εὑρίσκω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[find]] (τ 158)<br />Other forms: Aor. [[εὑρεῖν]], ind. [[εὗρον]] (Il.; later also [[ηὗρον]]), fut. [[εὑρήσω]] (h. Merc. 302, Ion.-Att.), perf. [[εὕρηκα]], <b class="b3">-ημαι</b> (<b class="b3">ηὕρ-</b>), aor. pass. [[εὑρεθῆναι]] with fut. [[εὑρεθήσομαι]] (Ion.-Att.)<br />Compounds: often with prefix, e. g. <b class="b3">ἀν-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐξ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐφ-</b>. As 1. member <b class="b3">εὑρησι-</b> (later <b class="b3">εὑρεσι-</b>) in <b class="b3">εὑρησι-επής</b> <b class="b2">who finds ἔπη, epic poet</b> (Pi.), <b class="b3">εὑρησι-λογέω</b> [[find grounds]], [[find excuses]] and <b class="b3">-λογία</b> <b class="b2">abitlity, to find grounds, eristics, making empty words</b> (hell.; after the compp. in <b class="b3">-λογέω</b>, <b class="b3">-λογία</b>, cf. Schwyzer 726; on the meaning Zucker Philol. 82, 256ff.); with <b class="b3">εὑρησί-λογος</b> (Corn. a. o.).<br />Derivatives: derivv., also from the prefixcompp. (not noted): [[εὕρημα]], later [[εὕρεμα]] (Schwyzer 523) [[find]] (Ion.-Att.), [[εὕρεσις]] [[discovery]] (Ion.-Att.; [[εὕρησις]] Apollod.; vgl. Fraenkel 1, 187 n. 1); [[εὕρετρα]] pl. [[finder-reward]] (Ulp.); [[εὑρετής]] [[discoverer]] (Att.) with f. [[εὑρετίς]], <b class="b3">-έτις</b> (S. Fr. 101 [uncertain], D. S.); also [[εὑρέτρια]] (D. S., pap.; Chantraine Formation 104ff., Schwyzer 475 ); [[Εὑρέσιος]] surname of [[Ζεύς]] = Iupiter Inventor (D. H.; after [[Ίκέσιος]] a. o.); [[εὑρετικός]] [[of a dicoverer]] (Pl.), [[εὑρετός]] [[to find]] (Hp., S.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: The original confective meaning of [[εὑρίσκειν]] makes it probable, that the aorist will be archaic. Beside it was prob. an old perfect, seen in <b class="b3">εὕρη-κα</b>. After it came [[εὑρήσω]]; the latest member (beside [[εὑρεθῆναι]]) was the present [[εὑρίσκειν]] (quantity of the [[ι]] unknown), which was therefore an innovation. - The aorist [[εὑρεῖν]] can be a thematic root formation for <b class="b3">*ἐ-Ϝρεῖν</b>, with <b class="b3">ἐ-</b> as prothetic (which would mean <b class="b2">*h₁w(e)r-</b> ?) or from the ind. <b class="b3">*ἔ-Ϝρ-ον</b> (for <b class="b3">*ἠ-Ϝρ-ον</b>?); the aspiration secondary after [[ἑλεῖν]] a. o.? Or was it a reduplicated aorist <b class="b3">*Ϝε-Ϝρεῖν</b> with dissimilatory loss of the anlauting <b class="b3">Ϝ-</b> and secondary aspiration. - A reduplicated formation is found also in OIr. preterite <b class="b2">-fúar</b> [[I found]] < IE <b class="b2">*u̯e-u̯r-</b> (pres. [[fo-gabim]]); the pass. <b class="b2">-frīth</b> [[inventum est]], which as IE <b class="b2">*u̯rē-to-</b> agrees with <b class="b3">*Ϝρη-</b> in <b class="b3">-Ϝέ-Ϝρη-κα</b> (> [[εὕρηκα]]). Also in OCS <b class="b2">ob-rětъ</b> [[I found]] IE <b class="b2">*u̯rē-t-</b> has been supposed. - A full grade <b class="b2">u̯er-</b> is seen in Arm. [[gerem]] (sec. aorist <b class="b2">gerec̣i</b>) [[take prisoner]]. - Lit. in Schwyzer 709 n. 2. - See now Taillardat, RPh. 34 (1960) 232-235: from <b class="b2">*su̯er-</b>, with <b class="b2">*sesure</b> > [[εὗρε]] (?).