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63.εἶναι” at the head of a sentence or clause is regularly emphatic, and “ἔστι” is equivalent to the later “ὄντως ἔστι”, is really, is in fact.

DEM.20.18:ἔστι δὲ τοῦθ᾽ οὑτωσὶ μὲν ἀκοῦσαι λόγον τιν̓ ἔχον”.

LYS.1.16:ἔστι δ᾽, ἔφη, Ἐρατοσθένης Οἴηθεν ταῦτα πράττων” .

PLATO, Gorg. 449B:εἰσὶ μέν, Σ., ἔνιαι τῶν ἀποκρίσεων ἀναγκαῖαι διὰ μακρῶν τοὺς λόγους πολεῖσθαι”.

XEN. Cyr. 1.4.3:καὶ ἧν μὲν ἴσως πολυλογώτερος” .

THUC.7.1.4:ὢν οὐκ ἀδύνατος”.

HDT.5.124:ἦν γὰρ . . . Ἀρισταγόρης Μιλήσιος ψυχὴν οὐκ ἄκρος”. 8.86: “ἦσάν γε καὶ ἐγένοντο . . . ἀμείνονες αὐτοὶ ἑωυτῶν” (see 60).

AR. Lys. 1037:ὡς ἐστὲ θωπικαὶ φύσει” .

SOPH. O. C. 1000:εἶ γὰρ οὐ δίκαιος” . O. T. 255: “εἰ γὰρ ἦν τὸ πρᾶγμα μὴ θεήλατον”.

AESCHYL. Ag. 958:ἔστιν θάλασσα, τίς δέ νιν κατασβέσει”;

PIND. O. 1.36: “ἔστι δ᾽ ἀνδρὶ φάμεν ἐοικὸς ἀμφὶ δαιμόνων καλά”.

SAPPHO, fr. 85:ἔστι μοι κάλα πάις”.

HOM. Od. 2.292-3: “ εἰσὶ δὲ νῆες
πολλαὶ ἐν . . . Ἰθάκῃ
”.

Il. 10.378-9: “ ἔστι γὰρ ἔνδον
χαλκός
”.

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