ἀπεικάζω

English (LSJ)

fut.

   A -άσομαι X.Mem.3.11.1, -άσω Plu.2.1135a:—Pass., aor. ἀπεικάσθην E.El.979, Pl.Cra.419d: fut. -ασθήσομαι Them.Or.2.33a: pf. ἀπείκασμαι Pl.Cra.420d (on the augment v. εἰκάζω):—form from a model, represent, express, copy, of painters, ἀ τὰ καλὰ τῶν ζῴων Isoc.1.11; τὸ σὸν χρῶμα καὶ σχῆμα Pl.Cra.432b, cf. Criti.107d, 107e; διὰ χρωμάτων ἀ. X.Mem.3.10.1; χρώμασι καὶ σχήμασιν Arist.Po.1447a19: metaph., ἀ. ἑαυτόν τινι conform oneself to .., Pl.R.396d:—Pass., become like, resemble, τινί ib.563a, Cra.419c; ἀπεικασθεὶς θεῷ in a god's likeness, E.El.979.    2 express by a comparison, ἔχοιμ' ἂν αὐτὸ μὴ κακῶς ἀπεικάσαι S.Fr.149.2, cf. Pl.Tht.169b; οἷος γὰρ Ἀχιλλεὺς ἐγένετο ἀπεικάσειεν ἄν τις Βρασίδαν Id.Smp.221c; τὸ θάλλειν τὴν αὔξην μοι δοκεῖ ἀπεικάζειν τὴν τῶν νέων the word θάλλειν seems to express the growth... Id.Cra.414a; ἀ. διὰ τοῦ ῥῶ to express by the sound of ῥ, ib. 426e:—Pass., to be copied or expressed by likeness τοῖς ὑπὸ τῶν κάτω ἀπεικασθεῖσι Id.R.511a; τὰ ἄλλα ἀπείργαστο εἰς ὁμοιότητα ᾧπερ (sc. τούτου ᾧ ἀπεικάζετο Id.Ti.39e; ἀ. πρός τι to be copied in reference to... i. e. from... ib.29c.    3 liken, compare with, τινί τι E.Supp. 146, Pl.Phd.76e, Grg.493b, Smp.221d, al.; οὐ τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν ᾧ σὺ ἀπεικάζεις not such [as that] to which you compare it, Id.Phd.92b:— Pass., to be likened or compared, ἄρχουσιν Id.Lg.905e, al.; [τὸ ἀναγκαῖον] ἀπείκασται τῇ πορείᾳ Id.Cra.420d; [τὸ ψεῦδος] ἀπείκασται τοῖς καθεύδουσι ib.421b.    II ὡς ἀπεικάσαι, = ὡς ἐπεικάσαι, as one may guess, to conjecture, S.OC16, Tr.141, E.Or.1298.    III imagine, ἀ. χειρώσεσθαι (-ασθαι codd.) τὴν Σπάρτην D.S.15.65.