ἐΐσκω
eisko
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Appears 15 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐΐσκω, poet. Verb, A. only pres. and impf. (exc. fut. εἴξω, τίνι [σε] εἴξομεν; Or.2.52d ) :—make like (cf. ἴσκω), αὐτὸν..ἤϊσκεν δέκτῃ he made him like a beggar, Od. 4.247, cf. 13.313 :—Pass., δέμας ῖσον ἐΐσκετό τινι he became like, Nonn. 4.72. II. deem like, liken, τάδε νυκτὶ ἐΐσκει Od. 20.362, cf. 11.5.181; Ἀρτέμιδί σε..ἐΐσκω I compare thee to her, Od. 6.152, cf. Il. 3.197, Supp. 13.5, Oxy. 1790.45; οὔ σε δαήμονι φωτὶ ἐΐσκω I do not deem thee like, i.e. take thee for, a wise man, Od. 8.159. 2. c. acc. et inf., deem, suppose, οὔ τί σʼ ἐΐσκομεν..ἠπεροπῆα ἔμεν 11.363, cf. Il. 13.446; ἄντα σέθεν γὰρ Ξάνθον..ἠΐσκομεν εῖναι 21.332, cf. 25.199. 3. abs., ὡς σὺ ἐΐσκεις as thou deemest, Od. 4.148. (ϝε-ϝίκ-σκω, cf. (ϝ)έ-(ϝ)οικ-α, (ϝ)ε-(ϝ)ικ-υῖα.)
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