εἰκάζω

English (LSJ)

Aeol. ἐϊκάσδω Sapph.104: impf.

   A εἴκαζον Hdt.4.133, but Att. ᾔκαζον Ar.Ec.385: fut. -άσω A.Eu.49: aor. εἴκασα Hdt.2.104, Att. ᾔκασα Ar.Nu.350, etc.: pf. εἴκακα Sch.Ar.V.151:—Pass., fut. εἰκασθήσομαι Ar.Ach.783: aor. εἰκάσθην X.HG7.5.22: pf. εἴκασμαι Hdt.3.28, Att. ᾔκασμαι (ἐξ-) Ar.Eq.230 (but εἴκασται Pl.Cra.439a).— This is the only Verb that augments εἰ- by ᾐ-:—represent by an image or likeness, portray, γυναῖκα γραφῇ εἰκάσας X.Oec.10.1; εἰκὼν γραφῇ εἰκασμένη a figure painted to the life, Hdt.2.182; αἰετὸς εἰκασμένος a figure like an eagle, Id.3.28; χειρὶ τεκτόνων δέμας . . εἰκασθέν E.Alc.349; κενταύροις ᾔκασαν αὑτάς made themselves like Centaurs, Ar.Nu.350; τοῦ θεοῦ . . ᾧπερ εἰκάζεις σεαυτόν Id.Ra.594.    II liken, compare, ὄρπακι βραδίνῳ σε μάλιστ' ἐϊκάσδω Sapph. l.c., cf. A.Ch.633 (lyr.), Eu.49, etc.; describe by a comparison, εἰ. τι ὡς ἰ . . Hdt.7.162, cf.4.31, Arist.EN1106b30:—Pass., to be like, resemble, τινί E.Ba.942, 1253, etc.; πρός τινα Ar.Ach.783.    III infer from comparison, form a conjecture, Hdt.1.68,7.49, S.OC1504, 1677 (lyr.), Isoc.3.26; freq. in phrase ὡς εἰκάσαι so far as one can guess, ὡς εἰκάσαι, βασιληΐην τε καὶ πολιτηΐην αἰτεομένους Hdt.9.34, cf. 1.34, etc.; rarely without ὡς, ἀλλ', εἰκάσαι μέν, ἡδύς S.OT82: c. acc. et inf., Hdt.4.132, Antipho Soph.53, Th.5.9, etc.: omisso inf., Ἀμαζόνας . . ἂν ᾔκασ' ὑμᾶς (sc. εἶναι) A.Supp.288; τί τοῦτ' ἂν εἰκάσειας (sc. εἶναι); S.Ant.1244; εἰ. τι ἔκ τινος A.Th.356 (lyr.), Th.3.20; ἀπό τινος Id.1.10; εἰ. τι make a guess about it, A.Ch.518, Antipho 5.64; τινί Th.1.9, Plu.Publ.14; estimate, τὴν κριθήν, τὰ τετρυγημένα εἰς... at a given quantity, PSI 5.522 (iii B. C.), PGurob8.14 (iii B.C.): abs., εἰ. τεκμαιρόμενος Lys. 6.20; εἰ. καλῶς Men.852.