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Αὐτάρκης ἔσῃ, ἂν μάθῃς τί τὸ καλὸν κἀγαθόν ἐστι → You will be contented with your lot if you learn what the honourable and good is

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|Definition=<span class="bibl">Od.2.315</span>, etc.; poet. also πεύθομαι (q.v.): Ep. impf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> πυνθανόμην <span class="bibl">13.256</span>: fut. πεύσομαι <span class="bibl">Il.18.19</span>, etc., Dor. πευσοῦμαι <span class="bibl">Theoc.3.51</span> (so cod. Med. in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>988</span>): aor. ἐπῠθόμην <span class="bibl">Il.5</span>. <span class="bibl">702</span>, etc., Ep. and Lyr. πυθόμην <span class="bibl">Od.4.732</span>, <span class="bibl">B.15.26</span>; imper. <b class="b3">πυθοῦ</b>, Ion. πυθεῦ <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.68</span>; Ep. opt. πεπύθοιτο <span class="bibl">Il.6.50</span>, al. (subj. <b class="b3">πεπύθωνται</b> is f.l. for [[γε πύθωνται]], <span class="bibl">7.195</span>); 3pl. πυθοίατο <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>921</span>: pf. πέπυσμαι <span class="bibl">Od.11.505</span>, etc.; 2sg. πέπῠσαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>310b</span>, Ep. πέπυσσαι <span class="bibl">Od.11.494</span>; inf. πεπύσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.7.67</span>, etc.; part. πεπυσμένος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>179e</span>: plpf. ἐπεπύσμην <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>615</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>470</span>; 3sg. ἐπέπυστο <span class="bibl">Il.13.674</span>, Ep. <b class="b3">πέπυστο</b> ib.<span class="bibl">521</span>; 3dual πεπύσθην <span class="bibl">17.377</span>:—<b class="b2">learn</b>, whether <b class="b2">by hearsay</b> or <b class="b2">by inquiry</b> (ἐξιστορήσαντες τὰ ἐβούλοντο πυθέσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.195</span>): constr. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b3">π. τί τινος</b> <b class="b2">learn</b> something <b class="b2">from</b> a person, <span class="bibl">Il.17.408</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.10.537</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>599</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1417</span>, etc.; also π. τι ἀπό τινος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span> 737</span>; ἐξ ἄλλων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1266</span>; ἐκ τοῦ παρατυχόντος <span class="bibl">Th.1.22</span>; freq. <b class="b3">παρά τινος</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.91</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">παρ' ἄλλων</b> (v.l. [[ἄλλων]]) <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.1.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. rei only, <b class="b2">hear</b> or <b class="b2">learn</b> a thing, <span class="bibl">Od.2.411</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>765</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.25</span>, etc.: abs., αἰσχρὸν τόδε γ' ἐστὶ καὶ ἐσσομένοισι πυθέσθαι <span class="bibl">Il.2.119</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>7.7</span>, etc.; ὡς ἐγὼ πυνθάνομαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.22</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. gen. objecti, <b class="b2">hear</b> or <b class="b2">inquire concerning</b>, <b class="b3">πυθέσθαι πατρός, ἀγγελιάων, μάχης</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.1.281</span>, <span class="bibl">2.256</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.15.224</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>35</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>635b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">π. τινά τινος</b> <b class="b2">inquire about</b> one person <b class="b2">of</b> or <b class="b2">from</b> another, τὸν ἄνδρα τῶν ὁδοιπόρων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>204</span>; so π. περί τινος <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.75</span>; πᾶσαν πυθέσθαι τῶνδ' ἀλήθειαν πέρι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>91</span>: c. acc. pers. only, <b class="b2">inquire about</b> a person, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>619</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> c. part., <b class="b3">πυθόμην ὁδὸν ὁρμαίνοντα</b> that he was starting, <span class="bibl">Od.4.732</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.58</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>692</span>; π. τὸ Πλημμύριον ἑαλωκός <span class="bibl">Th.7.31</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.7.16</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οὔ πω . . πεπύσθην Πατρόκλοιο θανόντος</b> they <b class="b2">had</b> not yet <b class="b2">heard of</b> his being dead, <span class="bibl">Il.17.377</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">427</span>, <span class="bibl">19.322</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>763</span>; ὡς ἐπύθοντο τῆς Πύλου κατειλημμένης <span class="bibl">Th.4.6</span>: with acc. rei added, εἰ σφῶϊν τάδε πάντα πυθοίατο μαρναμένοιιν <span class="bibl">Il.1.257</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> c. acc. et inf., <b class="b2">hear</b> or <b class="b2">learn that . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.62</span>, <span class="bibl">5.15</span>, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Tr.</span>103</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Th.7.25</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> folld. by an interrog. clause, ὡς πυθώμεθα ὅπου ποτ' ἐσμέν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>11</span>; <b class="b3">αὐτοῦ π. τί ποτε νοεῖ</b> <b class="b2">inquire</b> or <b class="b2">learn</b> from him what... <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span>196c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.3.25</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.3.107.6</span>; π., ὅτεῳ . . συνοικέει <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.68</span>; <b class="b3">π. εἰ . .</b><b class="b2">inquire</b> whether... <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>993</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).121.18 (Epid., iv B.C.); τοῦ ξένου ἡδέως ἂν π., τί ταῦθ' ἡγοῦντο <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>216d</span>; <b class="b3">π. τινῶν, ὅτι</b> . . <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.6.17</span>; <b class="b3">π., ὅπως ἂν κάλλιστα πορευθείη</b> ib.<span class="bibl">3.1.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Act., aor. 1 part. fem. πεύσασα <b class="b2">having learned</b>, PMasp.5.7 (vi A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> v. [[πεύθω]].</span>
|Definition=<span class="bibl">Od.2.315</span>, etc.; poet. also πεύθομαι (q.v.): Ep. impf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> πυνθανόμην <span class="bibl">13.256</span>: fut. πεύσομαι <span class="bibl">Il.18.19</span>, etc., Dor. πευσοῦμαι <span class="bibl">Theoc.3.51</span> (so cod. Med. in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>988</span>): aor. ἐπῠθόμην <span class="bibl">Il.5</span>. <span class="bibl">702</span>, etc., Ep. and Lyr. πυθόμην <span class="bibl">Od.4.732</span>, <span class="bibl">B.15.26</span>; imper. <b class="b3">πυθοῦ</b>, Ion. πυθεῦ <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.68</span>; Ep. opt. πεπύθοιτο <span class="bibl">Il.6.50</span>, al. (subj. <b class="b3">πεπύθωνται</b> is f.l. for [[γε πύθωνται]], <span class="bibl">7.195</span>); 3pl. πυθοίατο <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>921</span>: pf. πέπυσμαι <span class="bibl">Od.11.505</span>, etc.; 2sg. πέπῠσαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>310b</span>, Ep. πέπυσσαι <span class="bibl">Od.11.494</span>; inf. πεπύσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.7.67</span>, etc.; part. πεπυσμένος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>179e</span>: plpf. ἐπεπύσμην <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>615</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>470</span>; 3sg. ἐπέπυστο <span class="bibl">Il.13.674</span>, Ep. <b class="b3">πέπυστο</b> ib.<span class="bibl">521</span>; 3dual πεπύσθην <span class="bibl">17.377</span>:—<b class="b2">learn</b>, whether <b class="b2">by hearsay</b> or <b class="b2">by inquiry</b> (ἐξιστορήσαντες τὰ ἐβούλοντο πυθέσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.195</span>): constr. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b3">π. τί τινος</b> <b class="b2">learn</b> something <b class="b2">from</b> a person, <span class="bibl">Il.17.408</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.10.537</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>599</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1417</span>, etc.; also π. τι ἀπό τινος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span> 737</span>; ἐξ ἄλλων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1266</span>; ἐκ τοῦ παρατυχόντος <span class="bibl">Th.1.22</span>; freq. <b class="b3">παρά τινος</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.91</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">παρ' ἄλλων</b> (v.l. [[ἄλλων]]) <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.1.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. rei only, <b class="b2">hear</b> or <b class="b2">learn</b> a thing, <span class="bibl">Od.2.411</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>765</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.25</span>, etc.: abs., αἰσχρὸν τόδε γ' ἐστὶ καὶ ἐσσομένοισι πυθέσθαι <span class="bibl">Il.2.119</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>7.7</span>, etc.; ὡς ἐγὼ πυνθάνομαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.22</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. gen. objecti, <b class="b2">hear</b> or <b class="b2">inquire concerning</b>, <b class="b3">πυθέσθαι πατρός, ἀγγελιάων, μάχης</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.1.281</span>, <span class="bibl">2.256</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.15.224</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>35</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>635b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">π. τινά τινος</b> <b class="b2">inquire about</b> one person <b class="b2">of</b> or <b class="b2">from</b> another, τὸν ἄνδρα τῶν ὁδοιπόρων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>204</span>; so π. περί τινος <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.75</span>; πᾶσαν πυθέσθαι τῶνδ' ἀλήθειαν πέρι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>91</span>: c. acc. pers. only, <b class="b2">inquire about</b> a person, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>619</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> c. part., <b class="b3">πυθόμην ὁδὸν ὁρμαίνοντα</b> that he was starting, <span class="bibl">Od.4.732</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.58</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>692</span>; π. τὸ Πλημμύριον ἑαλωκός <span class="bibl">Th.7.31</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.7.16</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οὔ πω . . πεπύσθην Πατρόκλοιο θανόντος</b> they <b class="b2">had</b> not yet <b class="b2">heard of</b> his being dead, <span class="bibl">Il.17.377</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">427</span>, <span class="bibl">19.322</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>763</span>; ὡς ἐπύθοντο τῆς Πύλου κατειλημμένης <span class="bibl">Th.4.6</span>: with acc. rei added, εἰ σφῶϊν τάδε πάντα πυθοίατο μαρναμένοιιν <span class="bibl">Il.1.257</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> c. acc. et inf., <b class="b2">hear</b> or <b class="b2">learn that . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.62</span>, <span class="bibl">5.15</span>, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Tr.</span>103</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Th.7.25</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> folld. by an interrog. clause, ὡς πυθώμεθα ὅπου ποτ' ἐσμέν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>11</span>; <b class="b3">αὐτοῦ π. τί ποτε νοεῖ</b> <b class="b2">inquire</b> or <b class="b2">learn</b> from him what... <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span>196c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.3.25</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.3.107.6</span>; π., ὅτεῳ . . συνοικέει <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.68</span>; <b class="b3">π. εἰ . .</b><b class="b2">inquire</b> whether... <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>993</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).121.18 (Epid., iv B.C.); τοῦ ξένου ἡδέως ἂν π., τί ταῦθ' ἡγοῦντο <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>216d</span>; <b class="b3">π. τινῶν, ὅτι</b> . . <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.6.17</span>; <b class="b3">π., ὅπως ἂν κάλλιστα πορευθείη</b> ib.<span class="bibl">3.1.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Act., aor. 1 part. fem. πεύσασα <b class="b2">having learned</b>, PMasp.5.7 (vi A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> v. [[πεύθω]].</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0818.png Seite 818]] (πυθ), altpoet. auch πεύθ ομαι; fut. [[πεύσομαι]], selten πευσοῦμαι, Aesch. Prom. 987, Theocr. 3, 51, vgl. Eur. Hipp. 1104; aor. ἐπυθόμην, πυθέσθαι (πύθευ Her. 3, 68), ep. auch mit der Reduplication πεπυθοίατο; perf. πέπυσμαι, πέπυσαι, Plat. Prot. 310 b, u. ep. πέπυσσαι, Od. 11, 494; das praes. [[πυνθάνομαι]] hat Hom. Od. 2, 315, u. das impf. ἐπυνθανόμην 13, 256, sonst immer [[πεύθομαι]] u. impf. πευθόμην (vielleicht mit dem Vorigen zusammenhangend, eigtl. ergründen); – <b class="b2">fragen</b>, erfragen, <b class="b2">erforschen</b>, erkunden, <b class="b2">vernehmen</b>; καὶ ἄλλων μῦθον ἀκούων [[πυνθάνομαι]], Od. 2, 315; – c. accus., [[ὅσσα]] δ' ἐνὶ μεγάροισι καθήμενος ἡμετέροισιν [[πεύθομαι]], Od. 3, 187; πεύθετο γὰρ Κύπρονδε μέγα [[κλέος]], er vernahm nach Kypros hin den Ruhm, Il. 11, 21; [[κήρυξ]] ἐπεύθετο βουλάς, Od. 4, 677; πεύθετο γὰρ οὗ παιδὸς ὄλεθρον u. ä. oft Hom.; κέλαδον, Il. 18, 530; ἐπὴν εὖ πάντα πύθηαι, Od. 4, 494; τάδε πευθόμενος κακὰ ἔργα, Od.. 17, 158; u. c. partic., εἰ γὰρ ἐγὼ πυθόμην ταύτην ὁδὸν ὁρμαίνοντα, 4, 732, hätte ich erfahren, daß er diese Reise vorhabe; vgl. ὡς ἐπύθετο τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἀποιχομένους, Her. 9, 58; [[ὅταν]] τὰ λοιπὰ πυνθάνηται κακά, Aesch. Prom. 965; πεύσῃ δὲ [[χάρμα]] μεῖζον, Ag. 257; ἐὰν θνήσκοντας ἢ τετρωμένους πύθησθε, Spt. 225; πᾶσαν πυθέσθαι τῶνδ' ἀλήθειαν πέρι, Soph. Tr. 91; πεπυσμένη πάρει [[πάθημα]] [[τοὐμόν]], 140; τάχ' ἄν με πύθοισθε σισωσμένον. Ai. 677; πέπυσται τὸν ἐμὸν ἐκθετον γοιον, Eur. Andr. 70; u. in Prosa, οὐ γάρ τί πω πάντα σαφῶς πεπύσμεθα, Plat. Charm. 153 c; u. Sp., πεπυσμένοι τὰ γεγονότα, Pol. 4, 73, 1; [[περί]] τινος, Her. 2, 75; Xen. An. 5, 5, 25; [[ὑπέρ]] τινος, Soph. O. R. 1444; – τινός τι, von Einem, durch ihn Etwas hören, erfahren, Etwas aus Jemandes Munde hören, πολλάκι γὰρ τόγε μητρὸς ἐπεύθετο, Il. 17, 408; Od. 10, 537; ἄνακτος αὐτοῦ πάντα [[πεύσομαι]] λόγον, Aesch. Ag. 585; οὐδεὶς ὅτου πευσόμεθα τἀκεῖ πράγματα, Ar. Av. 1120, vgl. Ach. 204; u. in Prosa, τὸ γὰρ αἴτιον αὐτῶν πεύσεσθε, Plat. Critia. 113 a; auch ἐκείνων πευσόμεθα πῶς λέγουσιν, Rep. VII, 530 e, vgl. Euthyphr. 4 c; – τινός, ἦ [[μάλα]] λυγρῆς πεύσεαι [[ἀγγελίης]], du wirst eine sehr traurige Nachricht zu hören bekommen, Il. 18, 19; ἀγγελιάων πεύσεται, Od. 2, 256; ἔρχεο πευσόμενος πατρός, von dem Vater, über den Vater Etwas zu erfahren, 1, 281. 15, 270; [[ἄλοχος]] δ' [[οὔπω]] τι πέπυστο Ἕκτορος, Il. 22, 437; auch hier tritt ein partic. hinzu, πυθέσθην ἡνιόχοιο πεσόντος, sie merkten, daß der Rosselenker fiel, von den Rossen gesagt, Il. 17, 227, vgl. 377; εἴ κεν τοῦ πατρὸς ἀποφθιμένοιο πυθοίμην, 19, 322; θέλων δὲ τῶνδε πεύσεται λόγων, Aesch. Ch. 754; ἀγγέλων πεπυσμένοι, Suppl. 182; – [[παρά]] τινος, von Einem erfahren, Aesch. Prom. 990; auch ἀπό τινος, Ch. 726; [[πρός]] τινος, Her. 9, 58; ἔκ τινος, 7, 182; ταῦτα παρ' αὐτῶν πυνθάνο υ, Plat. Lach. 187 b, u. öfter; vgl. εὖ ἔχει τὰ τῆς σῆς τέχνης παρὰ σοῦ πυνθάνεσθαι, Gorg. 455 c; παρὰ τῶν λεγόντων [[πευστέον]], τί λέγουσιν, Soph. 244 b; er verbindet auch [[πυνθάνομαι]] καὶ ἐρωτῶ, Hipp. min. 372 c; vgl. noch Euthyd. 295 c, οὐ [[τοίνυν]] ἀποκρινοῦμαι πρότερον πρὶν ἂν πύθωμαι, u. so oft = <b class="b2">fragen</b>; auch ὁ αἰσθόμενος καὶ πυθόμενος vrbdn, Legg. VI, 762 d.
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Od.2.315, etc.; poet. also πεύθομαι (q.v.): Ep. impf.

   A πυνθανόμην 13.256: fut. πεύσομαι Il.18.19, etc., Dor. πευσοῦμαι Theoc.3.51 (so cod. Med. in A.Pr.988): aor. ἐπῠθόμην Il.5. 702, etc., Ep. and Lyr. πυθόμην Od.4.732, B.15.26; imper. πυθοῦ, Ion. πυθεῦ Hdt.3.68; Ep. opt. πεπύθοιτο Il.6.50, al. (subj. πεπύθωνται is f.l. for γε πύθωνται, 7.195); 3pl. πυθοίατο S.OC921: pf. πέπυσμαι Od.11.505, etc.; 2sg. πέπῠσαι Pl.Prt.310b, Ep. πέπυσσαι Od.11.494; inf. πεπύσθαι Th.7.67, etc.; part. πεπυσμένος Pl.Smp.179e: plpf. ἐπεπύσμην Ar.Pax615, Av.470; 3sg. ἐπέπυστο Il.13.674, Ep. πέπυστο ib.521; 3dual πεπύσθην 17.377:—learn, whether by hearsay or by inquiry (ἐξιστορήσαντες τὰ ἐβούλοντο πυθέσθαι Hdt.7.195): constr.    1 π. τί τινος learn something from a person, Il.17.408, Od.10.537, A.Ag.599, Ar.Ra.1417, etc.; also π. τι ἀπό τινος A.Ch. 737; ἐξ ἄλλων S.OC1266; ἐκ τοῦ παρατυχόντος Th.1.22; freq. παρά τινος, Hdt.2.91, etc.; παρ' ἄλλων (v.l. ἄλλων) X.Cyr.4.1.3.    2 c. acc. rei only, hear or learn a thing, Od.2.411, A.Ch.765, Antipho 5.25, etc.: abs., αἰσχρὸν τόδε γ' ἐστὶ καὶ ἐσσομένοισι πυθέσθαι Il.2.119, cf. Pi.P.7.7, etc.; ὡς ἐγὼ πυνθάνομαι Hdt.1.22, etc.    3 c. gen. objecti, hear or inquire concerning, πυθέσθαι πατρός, ἀγγελιάων, μάχης, Od.1.281, 2.256, Il.15.224, cf. S.El.35, Pl.Lg.635b.    4 π. τινά τινος inquire about one person of or from another, τὸν ἄνδρα τῶν ὁδοιπόρων Ar.Ach.204; so π. περί τινος Hdt.2.75; πᾶσαν πυθέσθαι τῶνδ' ἀλήθειαν πέρι S.Tr.91: c. acc. pers. only, inquire about a person, Ar.Th.619.    5 c. part., πυθόμην ὁδὸν ὁρμαίνοντα that he was starting, Od.4.732, cf. Hdt.9.58, S.Aj.692; π. τὸ Πλημμύριον ἑαλωκός Th.7.31, cf. X.An.1.7.16, etc.; οὔ πω . . πεπύσθην Πατρόκλοιο θανόντος they had not yet heard of his being dead, Il.17.377, cf. 427, 19.322, A.Ch.763; ὡς ἐπύθοντο τῆς Πύλου κατειλημμένης Th.4.6: with acc. rei added, εἰ σφῶϊν τάδε πάντα πυθοίατο μαρναμένοιιν Il.1.257.    6 c. acc. et inf., hear or learn that . ., Hdt.1.62, 5.15, S. Tr.103 (lyr.), Th.7.25, etc.    7 folld. by an interrog. clause, ὡς πυθώμεθα ὅπου ποτ' ἐσμέν S.OC11; αὐτοῦ π. τί ποτε νοεῖ inquire or learn from him what... Pl.La.196c, cf. X.An.6.3.25, Plb.3.107.6; π., ὅτεῳ . . συνοικέει Hdt.3.68; π. εἰ . .inquire whether... S.OC993, IG42(1).121.18 (Epid., iv B.C.); τοῦ ξένου ἡδέως ἂν π., τί ταῦθ' ἡγοῦντο Pl.Sph.216d; π. τινῶν, ὅτι . . X.An.4.6.17; π., ὅπως ἂν κάλλιστα πορευθείη ib.3.1.7, cf. Cyr.1.4.7.    II Act., aor. 1 part. fem. πεύσασα having learned, PMasp.5.7 (vi A.D.).    2 v. πεύθω.

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[Seite 818] (πυθ), altpoet. auch πεύθ ομαι; fut. πεύσομαι, selten πευσοῦμαι, Aesch. Prom. 987, Theocr. 3, 51, vgl. Eur. Hipp. 1104; aor. ἐπυθόμην, πυθέσθαι (πύθευ Her. 3, 68), ep. auch mit der Reduplication πεπυθοίατο; perf. πέπυσμαι, πέπυσαι, Plat. Prot. 310 b, u. ep. πέπυσσαι, Od. 11, 494; das praes. πυνθάνομαι hat Hom. Od. 2, 315, u. das impf. ἐπυνθανόμην 13, 256, sonst immer πεύθομαι u. impf. πευθόμην (vielleicht mit dem Vorigen zusammenhangend, eigtl. ergründen); – fragen, erfragen, erforschen, erkunden, vernehmen; καὶ ἄλλων μῦθον ἀκούων πυνθάνομαι, Od. 2, 315; – c. accus., ὅσσα δ' ἐνὶ μεγάροισι καθήμενος ἡμετέροισιν πεύθομαι, Od. 3, 187; πεύθετο γὰρ Κύπρονδε μέγα κλέος, er vernahm nach Kypros hin den Ruhm, Il. 11, 21; κήρυξ ἐπεύθετο βουλάς, Od. 4, 677; πεύθετο γὰρ οὗ παιδὸς ὄλεθρον u. ä. oft Hom.; κέλαδον, Il. 18, 530; ἐπὴν εὖ πάντα πύθηαι, Od. 4, 494; τάδε πευθόμενος κακὰ ἔργα, Od.. 17, 158; u. c. partic., εἰ γὰρ ἐγὼ πυθόμην ταύτην ὁδὸν ὁρμαίνοντα, 4, 732, hätte ich erfahren, daß er diese Reise vorhabe; vgl. ὡς ἐπύθετο τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἀποιχομένους, Her. 9, 58; ὅταν τὰ λοιπὰ πυνθάνηται κακά, Aesch. Prom. 965; πεύσῃ δὲ χάρμα μεῖζον, Ag. 257; ἐὰν θνήσκοντας ἢ τετρωμένους πύθησθε, Spt. 225; πᾶσαν πυθέσθαι τῶνδ' ἀλήθειαν πέρι, Soph. Tr. 91; πεπυσμένη πάρει πάθημα τοὐμόν, 140; τάχ' ἄν με πύθοισθε σισωσμένον. Ai. 677; πέπυσται τὸν ἐμὸν ἐκθετον γοιον, Eur. Andr. 70; u. in Prosa, οὐ γάρ τί πω πάντα σαφῶς πεπύσμεθα, Plat. Charm. 153 c; u. Sp., πεπυσμένοι τὰ γεγονότα, Pol. 4, 73, 1; περί τινος, Her. 2, 75; Xen. An. 5, 5, 25; ὑπέρ τινος, Soph. O. R. 1444; – τινός τι, von Einem, durch ihn Etwas hören, erfahren, Etwas aus Jemandes Munde hören, πολλάκι γὰρ τόγε μητρὸς ἐπεύθετο, Il. 17, 408; Od. 10, 537; ἄνακτος αὐτοῦ πάντα πεύσομαι λόγον, Aesch. Ag. 585; οὐδεὶς ὅτου πευσόμεθα τἀκεῖ πράγματα, Ar. Av. 1120, vgl. Ach. 204; u. in Prosa, τὸ γὰρ αἴτιον αὐτῶν πεύσεσθε, Plat. Critia. 113 a; auch ἐκείνων πευσόμεθα πῶς λέγουσιν, Rep. VII, 530 e, vgl. Euthyphr. 4 c; – τινός, ἦ μάλα λυγρῆς πεύσεαι ἀγγελίης, du wirst eine sehr traurige Nachricht zu hören bekommen, Il. 18, 19; ἀγγελιάων πεύσεται, Od. 2, 256; ἔρχεο πευσόμενος πατρός, von dem Vater, über den Vater Etwas zu erfahren, 1, 281. 15, 270; ἄλοχος δ' οὔπω τι πέπυστο Ἕκτορος, Il. 22, 437; auch hier tritt ein partic. hinzu, πυθέσθην ἡνιόχοιο πεσόντος, sie merkten, daß der Rosselenker fiel, von den Rossen gesagt, Il. 17, 227, vgl. 377; εἴ κεν τοῦ πατρὸς ἀποφθιμένοιο πυθοίμην, 19, 322; θέλων δὲ τῶνδε πεύσεται λόγων, Aesch. Ch. 754; ἀγγέλων πεπυσμένοι, Suppl. 182; – παρά τινος, von Einem erfahren, Aesch. Prom. 990; auch ἀπό τινος, Ch. 726; πρός τινος, Her. 9, 58; ἔκ τινος, 7, 182; ταῦτα παρ' αὐτῶν πυνθάνο υ, Plat. Lach. 187 b, u. öfter; vgl. εὖ ἔχει τὰ τῆς σῆς τέχνης παρὰ σοῦ πυνθάνεσθαι, Gorg. 455 c; παρὰ τῶν λεγόντων πευστέον, τί λέγουσιν, Soph. 244 b; er verbindet auch πυνθάνομαι καὶ ἐρωτῶ, Hipp. min. 372 c; vgl. noch Euthyd. 295 c, οὐ τοίνυν ἀποκρινοῦμαι πρότερον πρὶν ἂν πύθωμαι, u. so oft = fragen; auch ὁ αἰσθόμενος καὶ πυθόμενος vrbdn, Legg. VI, 762 d.