εἰκάζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Aeol. ἐϊκάσδω Sapph.104: impf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> εἴκαζον <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.133</span>, but Att. ᾔκαζον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>385</span>: fut. -άσω <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>49</span>: aor. εἴκασα <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.104</span>, Att. ᾔκασα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>350</span>, etc.: pf. <b class="b3">εἴκακα</b> Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>151</span>:—Pass., fut. εἰκασθήσομαι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>783</span>: aor. εἰκάσθην <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>7.5.22</span>: pf. εἴκασμαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.28</span>, Att. <b class="b3">ᾔκασμαι</b> (<b class="b3">ἐξ</b>-) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>230</span> (but εἴκασται <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>439a</span>).— This is the only Verb that augments <b class="b3">εἰ-</b> by <b class="b3">ᾐ</b>-:—[[represent by an image]] or [[likeness]], [[portray]], γυναῖκα γραφῇ εἰκάσας <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>10.1</span>; <b class="b3">εἰκὼν γραφῇ εἰκασμένη</b> a figure [[painted to the life]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.182</span>; <b class="b3">αἰετὸς εἰκασμένος</b> [[a figure like]] an eagle, <span class="bibl">Id.3.28</span>; χειρὶ τεκτόνων δέμας… εἰκασθέν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>349</span>; <b class="b3">κενταύροις ᾔκασαν αὑτάς</b> [[made]] themselves [[like]] Centaurs, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>350</span>; τοῦ θεοῦ… ᾧπερ εἰκάζεις σεαυτόν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ra.</span>594</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[liken]], [[compare]], ὄρπακι βραδίνῳ σε μάλιστ' ἐϊκάσδω Sapph. l.c., cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>633</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>49</span>, etc.; [[describe by a comparison]], <b class="b3">εἰ. τι ὡς ἰ</b>… <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.162</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">4.31</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1106b30</span>:—Pass., [[to be like]], [[resemble]], τινί <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>942</span>, <span class="bibl">1253</span>, etc.; πρός τινα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>783</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[infer from comparison]], [[form a conjecture]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.68</span>,<span class="bibl">7.49</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1504</span>, <span class="bibl">1677</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Isoc.3.26</span>; freq. in phrase <b class="b3">ὡς εἰκάσαι</b> so far as [[one can guess]], ὡς εἰκάσαι, βασιληΐην τε καὶ πολιτηΐην αἰτεομένους <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.34</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.34</span>, etc.; rarely without ὡς, ἀλλ', εἰκάσαι μέν, ἡδύς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>82</span>: c. acc. et inf., <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.132</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho Soph.53</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.5.9</span>, etc.: omisso inf., <b class="b3">Ἀμαζόνας… ἂν ᾔκασ' ὑμᾶς</b> (sc. <b class="b3">εἶναι</b>) <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>288</span>; <b class="b3">τί τοῦτ' ἂν εἰκάσειας</b> (sc. <b class="b3">εἶναι</b>); <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1244</span>; εἰ. τι ἔκ τινος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>356</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Th.3.20</span>; ἀπό τινος <span class="bibl">Id.1.10</span>; <b class="b3">εἰ. τι</b> [[make a guess]] about it, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>518</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.64</span>; τινί <span class="bibl">Th.1.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Publ.</span>14</span>; [[estimate]], <b class="b3">τὴν κριθήν, τὰ τετρυγημένα εἰς</b>... at a given quantity, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span> 5.522</span> (iii B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PGurob</span>8.14</span> (iii B.C.): abs., εἰ. τεκμαιρόμενος <span class="bibl">Lys. 6.20</span>; εἰ. καλῶς <span class="bibl">Men.852</span>.</span>