, μία, ἕν
εἷς is a Greek number. In the 3 analysed lines it was read in, it means “one” (2 times) and “one thing” (2 times).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from εἷς to the words it goes with.
πάντα δι’ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἕν.
All things came into being through him, and without him not even one thing came into being.
ἕν: subject of ἐγένετο.
μάλιστα δὲ αὐτῶν ἓν ἐθαύμασα τῶν πολλῶν ὧν ἐψεύσαντο, τοῦτο ἐν ᾧ ἔλεγον…
But most of all I marveled at one of their many lies, this one in which they said that it was necessary for you to be wary lest you be deceived by me, as though I were skilled in speaking.
ἓν: object of ἐθαύμασα.
…γὰρ ἔς σ’ ἴδω βρόχε’, ὤς με φώναισ’ οὐδ’ ἒν ἔτ’ εἴκει, ἀλλ’ ἄκαν μὲν γλῶσσα †ἔαγε†, λέπτον δ’…
For whenever I look at you even briefly, I can no longer speak at all; my tongue is broken, a subtle fire at once runs beneath my skin, my eyes see nothing, my ears hum, cold sweat pours down me, trembling seizes me all over, I am paler than grass, and I seem to myself little short of dying.
ἒν: points out ἔτ’.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| ἒν | Accusative · Singular · Neuter | 2 |
| ἕν | Nominative · Singular · Neuter | 1 |
| ἓν | Accusative · Singular · Neuter | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to εἷς by an arc in these lines, most often first.
Grammar
- About the accusativeThe Greek accusative marks the direct object, motion towards after εἰς and πρός, and the subject of an infinitive. Real lines from Homer, Aesop and John.
- About the nominativeThe Greek nominative names the subject and the word that renames it after εἰμί. How to spot it, and how the article helps, with lines from John and Aesop.