εἰκάζω

εἰκάζω, [dialect] Aeol. [full] ἐϊκάσδω Sapph.104: [tense] impf.

A

εἴκαζον Hdt.4.133

, but [dialect] Att.

ᾔκαζον Ar.Ec.385

: [tense] fut. -άσω A.Eu.49: [tense] aor.

εἴκασα Hdt.2.104

, [dialect] Att.

ᾔκασα Ar.Nu.350

, etc.: [tense] pf. εἴκακα Sch.Ar.V.151:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

εἰκασθήσομαι Ar.Ach.783

: [tense] aor.

εἰκάσθην X.HG7.5.22

: [tense] pf.

εἴκασμαι Hdt.3.28

, [dialect] 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 μάλιστ' 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.EN1106b30:—[voice] 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.OC1504, 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, ἀλλ', εἰκάσαι μέν, ἡδύς S.OT82

: c. acc. et inf., Hdt.4.132, Antipho Soph.53, Th.5.9, etc.: omisso inf., Ἀμαζόνας . . ἂν ᾔκασ' ὑμᾶς (sc. εἶναι) A.Supp.288; τί τοῦτ' 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.), PGurob8.14 (iii B.C.): abs.,

εἰ. τεκμαιρόμενος Lys. 6.20

;

εἰ. καλῶς Men.852

.