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>

|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> [[who supposes]] (Th. 1, 138; s. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 73f.), [[who pictures]] (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> [[be like]], [[resemble]], du. <b class="b3">(Ϝ)έ-(Ϝ)ικ-τον</b>, pret. <b class="b3">(Ϝ)έ-(Ϝ)ικ-το</b> (Schwyzer 735). See [[ἔοικα]].