ἐφευρίσκω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. ἐπ-, fut. [[ἐφευρήσω]]: aor. 2 [[ἐφηῦρον]] or [[ἐφεῦ]]-; Aeol. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἐπεύρ[οι] <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>4.9</span>: pf. ἐφηύρηκα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1093</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Euphro 1.17</span>, etc.:— [[find]] or [[discover]], [[find anywhere]], εἴ που ἐφεύροι ἠῑόνας λιμένας τε <span class="bibl">Od.5.439</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">417</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>266a</span>: usually c. part., ὃν δ' αὐ . . βοόωντα ἐφεύροι <span class="bibl">Il.2.198</span>; δαινυμένους δ' εὐ πάντας ἐφεύρομεν <span class="bibl">Od.10.452</span>; <b class="b3">τήν γ' ἀλλύουσαν ἐφεύρομεν ἀγλαὸν ἱστόν</b> we [[discovered]] her undoing it, <span class="bibl">24.145</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1093</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>307c</span>; <b class="b3">Κύπρι . . σε πικροτάταν ἐπεύροι</b> prob. in Sapph. l.c.:—Pass., μὴ ἐπευρεθῇ πρήσσων <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.109</span>; κλέπτων ὅταν τις . . ἐφευρεθῇ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>930</span>; <b class="b3">δρῶν ἐφευρίσκῃ</b> (2sg.) <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>928</span>; <b class="b3">ἐφηύρημαι κακός</b> (sc. [[ὤν]]) <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>1421</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ant.</span>281</span>; δειλὸς ὤν ἐφηυρέθης <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>319</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[discover besides]], [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[ἔθ' εὑρ]]. in <span class="bibl">Od.19.158</span>; ταῖς ἀρχαίαις τέσσαρας χορδάς <span class="bibl">Paus.3.12.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[bring in besides]], <b class="b3">ὅσα δ' ἂν ἐφευρίσκῃ [τὰ τέλη</b>] <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Vect.</span>4.40</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[find out]], [[invent]], of arts, ([[τέχναν]]) <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>12.7</span> (Med. <b class="b3">μῆτιν -ευρομένοις</b> ib.<span class="bibl">4.262</span>); σοφῶς ἐφεῦρες ὥστε μὴ θανεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>699</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[find out]], [[discover]], ἐφεῦρε δ' ἄστρων μέτρα καὶ περιστροφάς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>432.8</span>; <b class="b3">χρόνου διατριβάς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">479</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Cratin. 140</span>; ἴδιόν τι <span class="bibl">Euphro 1.17</span>; ὁσίαν ἐπίνοιαν <span class="title">SIG</span>799.5 (Cyzicus, i A.D.).</span>