φάσκω

φάσκω, used by [dialect] Ep. only in [tense] impf.

A

ἔφασκον Il.13.100

; [dialect] Ep.

φάσκον Od.24.75

, Hes.Th.209: freq. in Trag. and Com. (but perh. never in [tense] pres. indic., v. infr.): as [tense] impf. of

φημί S.OT110

, etc., also Ar. Ra.742; also imper.

φάσκε E.Hel.1077

, Arist.Rh.Al.1429a6; subj.

φάσκω A.Ch.93

, Ar.V.561 (anap.), Antipho 3.4.3, Lys.25.11, Is.10.11, PHal.1.134 (iii B. C.); opt.

φάσκοιμι S.Aj.1037

, D.30.27; inf.

φάσκειν S.El.9

, OT462, Ph.1411 (anap.), Ar.Ra.695 (troch.), X.Mem.1.2.52, al., Isoc.8.1; part.

φάσκων IG12.66.6

, E.HF1382 (the only part of the Verb used in Th. (3.70) and Pl. (R.337e, al.), exc.

ἔφασκεν Id.Lg.901a

):—[voice] Pass. is not found, ἐφάσκετ' is for

ἐφάσκετε S.Ph.114

. Rare in [tense] pres. indic. before iii B.C.:

φάσκει Is.6.16

(φάσκοι Reiske, Wyse), PMich.Zen.82.6 (iii B. C.), PSI8.921.7 (ii A. D.), dub. in S.E.P. 1.17 (v.l. φάσκοι), Gal.15.35, Gp.9.14.2, Hsch.;

φάσκεις PSI9.1011.10

(iii B. C.); φάσκουσι ([etym.] ν) Aeschin.Ep.11.11, PCair.Zen.21.25, 244.5, al. (iii B. C.), Plu.Ant.86, Ath.10.429b, Gp.5.2.9, etc.; φάσκομεν is dub. cj. (for πάσχομεν) in Alex.146.4:—say, affirm, assert, c. acc. et inf., Od.4.191, 8.565, al.; φάσκειν as imper., in this constr., S.OT 462, Ph.1411 (anap.); οὐ φασκόντων χρήσειν saying they would not . . , Hdt. 3.58;

οὐ φάσκων ἀνεκτὸν εἶναι Th.8.52

; the inf. is freq. to be supplied, ἐν τῇδ' ἔφασκε γῇ (sc. εὑρεθήσεσθαι) S.OT110; φησίν γε· φάσκων δ' (sc. ἥξειν) Id.El.319; τῶν φασκόντων γονέων (sc. εἶναι) Pl. R.538a, etc.; rarely φ. ὡς . . , ὅτι . . , Mosch.2.12, Plu.2.215f: c. acc.,

τοῦτο φ. τοὔπος A.Ch.93

, cf. E.HF1382, etc.: abs.,

ὡς ἔφασκεν S.OT 114

;

φάσκουσα καὶ οὐ φάσκουσα Pl.Tht.190a

.

2 think, deem, expect,

ὃ οὔ ποτ' ἔγωγε τελευτήσεσθαι ἔφασκον Il.13.100

;

οὔ μ' ἐφάσκεθ' . . οἴκαδ' ἱκέσθαι Od.22.35

; φάσκειν . . ὁρᾶν believe that you see, S.El.9.

3 say, promise, c. inf. [tense] fut.,

με . . ἔφασκε θήσειν ἀθάνατον Od.7.256

;

φάσκων προσποιήσειν αὐτήν Th.2.85

, cf. Pl.Ion541e.