ἀπεικάζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> fut. -άσομαι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.11.1, -άσω Plu.2.1135a:—Pass., aor. ἀπεικάσθην E.''El.''979, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''419d: fut. -ασθήσομαι Them.''Or.''2.33a: pf. ἀπείκασμαι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|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 [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''432b, cf. ''Criti.''107d, 107e; διὰ χρωμάτων ἀ. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.10.1; χρώμασι καὶ σχήμασιν Arist.''Po.''1447a19: metaph., <b class="b3">ἀ. ἑαυτόν τινι</b> [[conform]] oneself to.., [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 396d:—Pass., [[become like]], [[resemble]], [[τινί]] ib.563a, ''Cra.''419c; <b class="b3">ἀπεικασθεὶς θεῷ</b> in a god's [[likeness]], E.''El.''979.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[express by a comparison]], ἔχοιμ' ἂν αὐτὸ μὴ κακῶς ἀπεικάσαι S.''Fr.''149.2, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''169b; οἷος γὰρ Ἀχιλλεὺς ἐγένετο ἀπεικάσειεν ἄν τις Βρασίδαν Id.''Smp.''221c; <b class="b3">τὸ θάλλειν τὴν αὔξην μοι δοκεῖ ἀπεικάζειν τὴν τῶν νέων</b> the word [[θάλλειν]] seems to [[express]] the growth... Id.''Cra.''414a; <b class="b3">ἀ. διὰ τοῦ ῥῶ</b> 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; <b class="b3">τὰ ἄλλα ἀπείργαστο εἰς ὁμοιότητα ᾧπερ</b> (''[[sc.]]'' τούτου ᾧ ἀπεικάζετο Id.''Ti.''39e; <b class="b3">ἀ. πρός τι</b> to [[be copied]] in reference to... i.e. from... ib.29c.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[liken]], [[compare with]], τινί τι E.''Supp.'' 146, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 76e, ''Grg.''493b, ''Smp.''221d, al.; <b class="b3">οὐ τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν ᾧ σὺ ἀπεικάζεις</b> 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.<br><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ὡς ἀπεικάσαι</b>, = [[ὡς ἐπεικάσαι]], [[as one may guess]], to [[conjecture]], S.''OC''16, ''Tr.''141, [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''1298.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[imagine]], <b class="b3">ἀ. χειρώσεσθαι</b> (-ασθαι codd.) τὴν Σπάρτην D.S.15.65.