ἐπιγιγνώσκω: Difference between revisions

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