εἴδομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">Α</span> Med., pres. εἴδομαι, Ep. ἐείδεται <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.58</span>, part. ἐειδόμενος Pi.<b class="b2">N.</b>.10.15: aor. <b class="b3">εἰσάμην</b>, Ep. part. ἐεισάμενος <span class="bibl">Il. 2.22</span>, al.:—only Ep.and Lyr., <b class="b2">to be seen, appear</b>, <b class="b3">εἴδεται ἄστρα</b> they [[are visible]], [[appear]], <span class="bibl">8.559</span>; εἰ. ἦμαρ ὑπὸ Τρώεσσι δαμῆναι <span class="bibl">13.98</span>; εἴσατο δέ σφι δεξιός <span class="bibl">24.319</span>; ὅπη τὸ Ταρτάρειον εἴδεται βάθρον <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>1034.19 (Callipolis), cf. <span class="bibl">Od.5.283</span>; perh. also <b class="b3">οὔ πῃ χροὸς εἴσατο</b> none of the skin <b class="b2">was visible</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.13.191</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. inf., [[appear]] or [[seem]] to be, τὸ δέ τοι κὴρ εἴδεται εἶναι <span class="bibl">1.228</span>; τοῦτό τί μοι κάλλιστον ἐνὶ φρεσὶν εἴδεται εἶναι <span class="bibl">Od.9.11</span>, etc.: with inf. omitted, οἱ τό γε κέρδιον εἴσατο θυμῷ <span class="bibl">19.283</span>, etc.; οὐ μέν μοι κακὸς εἴδεται <span class="bibl">Il.14.472</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Theoc. 25.58</span>; also, <b class="b2">look like</b> or <b class="b2">make a show of</b>... <b class="b3">εἴσατ' ἴμεν ἐς Λῆμνον</b> he <b class="b2">made a show of</b> going to Lemnos, <span class="bibl">Od.8.283</span>; <b class="b3">εἴσατο δ' ὡς ὅτε ῥινόν</b> it <b class="b2">had the look as of</b> a shield, <span class="bibl">5.281</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> strictly middle, c. dat., <b class="b3">εἴσατο φθογγὴν Πολίτῃ</b> she <b class="b2">made herself like</b> Polites in voice, <span class="bibl">Il.2.791</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">20.81</span>; αὐδὴν εἰσάμενός τινι <span class="bibl">Rhian.50</span>: esp. in part., [[like]], εἰδομένη κήρυκι <span class="bibl">Il.2.280</span>, etc.; τῷ δ' ὄψιν ἐειδόμενος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.15</span>; εἰδόμενος τοκεῦσιν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>771</span> (lyr.); φάσμα εἰδόμενόν τινι <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.69</span>. </span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">seem, appear, give the appearance, resemble</b> (Il.).<br />Other forms: Aor. <b class="b3">εἴσασθαι</b> (ptc. also <b class="b3">ἐ-(Ϝ)εισάμενος</b>, Chantr. Gramm. hom. 1, 182).<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">δια-είδομαι</b> with fact. fut. <b class="b3">δια-είσομαι</b> <b class="b2">make appear</b> (Θ 535; s. Chantr. 1, 442).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">εἶδος</b> [[species]], [[appearance]] <b class="b3">εἰδύλλιον</b> [[poem]], [[single song]], <b class="b3">εἰδάλιμος</b> <b class="b2">with beautiful appearance</b>; <b class="b3">εἴδωλον</b> [[picture]], [[image]], <b class="b3">-λάτρης</b> <b class="b2">who reveres idols</b>, <b class="b3">εἰδάλλεται φαίνεται</b> H.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1125] <b class="b2">*u̯eid-</b> [[see]]<br />Etymology: Beside <b class="b3">(Ϝ)είδομαι</b> and the <b class="b3">σ-</b>aorist there is the thematic aorist <b class="b3">(Ϝ)ιδεῖν</b> and the perfect <b class="b3">(Ϝ)οῖδα</b>, both old (s. v.). There is no equivalent of <b class="b3">εἴδομαι</b>; comparable are Celtic and Germanic forms, e. g. OIr. <b class="b2">ad-féded</b> [[narrabat]], Goth. <b class="b2">ra-weitan</b> [[revenge]], both from IE <b class="b2">*u̯eid-</b>, but they differ in meaning. <b class="b3">εἴδομαι</b> agrees semantically well to <b class="b3">εἶδος</b>. It may have been influenced by <b class="b3">εἶδος</b>. - The form <b class="b3">ἐεισάμενος</b> is found only in the formula (verse init.) <b class="b3">τῳ̃ μιν ε</b>. <b class="b3">προσέφη</b>; it is therefore probable that an accident led to this unusual form: the formula will have had <b class="b3">τῳ̃ δε Ϝε Ϝεισάμενος</b>; see Beekes Larr. 59f. (Wrong RPh. 71 (1997)157.) - Cf. <b class="b3">ἰδεῖν</b>, <b class="b3">οἶδα</b>, also <b class="b3">ἰνδάλλεται</b>.