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εἰκάζω

εἰκάζω, to make like to, represent by a likeness, portray

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εἰκάσουσιν future active participle masculine dative plural, future active participle neuter dative plural, future active indicative 3rd plural of εἰκάζω

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εἰκάζω, Aeol. ἐϊκάσδω Sapph. 104: impf. 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 Ar. Ach. 783: aor. εἰκάσθην X. HG 7.5.22: pf. εἴκασμαι Hdt. 3.28, Att. ᾔκασμαι (ἐξ-) Ar. Eq. 230 (but εἴκασται Pl. 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; εἰκὼν γραφῇ εἰκασμένη a figure painted to the life, Hdt. 2.182; αἰετὸς εἰκασμένος a figure like an eagle, Id. 3.28; χειρὶ τεκτόνων δέμας . . εἰκασθέν E. Alc. 349; κενταύροις ᾔκασαν αὑτάς made themselves like Centaurs, Ar. Nu. 350; τοῦ θεοῦ . . ᾧπερ εἰκάζεις σεαυτόν Id. Ra. 594.
    • II liken, compare, ὄρπακι βραδίνῳ σε μάλιστʼ ἐϊκάσδω Sapph. l.c., cf. A. Ch. 633 (lyr.), Eu. 49, etc.; describe by a comparison, εἰ. τι ὡς ἰ . . Hdt. 7.162, cf. 4.31, Arist. EN 1106b30:—Pass., to be like, resemble, τινί E. Ba. 942, 1253, etc.; πρός τινα Ar. Ach. 783.
    • III infer from comparison, form a conjecture, Hdt. 1.68, 7.49, S. OC 1504, 1677 (lyr.), Isoc. 3.26; freq. in phrase ὡς εἰκάσαι so far as one can guess, ὡς εἰκάσαι, βασιληΐην τε καὶ πολιτηΐην αἰτεομένους Hdt. 9.34, cf. 1.34, etc.; rarely without ὡς, ἀλλʼ, εἰκάσαι μέν, ἡδύς S. OT 82: c. acc. et inf., Hdt. 4.132, Antipho Soph. 53, Th. 5.9, etc.: omisso inf., Ἀμαζόνας . . ἂν ᾔκασʼ ὑμᾶς (sc. εἶναι) A. Supp. 288; τί τοῦτʼ ἂν εἰκάσειας (sc. εἶναι); S. Ant. 1244; εἰ. τι ἔκ τινος A. Th. 356 (lyr.), Th. 3.20; ἀπό τινος Id. 1.10; εἰ. τι make a guess about it, A. Ch. 518, Antipho 5.64; τινί Th. 1.9, Plu. Publ. 14; estimate, τὴν κριθήν, τὰ τετρυγημένα εἰς . ., 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.

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