ἔστι

• ἔστιν (éstin)
• ἐστι (esti), ἐστιν (estin), ἐστί (estí), ἐστίν (estín) (enclitic)

ἔστῐ • (ésti)

1. third-person singular present indicative active paroxytone of εἰμί (eimí)

The form ἔστι(ν), with paroxytone accent, is used at the beginning of a sentence, following οὐκ (ouk), μή (mḗ), εἰ (ei), ὡς (hōs), ἀλλ’ (all’), τοῦτ’ (toût’), or in the phrase ἔστιν ὅτε (éstin hóte, “sometimes”). For more information see Appendix:Ancient Greek enclitics.