πυνθάνομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Od.2.315, etc.; ''poet.'' also [[πεύθομαι]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]):<br><span class="bld">A</span> Ep. impf. πυνθανόμην 13.256: fut. πεύσομαι Il.18.19, etc., Dor. [[πευσοῦμαι]] Theoc.3.51 (so cod. Med. in [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''988): aor. ἐπῠθόμην Il.5. 702, etc., Ep. and Lyr. πυθόμην Od.4.732, B.15.26; imper. [[πυθοῦ]], Ion. [[πυθεῦ]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.68; Ep. opt. πεπύθοιτο Il.6.50, al. (subj. [[πεπύθωνται]] is [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] for [[γε πύθωνται]], 7.195); 3pl. πυθοίατο S.''OC''921: pf. πέπυσμαι Od.11.505, etc.; 2sg. πέπῠσαι Pl.''Prt.''310b, Ep. [[πέπυσσαι]] Od.11.494; inf. πεπύσθαι Th.7.67, etc.; part. πεπυσμένος Pl.''Smp.''179e: plpf. ἐπεπύσμην Ar.''Pax''615, ''Av.''470; 3sg. ἐπέπυστο Il.13.674, Ep. [[πέπυστο]] ib.521; 3dual πεπύσθην 17.377:—[[learn]], whether [[by hearsay]] or by [[inquiry]] (ἐξιστορήσαντες τὰ ἐβούλοντο πυθέσθαι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.195): constr.<br><span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b3">π. τί τινος</b> [[learn]] something [[from]] a person, Il.17.408, Od.10.537, A.''Ag.''599, Ar.''Ra.''1417, etc.; also π. τι ἀπό τινος A.''Ch.'' 737; ἐξ ἄλλων S.''OC''1266; ἐκ τοῦ παρατυχόντος Th.1.22; freq. <b class="b3">παρά τινος</b>, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.91, etc.; <b class="b3">παρ' ἄλλων</b> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἄλλων]]) [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.1.3.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. rei only, [[hear]] or [[learn]] a thing, Od.2.411, A.''Ch.''765, Antipho 5.25, etc.: abs., αἰσχρὸν τόδε γ' ἐστὶ καὶ ἐσσομένοισι πυθέσθαι Il.2.119, cf. Pi.''P.''7.7, etc.; ὡς ἐγὼ πυνθάνομαι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.22, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. gen. objecti, [[hear concerning]] or [[inquire concerning]], <b class="b3">πυθέσθαι πατρός, ἀγγελιάων, μάχης</b>, Od.1.281, 2.256, Il.15.224, cf. S.''El.''35, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''635b.<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">π. τινά τινος</b> [[inquire about]] one person [[of]] or [[from]] another, τὸν ἄνδρα τῶν ὁδοιπόρων [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''204; so π. περί τινος [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.75; πᾶσαν πυθέσθαι τῶνδ' ἀλήθειαν πέρι S.''Tr.''91: c. acc. pers. only, [[inquire about]] a person, Ar.''Th.''619.<br><span class="bld">5</span> c. part., <b class="b3">πυθόμην ὁδὸν ὁρμαίνοντα</b> that he was starting, Od.4.732, cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.58, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''692; π. τὸ Πλημμύριον ἑαλωκός Th.7.31, cf. X.''An.''1.7.16, etc.; <b class="b3">οὔ πω . . πεπύσθην Πατρόκλοιο θανόντος</b> they [[had]] not yet [[hear]]d of his being [[dead]], Il.17.377, cf. 427, 19.322, A.''Ch.''763; ὡς ἐπύθοντο τῆς Πύλου κατειλημμένης Th.4.6: with acc. rei added, εἰ σφῶϊν τάδε πάντα πυθοίατο μαρναμένοιιν Il.1.257.<br><span class="bld">6</span> c. acc. et inf., [[hear]] or learn that . ., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.62, 5.15, S. ''Tr.''103 (lyr.), Th.7.25, etc.<br><span class="bld">7</span> followed by an interrog. clause, ὡς πυθώμεθα ὅπου ποτ' ἐσμέν S.''OC''11; <b class="b3">αὐτοῦ π. τί ποτε νοεῖ</b> [[inquire]] or [[learn]] from him what... Pl.''La.''196c, cf. X.''An.''6.3.25, Plb.3.107.6; π., ὅτεῳ . . συνοικέει [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.68; <b class="b3">π. εἰ . .</b>[[inquire]] whether... S.''OC''993, ''IG''42(1).121.18 (Epid., iv B.C.); τοῦ ξένου ἡδέως ἂν π., τί ταῦθ' ἡγοῦντο Pl.''Sph.''216d; <b class="b3">π. τινῶν, ὅτι</b> . . X.''An.''4.6.17; <b class="b3">π., ὅπως ἂν κάλλιστα πορευθείη</b> ib.3.1.7, cf. ''Cyr.''1.4.7.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Act., aor. 1 part. fem. [[πεύσασα]] = [[having learned]], PMasp.5.7 (vi A.D.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> v. [[πεύθω]].