πυνθάνομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bibl">Od.2.315</span>, etc.; poet. also πεύθομαι ([[quod vide|q.v.]]): Ep. impf. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> πυνθανόμην <span class="bibl">13.256</span>: fut. πεύσομαι <span class="bibl">Il.18.19</span>, etc., Dor. πευσοῦμαι <span class="bibl">Theoc.3.51</span> (so cod. Med. in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>988</span>): aor. ἐπῠθόμην <span class="bibl">Il.5</span>. <span class="bibl">702</span>, etc., Ep. and Lyr. πυθόμην <span class="bibl">Od.4.732</span>, <span class="bibl">B.15.26</span>; imper. [[πυθοῦ]], Ion. πυθεῦ <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.68</span>; Ep. opt. πεπύθοιτο <span class="bibl">Il.6.50</span>, al. (subj. [[πεπύθωνται]] is [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] for [[γε πύθωνται]], <span class="bibl">7.195</span>); 3pl. πυθοίατο <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>921</span>: pf. πέπυσμαι <span class="bibl">Od.11.505</span>, etc.; 2sg. πέπῠσαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>310b</span>, Ep. πέπυσσαι <span class="bibl">Od.11.494</span>; inf. πεπύσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.7.67</span>, etc.; part. πεπυσμένος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>179e</span>: plpf. ἐπεπύσμην <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>615</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>470</span>; 3sg. ἐπέπυστο <span class="bibl">Il.13.674</span>, Ep. [[πέπυστο]] ib.<span class="bibl">521</span>; 3dual πεπύσθην <span class="bibl">17.377</span>:—[[learn]], whether [[by hearsay]] or [[by inquiry]] (ἐξιστορήσαντες τὰ ἐβούλοντο πυθέσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.195</span>): constr. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b3">π. τί τινος</b> [[learn]] something [[from]] a person, <span class="bibl">Il.17.408</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.10.537</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>599</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1417</span>, etc.; also π. τι ἀπό τινος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span> 737</span>; ἐξ ἄλλων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1266</span>; ἐκ τοῦ παρατυχόντος <span class="bibl">Th.1.22</span>; freq. <b class="b3">παρά τινος</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.91</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">παρ' ἄλλων</b> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἄλλων]]) <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.1.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. rei only, [[hear]] or [[learn]] a thing, <span class="bibl">Od.2.411</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>765</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.25</span>, etc.: abs., αἰσχρὸν τόδε γ' ἐστὶ καὶ ἐσσομένοισι πυθέσθαι <span class="bibl">Il.2.119</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>7.7</span>, etc.; ὡς ἐγὼ πυνθάνομαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.22</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> c. gen. objecti, [[hear]] or [[inquire concerning]], <b class="b3">πυθέσθαι πατρός, ἀγγελιάων, μάχης</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.1.281</span>, <span class="bibl">2.256</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.15.224</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>35</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>635b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">π. τινά τινος</b> [[inquire about]] one person [[of]] or [[from]] another, τὸν ἄνδρα τῶν ὁδοιπόρων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>204</span>; so π. περί τινος <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.75</span>; πᾶσαν πυθέσθαι τῶνδ' ἀλήθειαν πέρι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>91</span>: c. acc. pers. only, [[inquire about]] a person, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>619</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> c. part., <b class="b3">πυθόμην ὁδὸν ὁρμαίνοντα</b> that he was starting, <span class="bibl">Od.4.732</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.58</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>692</span>; π. τὸ Πλημμύριον ἑαλωκός <span class="bibl">Th.7.31</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.7.16</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οὔ πω . . πεπύσθην Πατρόκλοιο θανόντος</b> they [[had]] not yet [[heard of]] his being dead, <span class="bibl">Il.17.377</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">427</span>, <span class="bibl">19.322</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>763</span>; ὡς ἐπύθοντο τῆς Πύλου κατειλημμένης <span class="bibl">Th.4.6</span>: with acc. rei added, εἰ σφῶϊν τάδε πάντα πυθοίατο μαρναμένοιιν <span class="bibl">Il.1.257</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> c. acc. et inf., [[hear]] or <b class="b2">learn that . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.62</span>, <span class="bibl">5.15</span>, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Tr.</span>103</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Th.7.25</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> followed by an interrog. clause, ὡς πυθώμεθα ὅπου ποτ' ἐσμέν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>11</span>; <b class="b3">αὐτοῦ π. τί ποτε νοεῖ</b> [[inquire]] or [[learn]] from him what... <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span>196c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.3.25</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.3.107.6</span>; π., ὅτεῳ . . συνοικέει <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.68</span>; <b class="b3">π. εἰ . .</b>[[inquire]] whether... <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>993</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).121.18 (Epid., iv B.C.); τοῦ ξένου ἡδέως ἂν π., τί ταῦθ' ἡγοῦντο <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>216d</span>; <b class="b3">π. τινῶν, ὅτι</b> . . <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.6.17</span>; <b class="b3">π., ὅπως ἂν κάλλιστα πορευθείη</b> ib.<span class="bibl">3.1.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Act., aor. 1 part. fem. πεύσασα [[having learned]], PMasp.5.7 (vi A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> v. [[πεύθω]].</span>