ἐΐσκω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=poet. Verb, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[only]] pres. and impf. (exc. fut. <b class="b3">εἴξω, τίνι [σε] εἴξομεν</b>; Jul.<b class="b2">Or.2.52d</b>) :—[[make like]] (cf. [[ἴσκω]]), <b class="b3">αὐτὸν..ἤϊσκεν δέκτῃ</b> he [[made]] him [[like]] a beggar, <span class="bibl">Od.4.247</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">13.313</span> :—Pass., <b class="b3">δέμας ῖσον ἐΐσκετό τινι</b> he [[became like]], Nonn.<span class="bibl">D.4.72</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[deem like]], [[liken]], τάδε νυκτὶ ἐΐσκει <span class="bibl">Od.20.362</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">11.5.181</span>; <b class="b3">Ἀρτέμιδί σε..ἐΐσκω</b> I [[compare]] thee to her, <span class="bibl">Od.6.152</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.3.197</span>, <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>13.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Ibyc. <span class="title">Oxy.</span> 1790.45</span>; <b class="b3">οὔ σε δαήμονι φωτὶ ἐΐσκω</b> I [[do]] not [[deem]] thee [[like]], i.e. [[take]] thee [[for]], a wise man, <span class="bibl">Od.8.159</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. et inf., [[deem]], [[suppose]], οὔ τί σ' ἐΐσκομεν..ἠπεροπῆα ἔμεν <span class="bibl">11.363</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.13.446</span>; ἄντα σέθεν γὰρ Εάνθον..ἠΐσκομεν εῖναι <span class="bibl">21.332</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.199</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> abs., <b class="b3">ὡς σὺ ἐΐσκεις</b> as thou [[deemest]], <span class="bibl">Od.4.148</span>. (<b class="b3">Ϝε-ϝίκ-σκω</b>, cf. (ϝ) <b class="b3">έ- (ϝ) οικ-α, (ϝ) ε- (ϝ) ικ-υῖα</b>.) </span>