φάσκω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=used by Ep. only in impf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἔφασκον <span class="bibl">Il.13.100</span>; Ep. φάσκον <span class="bibl">Od.24.75</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>209</span>: freq. in Trag. and Com. (but perh. never in pres. indic., v. infr.): as impf. of φημί <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>110</span>, etc., also <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Ra.</span>742</span>; also imper. φάσκε <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1077</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.Al.</span>1429a6</span>; subj. φάσκω <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>93</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>561</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Antipho 3.4.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.25.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.10.11</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHal.</span>1.134</span> (iii B. C.); opt. φάσκοιμι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1037</span>, <span class="bibl">D.30.27</span>; inf. φάσκειν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>9</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>462</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>1411</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>695</span> (troch.), <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.52</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.1</span>; part. φάσκων <span class="title">IG</span>12.66.6, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>1382</span> (the only part of the Verb used in Th. (<span class="bibl">3.70</span>) and Pl. (<span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>337e</span>, al.), exc. ἔφασκεν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>901a</span>):—Pass. is not found, <b class="b3">ἐφάσκετ'</b> is for ἐφάσκετε <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>114</span>. Rare in pres. indic. before iii B.C.: φάσκει <span class="bibl">Is.6.16</span> (<b class="b3">φάσκοι</b> Reiske, Wyse), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMich.Zen.</span>82.6</span> (iii B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>8.921.7</span> (ii A. D.), dub. in <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span> 1.17</span> (v.l. [[φάσκοι]]), Gal.15.35, <span class="title">Gp.</span>9.14.2, Hsch.; φάσκεις <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>9.1011.10</span> (iii B. C.); <b class="b3">φάσκουσι</b> (ν) <span class="bibl">Aeschin.<span class="title">Ep.</span>11.11</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>21.25</span>, <span class="bibl">244.5</span>, al. (iii B. C.), <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Ant.</span>86</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.10.429b</span>, <span class="title">Gp.</span>5.2.9, etc.; <b class="b3">φάσκομεν</b> is dub. cj. (for <b class="b3">πάσχομεν</b>) in <span class="bibl">Alex.146.4</span>:—<b class="b2">say, affirm, assert</b>, c. acc. et inf., <span class="bibl">Od.4.191</span>, <span class="bibl">8.565</span>, al.; <b class="b3">φάσκειν</b> as imper., in this constr., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span> 462</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>1411</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">οὐ φασκόντων χρήσειν</b> [[saying]] they [[would]] not... <span class="bibl">Hdt. 3.58</span>; οὐ φάσκων ἀνεκτὸν εἶναι <span class="bibl">Th.8.52</span>; the inf. is freq. to be supplied, <b class="b3">ἐν τῇδ' ἔφασκε γῇ</b> (sc. <b class="b3">εὑρεθήσεσθαι</b>) <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>110</span>; <b class="b3">φησίν γε· φάσκων δ'</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ἥξειν</b>) <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>319</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν φασκόντων γονέων</b> (sc. <b class="b3">εἶναι</b>) <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">R.</span>538a</span>, etc.; rarely <b class="b3">φ. ὡς... ὅτι . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Mosch.2.12</span>, Plu.2.215f: c. acc., τοῦτο φ. τοὔπος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>93</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>1382</span>, etc.: abs., ὡς ἔφασκεν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span> 114</span>; φάσκουσα καὶ οὐ φάσκουσα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>190a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">think, deem, expect</b>, ὃ οὔ ποτ' ἔγωγε τελευτήσεσθαι ἔφασκον <span class="bibl">Il.13.100</span>; οὔ μ' ἐφάσκεθ' . . οἴκαδ' ἱκέσθαι <span class="bibl">Od.22.35</span>; <b class="b3">φάσκειν . . ὁρᾶν</b> <b class="b2">believe that</b> you see, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[say]], [[promise]], c. inf. fut., με . . ἔφασκε θήσειν ἀθάνατον <span class="bibl">Od.7.256</span>; φάσκων προσποιήσειν αὐτήν <span class="bibl">Th.2.85</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ion</span>541e</span>.</span>