φάσκω

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used by Ep. only in impf.

   A ἔφασκον Il.13.100; Ep. φάσκον Od.24.75, Hes.Th.209: freq. in Trag. and Com. (but perh. never in pres. indic., v. infr.): as impf. of φημί S.OT110, etc., also Ar. Ra.742; also imper. φάσκε E.Hel.1077, Arist.Rh.Al.1429a6; subj. φάσκω A.Ch.93, Ar.V.561 (anap.), Antipho 3.4.3, Lys.25.11, Is.10.11, PHal.1.134 (iii B. C.); opt. φάσκοιμι S.Aj.1037, D.30.27; inf. φάσκειν S.El.9, OT462, Ph.1411 (anap.), Ar.Ra.695 (troch.), X.Mem.1.2.52, al., Isoc.8.1; part. φάσκων IG12.66.6, E.HF1382 (the only part of the Verb used in Th. (3.70) and Pl. (R.337e, al.), exc. ἔφασκεν Id.Lg.901a):—Pass. is not found, ἐφάσκετ' is for ἐφάσκετε S.Ph.114. Rare in pres. indic. before iii B.C.: φάσκει Is.6.16 (φάσκοι Reiske, Wyse), PMich.Zen.82.6 (iii B. C.), PSI8.921.7 (ii A. D.), dub. in S.E.P. 1.17 (v.l. φάσκοι), Gal.15.35, Gp.9.14.2, Hsch.; φάσκεις PSI9.1011.10 (iii B. C.); φάσκουσι (ν) Aeschin.Ep.11.11, PCair.Zen.21.25, 244.5, al. (iii B. C.), Plu.Ant.86, Ath.10.429b, Gp.5.2.9, etc.; φάσκομεν is dub. cj. (for πάσχομεν) in Alex.146.4:—say, affirm, assert, c. acc. et inf., Od.4.191, 8.565, al.; φάσκειν as imper., in this constr., S.OT 462, Ph.1411 (anap.); οὐ φασκόντων χρήσειν saying they would not... Hdt. 3.58; οὐ φάσκων ἀνεκτὸν εἶναι Th.8.52; the inf. is freq. to be supplied, ἐν τῇδ' ἔφασκε γῇ (sc. εὑρεθήσεσθαι) S.OT110; φησίν γε· φάσκων δ' (sc. ἥξειν) Id.El.319; τῶν φασκόντων γονέων (sc. εἶναι) Pl. R.538a, etc.; rarely φ. ὡς... ὅτι . ., Mosch.2.12, Plu.2.215f: c. acc., τοῦτο φ. τοὔπος A.Ch.93, cf. E.HF1382, etc.: abs., ὡς ἔφασκεν S.OT 114; φάσκουσα καὶ οὐ φάσκουσα Pl.Tht.190a.    2 think, deem, expect, ὃ οὔ ποτ' ἔγωγε τελευτήσεσθαι ἔφασκον Il.13.100; οὔ μ' ἐφάσκεθ' . . οἴκαδ' ἱκέσθαι Od.22.35; φάσκειν . . ὁρᾶν believe that you see, S.El.9.    3 say, promise, c. inf. fut., με . . ἔφασκε θήσειν ἀθάνατον Od.7.256; φάσκων προσποιήσειν αὐτήν Th.2.85, cf. Pl.Ion541e.

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[Seite 1258] = φημί, sagen, bes. ja sagen, bejahen, behaupten, u. ohne Worte, glauben, meinen; öfters bei Hom., bes. Od., aber nur im impf., mit u. ohne Augment, Νέστωρ φάσχ' ὁ γέρων Od. 4, 191, u. sonst; auch c. inf. fut., ἔφασκον θήσειν ἀθάνατον Od. 5, 135, wie θαῦμα, ὃ οὔποτ' ἔγωγε τελευτήσεσθαι ἔφασκον Il. 13, 100; ἢ τοῦτο φάσκω τοὔπος; Aesch. Ch. 91; c. inf. fut. 274; Soph. öfters u. Eur.; Ar. Th. 502 u. öfter; u. in Prosa: οὐ φάσκειν, leugnen, Her. 3, 58; Thuc. 2, 85. 3, 70; φάσκων τὴν ἀλήθειαν διώκειν Plat. Gorg. 482 e; καὶ φάσκουσα καὶ οὐ φάσκουσα Theaet. 190 a; oft auch mit der Nebenbdtg prahlen, Xen. Cyr. 1, 6,12.