Token: ei

Context

Luke 9:54

^CA gasaihvandans þan siponjos is Iakobus jah Iohannes qeþun: frauja, wileizu ei qiþaima, fon atgaggai us himina jah fraqimai im, swe jah Heleias gatawida?

— ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ ἰάκωβος καὶ ἰωάννης εἶπαν, κύριε, θέλεις εἴπωμεν πῦρ καταβῆναι ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἀναλῶσαι αὐτούς;

— And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?

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Analysis

• Lemma ei : Conjunction (inflection: Indeclinable) (more)
  WS 1910: damit, daß I. [in Absichtssätzen stets m. Opt.] II. [in Zwecksätzen, ebenf. m. Opt.] III. [in Explikativsätzen] IV. [Wo ei dem gr. εἰ entspricht, handelt es sich um eine Konstruktionsverschiebung] V. [ei vor direkter Rede wie gr. ὅτι ist Gräzismus J 18,9]

Status: not verified but unambiguous.