ἐπιγιγνώσκω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. and later [[ἐπιγινώσκω]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[look upon]], [[witness]], [[observe]], ἵνα πάντες ἐπιγνώωσι.. μαρναμένους Od.18.30; τινὰ ὀργιζόμενον [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.1.33, cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''18: rarely c. gen., Pi.''P.''4.279.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. [[recognize]], αἴ κέ μ' ἐπιγνώῃ Od.24.217; <b class="b3">ὅπως μήτηρ σε μὴ 'πιγνώσεται φαιδρῷ</b> [[προσώπῳ]] by thy glad face, S.''El.''1296, cf. Pl.''Tht.''192e ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]).<br><span class="bld">2</span>. of things, [[find out]], [[discover]], ἔργον A.''Ag.''1598, cf. Th.1.132, etc.; [[τὰ]] γεγονότα Plb.2.11.3; <b class="b3">ἐπιγνοίης ἂν αὐτὴν [τὴν σοφίαν].. οἰκείαν γενομένην</b>; [[would you recognize]] when it became your own?, Pl.''Euthd.''301e; ἐπιγνοὺς ἄνδρα δίκαιον ''IG''9(2).313 (Tricca); <b class="b3">ἐ.ὅτι</b>.. Arist.''HA''631b11; τὸν πόλεμον ἐ. τίνα φύσιν ἔχει Plb.1.65.6, cf. ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''930.14 (ii/iii A.D.); ἐ. εἰ.. [[LXX]] ''Ge.''37.32, ''PFay.''112.14 (i A.D.):—Pass., Phylarch.10 J.<br><span class="bld">b</span>. [[find out too late]], ἐπιγνώσῃ τί σπάνις ἐστὶ φίλων ''AP''12.186 (Strat.).<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[learn to know]], θεόν S.''Ant.''960 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">4</span>. [[take notice]] of, [[LXX]] ''Ru.''2.10.<br><span class="bld">b</span>. [[show favour to]], [[πρόσωπον]] ib.''De.''16.19.<br><span class="bld">III</span>. [[come to a judgement]], [[decide]], τι περί τινος Th.3.57; <b class="b3">τὰ πρόσφορα τοῖς</b> οἰχομένοις Id.2.65; <b class="b3">ἐπιγνῶναι μηδέν</b> [[come to]] no [[new resolve]], Id.1.70; <b class="b3">ἐ. τι εἶναί τινος</b> [[adjudicate]] it as his property, D.H.11.52.<br><span class="bld">IV</span>. [[recognize]], [[acknowledge]], [[approve]], ''1 Ep.Cor.''16.18; ἐ.σε τῆς ἐπιμελείας Chio ''Ep.''6.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[recognize]] an obligation, [[undertake]] to discharge or deliver, ''PLips.''22.14 (iv A.D.), etc.