φαντάζω

φαντάζω, ([etym.] φαίνω)

A make visible, present to the eye or mind, τι Alex.Aphr.Pr.2.18, Hsch.: but, φ. τὴν αἴσθησιν, deceive, Callistr. Stat.14:—[voice] Med., with [tense] aor. [voice] Pass., place before one's mind, picture an object to oneself, imagine, τι Longin.15.2, 8, M.Ant.10.28, Porph. Sent.33, Iamb.Myst.3.20, Chor.p.16 B.;

χωρίον Id.Milt.29

F.-R.;

κύνα ἐν ὕδατι Hp.Ep. 19

(Hermes 43.68);

περί τῆς φύσεως Him.Or.14.24

; fancy, imagine, ὅτι . . Arr.Epict.1.5.6;

ὄναρ ἐφαντάσθην Hp.Ep.15

; τοῖς μηδὲ φαντασθεῖσιν ὡς καλόν . . Plot.1.6.4; c. acc. et. inf., Polem. Phgn.36, Iamb.Myst.2.10.

II in early writers only in [voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

φαντασθήσομαι Pl.Smp.211a

: [tense] aor.

ἐφαντάσθην Id.Phlb.51a

:— become visible, appear, σφι Hdt.4.124;

ὄνειρον φαντάζεταί μοι Id.7.15

;

μηδὲ φαντάζου δόμων πάροιθε E.Andr.876

, cf. Ph.93;

φ. ἄλλοτε ἐν ἄλλαις ἰδέαις Pl.R.380d

; also, to be heard,

μυκαὶ σηκοῖς ἔνι φ. A.R. 4.1285

;

φοβερὸν ἦν τὸ -όμενον Ep.Hebr.12.21

.

b to be terrified by visions or phantasms, PMag.Lond.121.888.

2 make a show, Hdt.7.10. ε'.

3 φαντάζεσθαί τινι make oneself like someone, take his form,

φανταζόμενος . . γυναικί A.Ag.1500

(anap.).

4 appear so and so, to be imagined, Pl.Hp.Ma.300c;

ἡδοναὶ φαντασθεῖσαι Id.Phlb.51a

;

τῷ νοηθῆναι ἢ φαντασθῆναι Arist.de An.433b12

.

5 com. for συκοφαντεῖσθαι, to be informed against, Ar.Ach.823 (Megar. φαντάδδομαι).