ἴωσιν (iosin)

ἴωσιν is an Ancient Greek form of εἰμί, meaning “to be, exist”. It is the dative plural masculine noun.

It can also be a form of εἶμι, “to go, come”.

It can also be a form of Ἴων, “Ionian”. It is the dative plural masculine noun.

Found 49 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.354: δαῖτʼ ἐντυνώμεσθα παρασχεδόν. ὄφρα δʼ ἴωσιν

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.13.6: καὶ Ἴωσιν ὕστερον πολὺ γίγνεται ναυτικὸν ἐπὶ Κύρου Περσῶν πρώτου βασιλεύοντος καὶ Καμβύσου τοῦ υἱέος αὐτοῦ, τῆς τε καθ’ …

All forms of εἰμί (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.