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ἀπεικάζω

apeikazo

form from a model, represent, express, copy

Appears 61 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἀπεικάζω, fut. -άσομαι X. Mem. 3.11.1, -άσω Plu. 2.1135a:—Pass., aor. ἀπεικάσθην E. El. 979, Pl. Cra. 419d: fut. -ασθήσομαι Them. Or. 2.33a: pf. ἀπείκασμαι Pl. Cra. 420d (on the augment v. εἰκάζω):—Α. form from a model, represent, express, copy, of painters, ἀ τὰ καλὰ τῶν ζῴων Isoc. 1.11; τὸ σὸν χρῶμα καὶ σχῆμα Pl. Cra. 432b, cf. Criti. 107d, 107e; διὰ χρωμάτων ἀ. X. Mem. 3.10.1; χρώμασι καὶ σχήμασιν Arist. Po. 1447a19: metaph., ἀ. ἑαυτόν τινι conform oneself to . ., Pl. R. 396d:—Pass., become like, resemble, τινί ib.563a, Cra. 419c; ἀπεικασθεὶς θεῷ in a godʼs likeness, E. El. 979. 2. express by a comparison, ἔχοιμʼ ἂν αὐτὸ μὴ κακῶς ἀπεικάσαι S. Fr. 149.2, cf. Pl. Tht. 169b; οἷος γὰρ Ἀχιλλεὺς ἐγένετο ἀπεικάσειεν ἄν τις Βρασίδαν Id. Smp. 221c; τὸ θάλλειν τὴν αὔξην μοι δοκεῖ ἀπεικάζειν τὴν τῶν νέων the word θάλλειν seems to express the growth . ., Id. Cra. 414a; ἀ. διὰ τοῦ ῥῶ to express by the sound of ῥ, ib. 426e:—Pass., to be copied or expressed by likeness τοῖς ὑπὸ τῶν κάτω ἀπεικασθεῖσι Id. R. 511a; τὰ ἄλλα ἀπείργαστο εἰς ὁμοιότητα ᾧπερ (sc. τούτου ᾧ ἀπεικάζετο Id. Ti. 39e; ἀ. πρός τι to be copied in reference to . ., i. e. from . ., ib.29c. 3. liken, compare with, τινί τι E. Supp. 146, Pl. Phd. 76e, Grg. 493b, Smp. 221d, al.; οὐ τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν ᾧ σὺ ἀπεικάζεις not such [as that] to which you compare it, Id. Phd. 92b:— Pass., to be likened or compared, ἄρχουσιν Id. Lg. 905e, al.; [τὸ ἀναγκαῖον] ἀπείκασται τῇ πορείᾳ Id. Cra. 420d; [τὸ ψεῦδος] ἀπείκασται τοῖς καθεύδουσι ib.421b. II. ὡς ἀπεικάσαι, = ὡς ἐπεικάσαι, as one may guess, to conjecture, S. OC 16, Tr. 141, E. Or. 1298. III. imagine, ἀ. χειρώσεσθαι (-ασθαι codd.) τὴν Σπάρτην D.S. 15.65.
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