εἰκάζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Aeol. [[ἐϊκάσδω]] Sapph.104: impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> εἴκαζον Hdt.4.133, but Att. [[ᾔκαζον]] Ar.''Ec.''385: fut. -άσω A.''Eu.''49: aor. εἴκασα Hdt.2.104, Att. [[ᾔκασα]] Ar.''Nu.''350, etc.: pf. [[εἴκακα]] Sch.Ar.''V.''151:—Pass., fut. εἰκασθήσομαι [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''783: aor. εἰκάσθην X.''HG''7.5.22: pf. εἴκασμαι Hdt.3.28, Att. [[ᾔκασμαι]] ([[ἐξ]]-) [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''230 (but εἴκασται [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''439a).—This is the only Verb that augments εἰ- by ᾐ-:—[[represent by an image]] or [[likeness]], [[portray]], γυναῖκα γραφῇ εἰκάσας X.''Oec.''10.1; <b class="b3">εἰκὼν γραφῇ εἰκασμένη</b> a figure [[painted to the life]], Hdt.2.182; <b class="b3">αἰετὸς εἰκασμένος</b> [[a figure like]] an eagle, Id.3.28; χειρὶ τεκτόνων δέμας… εἰκασθέν E.''Alc.''349; <b class="b3">κενταύροις ᾔκασαν αὑτάς</b> made themselves [[like]] Centaurs, Ar.''Nu.''350; τοῦ θεοῦ… ᾧπερ εἰκάζεις σεαυτόν Id.''Ra.''594.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[liken]], [[compare]], ὄρπακι βραδίνῳ σε μάλιστ' ἐϊκάσδω Sapph. [[l.c.]], cf. A.''Ch.''633 (lyr.), ''Eu.''49, etc.; [[describe by a comparison]], <b class="b3">εἰ. τι ὡς ἰ</b>… Hdt.7.162, cf.4.31, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1106b30:—Pass., to [[be like]], [[resemble]], τινί E.''Ba.''942, 1253, etc.; πρός τινα [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''783.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[infer from comparison]], [[form a conjecture]], Hdt.1.68,7.49, S.''OC''1504, 1677 (lyr.), Isoc.3.26; freq. in phrase <b class="b3">ὡς εἰκάσαι</b> so far as [[one can guess]], ὡς εἰκάσαι, βασιληΐην τε καὶ πολιτηΐην αἰτεομένους Hdt.9.34, cf. 1.34, etc.; rarely without ὡς, ἀλλ', εἰκάσαι μέν, ἡδύς S.''OT''82: c. acc. et inf., Hdt.4.132, Antipho Soph.53, Th.5.9, etc.: omisso inf., <b class="b3">Ἀμαζόνας… ἂν ᾔκασ' ὑμᾶς</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[εἶναι]]) A.''Supp.''288; <b class="b3">τί τοῦτ' ἂν εἰκάσειας</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[εἶναι]]); S.''Ant.''1244; εἰ. τι ἔκ τινος A.''Th.''356 (lyr.), Th.3.20; ἀπό τινος Id.1.10; <b class="b3">εἰ. τι</b> [[make a guess]] about it, A.''Ch.''518, Antipho 5.64; τινί Th.1.9, Plu.''Publ.''14; [[estimate]], <b class="b3">τὴν κριθήν, τὰ τετρυγημένα εἰς</b>... at a given quantity, ''PSI'' 5.522 (iii B. C.), ''PGurob''8.14 (iii B.C.): abs., εἰ. τεκμαιρόμενος Lys. 6.20; εἰ. καλῶς Men.852.