εὑρίσκω

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impf. ηὕρισκον or εὕρ- S.OT68, etc.: fut.

   A εὑρήσω h.Merc. 302, Th.7.67, etc.: aor. 2 εὗρον Il.1.498, etc., later ηὗρον or εὗρον E. Med.553, etc.; 3pl. εὕροσαν LXX De.31.17, BGU1201.16 (i A.D.); imper. εὑρέ Hdn.Gr.2.23; Ep. inf. εὑρέμεναι Od.12.393: later aor. 1 εὕρησα Man.5.137; εὗρα v.l. in Ev.Luc.8.35, Act.Ap.5.10, (ἐν-) PGen.3.19 (ii A.D.): pf. εὕρηκα S.OT546, etc., pf. imper. 2sg. εὕρηκε Nausicr.1 D.:—Med., fut. εὑρήσομαι Hdt.9.6, Lys.13.9, etc.: aor. 2 εὑρόμην Hom., Att. ηὑρ- or εὑρ- A.Pr.269, Th.1.58, etc.: aor.1 εὑράμην Hes.Fr.116.3 (testes omnes), Str.12.34.4, Iamb.VP35.255, AP9.29 (Antiphil.), Epigr. ap. Paus.6.20.14, Ep.Hebr.9.12, IG3.900 (ii A.D.):—Pass., fut. εὑρεθήσομαι S.OT108, E.IA1105, Isoc.9.41: aor. 1 ηὑρέθην or εὑρέθην S.Aj.1135, etc.: pf. ηὕρημαι or εὕρ- A.Pers.743 (troch), etc.—Hom. has only aor. Act.and Med., exc. ἔθ' εὑρίσκω (v.l. ἐφευρίσκω) Od.19.158. (Earlier Att. Inscrr. have ηὑρέθην, ηὕρημαι, as IG22.1636.32, al., Epigr.Gr.35 (iv B.C.): εὑρέθην SIG679.80 (Magn. Mae., ii B.C.): the augm. is seldom found in Papyri, ηὕρισκεν PPetr. 3p.101 (iii B. C.); never in those of Men. or Phld.):—find, εὗρεν δ' εὐρύοπα Κρονίδην ἄτερ ἥμενον ἄλλων Il.1.498, etc.; εὕρημα εὑ., v. εὕρημα.    2 c. part., find that... εὕρισκε Λακεδαιμονίους . . προέχοντας Hdt.1.56, cf. 1.5:—and in Pass., ἤν εὑρεθῇς μὴ δίκαιος ὤν S.Tr.411, cf. OT839, OC946: with part. omitted, ὅταν τοὺς θεοὺς εὕρω κακούς (sc. ὄντας) Id.Ph.452; εὑρήσει τοσαῦτα ἔτη (sc. ὄντα) Th.5.26; θῆλυς εὕρημαι (sc. ὤν) S.Tr.1075; ἄνους ηὑρέθη Id.Aj.763.    3 c. inf., εὕρισκε πρῆγμά οἱ εἶναι . . found that the thing for him was... Hdt.1.79:—Med., εὑρίσκεται (sed leg. εὕρισκέ τε) ταῦτα καιριώτατα εἶναι ib.125:—Act., also, find means, be able, οὐχ εὑρίσκει χρήσασθαι Arr.Epict.2.12.2.    4 εὑ. ὅπως . . to find by what means... Th.7.67:—Med., c.inf., find out or discover how to... ηὕρετο . . παύειν E.Med.196 (anap.).    5 Pass., εὑρέθη ὅτι . . it was found that... LXX 1 Es.2.22(26).    6 befall, of evils, τινα ib.Ge.44.34, De.31.17.    II find out, discover, οὐδέ τι μῆχος εὑρέμεναι δυνάμεσθα Od. 12.393; οὐδέ τι τέκμωρ εὑρέμεναι δύνασαι 4.374, cf. Il.7.31; εὑ. ὁδόν Pi.P.10.29; ἐξ ἀμηχάνων πόρον A.Pr.59; μηχανὴν σωτηρίας Id.Th. 209; πημάτων ἄρηξιν S.El.875; τινα ἐμοῦ βελτίονα Ar.Pl.104, etc.: abs., εὕρηκα Archim. ap. Plu.2.1094c:—Med., εὕρετο τέκμωρ Il.16.472; ὄνομ' εὕρεο think of a name to give him, Od.19.403; εἴ τιν' ἑταίροισιν θανάτου λύσιν . . εὑροίμην 9.422.    2 c. inf., get a chance of, be able, ἵνα εὕρωμεν ἐπιστολὴν γράψαι BGU822.28 (ii/iii A.D.), cf. 17,20, PGrenf.1.64.3 (vi A.D.), etc.    III devise, invent, ὀχήματα A.Pr. 468, etc.; πρόφασιν Antipho 5.65:—Med., τὰ δ' ἔργα τοὺς λόγους εὑρίσκεται deeds make themselves words, S.El.625.    IV get, gain, ἀρετάν, δόξαν, Pi.O.7.89, P.2.64; τὰ χρήματ' ἀνθρώποισιν εὑρίσκει φίλους S.Fr.88; ἐξ ὀλβίων ἄζηλον εὑροῦσαι βίον Id.Tr.284, cf. E.Med. 1107 (anap.); δεινὰ δ' εὑροῦσαν πρὸς αὐθαίμων πάθη S.OC1078 (lyr.); ἀφ' ὧν ὄνασιν εὕρωσι Id.El.1061; μέγ' εὑρεῖν κέρδος ib.1305; εὑ. σωτηρίαν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ Pl.Prt.321c; εὑ. μητρὶ φόνον bring about murder, E.El.650: abs., acquire wealth, LXX Le.25.47:—Med., find or get for oneself, bring on oneself, οἷ . . αὐτῷ πρώτῳ κακὸν εὕρετο Od.21.304 (so in Act., μή πού τις ἐπίσπαστον κακὸν εὕρῃ 24.462); αὐτὸς ηὑρόμην πόνους A.Pr.269; μοῖραν ηὕρετ' ἀσφαλῆ Id.Ag.1588, cf. Th.880 (lyr.): so in pf. Pass., μέγα πένθος ηὕρηται S.Aj.615 (lyr.); εὑρήσεται τιμωρίην will get for himself, obtain, Hdt.3.148, cf.9.26; ἀλεωρήν Id.9.6; κλέος Pi.P.3.111; ἄδειαν εὑρόμενος And.1.15; ἀτέλειαν D.20.1; εὑρίσκεσθαι ὠφελίαν ἀπό τινος Th.1.31; τι παρά τινος IG12.108.47, Lys.13.9; εὑ. παρά τινος c. inf., procure from him that... Hdt.9.28; δεηθέντες οὐκ ἐδύναντο εὑρέσθαι Lys.14.20.    V esp. of merchandise, etc., fetch, earn money, εὑροῦσα πολλὸν χρυσίον having fetched a large sum, Hdt. 1.196; ηὗρε πλέον ἢ ἐνενήκοντα τάλαντα X.HG3.4.24, cf. Vect.4.40; οἰκία εὑρίσκουσα δισχιλίας (sc. δραχμάς) Is.8.35; ἐγδίδομεν . . τοὺς θριγκοὺς . . ὅτι ἂν εὕρωσιν for what they will fetch, IG7.3073.7 (Lebad.); ἐρωτᾶν τί εὑρίσκει what it will fetch, Thphr.Char.15.4.    2 of the sum or bid which secures an article or contract, οἰκέτην . . ἀποδίδοται τοῦ εὑρόντος sells for what he will fetch, X.Mem.2.5.5; τοῦ ἤδη εὑρίσκοντος ἀπεδίδοτο Aeschin.1.96, cf. SIG966.37 (Attica, iv B.C.), 581.99 (Rhodes-Hierapytna, ii B.C.); ἐκτιθέτωσαν τὸ εὑρίσκον ἐφ' ἡμέρας δέκα the highest or winning bid, PRev.Laws48.16 (iii B.C.), cf. UPZ112vi9 (iii B.C.); προσέβαλον αὐτῷ τοῦ εὑρίσκοντος ἀνὰ [x] ἱερεῖα [x] I have placed at his disposal [x] pigs at the current price of [x], PCair.Zen.161.5 (iii B.C.), cf. UPZ114(1).24 (ii B.C.).