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ἱστορέω

ἱστορέω, to inquire into

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ἱστόρεόν imperfect active indicative 3rd plural, imperfect active indicative 1st singular of ἱστορέω

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ἱστορ-έω, (ἵστωρ)
  • inquire into or about a thing, τι Hdt. 2.113, A. Pr. 632, etc.; περί τινος Plb. 3.48.12; also, inquire about a person, τινα S. OT 1150, 1156; ὅδʼ εἴμʼ Ὀρέστης . . ὃν ἱστορεῖς E. Or. 380, cf. Tr. 261: folld. by relat. clause, Αἴγισθον ἔνθʼ ᾤκηκεν ἱστορῶ S. El. 1101.
      • 2 examine, observe, χώραν, πόλιν, Plu. Thes. 30, Pomp. 40, cf. J. AJ 1.11.4; τὴν τοῦ Μέμνονος [σύριγγα] OGI 694.7; τὴν σύνεσίν τινος Plu. Cic. 2, etc.; τινὰς ἀπολουμένους Gal. 11.109: hence, to be informed about, know, κακῶς τὸ μέλλον ἱστορῶν A. Pers. 454; πατέρα ἱστορεῖς καλῶς Id. Eu. 455, cf. Hp. Praec. 12: metaph., εἴ τις ἀκτὶς ἡλίου νιν ἱστορεῖ βλέποντα has news of him, A. Ag. 676: folld. by relat., τὴν πορείαν ἱστορῶν, ὡς δυσδίοδος ὑπάρχει Plb. 3.61.3; read in history, Id. 1.63.7.
      • 2 c. acc. pers., inquire of, ask, ἱστορέων αὐτοὺς ἥντινα δύναμιν ἔχει ὁ Νεῖλος Hdt. 2.19, cf. 3.77; inquire of an oracle, E. Ion 1547; visit a person for the purpose of inquiry, Κηφᾶν Ep.Gal. 1.18:— Pass., to be questioned, κληθέντας ἱστορέεσθαι εἰ . . Hdt. 1.24; ἱστορούμενος S. Tr. 415, E. Hel. 1371.
        • b c. dupl.acc., inquire of one about a thing, τί μʼ ἱστορεῖς τόδε Id. Ph. 621, cf. Lyc. 1.
      • 4 abs., inquire, ἀκοῆ ἱ. Hdt. 2.29, etc.; esp. in part., ἱστορέων εὕρισκε Id. 1.56, etc.; οὔθʼ ὁρῶν οὔθʼ ἱστορῶν S. OT 1484; folld. by a relat. word, ἱστόρεόν τε ὅτεῳ τρόπῳ περιγένοιτο Hdt. 1.122.
    • II give an account of what one has learnt, record, τοὺς βίους τῶν χερσαίων Thphr. HP 4.13.1, cf. Luc. Hist.Conscr. 7, etc.; ἱστοροῦσί τινες . . it is stated that . ., Dsc. 4.75, etc.:—freq. in Pass., ὁ καρπὸς . . ἐπιλημπτικοὺς ἱστορεῖται ὠφελεῖν Id. 1.83; περί τινος ἱστορεῖται διότι Phld. Mus. p.18 K.; ἱστορεῖται περὶ Γοργοῦς τοιοῦτον Plu. Apophth. Lac. 2.227e, cf. Id. Cic. 1, Ael. Tact. 34.3, etc.; Ἀπολλόδωρος εἴρηκεν ἀπελθόντας Ὕαντας ἱστορεῖσθαι are represented as having gone, Str. 10.3.4; τῶν ἱστορουμένων οὐδενὸς ἧττον πολυπράγμων the most industrious person on record, Phld. Mus. p.108 K.

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