ἐΐσκω: Difference between revisions

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