εἰκάζω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[picture]], [[compare]], [[suspect]] (Ion.-Att.), on the meaning cf. Brunel Aspect verbal 71, 155, 174, 184.<br />Other forms: Lesb. <b class="b3">ἐϊκάσδω</b>, aor. <b class="b3">εἰκάσαι</b>, fut. <b class="b3">εἰκάσω</b>, perf. pass. <b class="b3">εἴκασμαι</b> (<b class="b3">ᾔ-</b>)<br />Compounds: With prefix, esp. <b class="b3">ἀπ-</b>; also <b class="b3">ἐξ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπ-</b>, <b class="b3">προσ-</b> a. o.;<br />Derivatives: (<b class="b3">ἀπ-)εἰκασία</b> [[picture]], [[comparison]], [[suspicion]] (Ion.-Att.; on the formation Schwyzer 469) with <b class="b3">εἰκάσιμος</b> [[aestimabilis]] (gloss.; Arbenz Die Adj. auf <b class="b3">-ιμος</b> 99), (<b class="b3">ἀπ-)εἴκασμα</b> [[representation]] (A., Pl.), (<b class="b3">ἀπ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπ-)εἰκασμός</b> [[supposition]] (D. H., Str.); - <b class="b3">εἰκαστής</b> <b class="b2">who supposes</b> (Th. 1, 138; s. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 73f.), <b class="b2">who pictures</b> (D. H.); <b class="b3">εἰκαστός</b> [[comparable]] (S. u. a.), <b class="b3">εἰκαστικός</b> <b class="b2">which belongs to (making) a picture</b> (Pl. a. o).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1129] <b class="b2">*u̯eik-</b> [[resemble]], [[fit]]<br />Etymology: Four-syllabic <b class="b3">ἐϊκάσδω</b> presupposes like synonymous Hom. <b class="b3">(Ϝ)ε(Ϝ)ίσκω</b> an original <b class="b3">*ϜεϜικάζω</b>. Both formations are new factitive presents to the perf. <b class="b3">(Ϝ)έ-(Ϝ)οικ-α</b> <b class="b2">be like, resemble</b>, du. <b class="b3">(Ϝ)έ-(Ϝ)ικ-τον</b>, pret. <b class="b3">(Ϝ)έ-(Ϝ)ικ-το</b> (Schwyzer 735). See [[ἔοικα]].