εἰκάζω
eikazo
represent by an image
Appears 43 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
εἰκάζω, Aeol. ἐϊκάσδω 104: impf. εἴκαζον 4.133, but Att. ᾔκαζον Ec. 385: fut. -άσω Eu. 49: aor. εἴκασα 2.104, Att. ᾔκασα Nu. 350, etc.: pf. εἴκακα Sch. V. 151:—Pass., fut. εἰκασθήσομαι Ach. 783: aor. εἰκάσθην HG 7.5.22: pf. εἴκασμαι 3.28, Att. ᾔκασμαι (ἐξ-) Eq. 230 (but εἴκασται Cra. 439a).— This is the only Verb that augments εἰ- by ᾐ-:—Α. represent by an image or likeness, portray, γυναῖκα γραφῇ εἰκάσας Oec. 10.1; εἰκὼν γραφῇ εἰκασμένη a figure painted to the life, 2.182; αἰετὸς εἰκασμένος a figure like an eagle, 3.28; χειρὶ τεκτόνων δέμας . . εἰκασθέν Alc. 349; κενταύροις ᾔκασαν αὑτάς made themselves like Centaurs, Nu. 350; τοῦ θεοῦ . . ᾧπερ εἰκάζεις σεαυτόν Ra. 594. II. liken, compare, ὄρπακι βραδίνῳ σε μάλιστʼ ἐϊκάσδω l.c., cf. Ch. 633 (lyr.), Eu. 49, etc.; describe by a comparison, εἰ. τι ὡς ἰ . . 7.162, cf.4.31, EN 1106b30:—Pass., to be like, resemble, τινί Ba. 942, 1253, etc.; πρός τινα Ach. 783. III. infer from comparison, form a conjecture, 1.68,7.49, OC 1504, 1677 (lyr.), 3.26; freq. in phrase ὡς εἰκάσαι so far as one can guess, ὡς εἰκάσαι, βασιληΐην τε καὶ πολιτηΐην αἰτεομένους 9.34, cf. 1.34, etc.; rarely without ὡς, ἀλλʼ, εἰκάσαι μέν, ἡδύς OT 82: c. acc. et inf., 4.132, 53, 5.9, etc.: omisso inf., Ἀμαζόνας . . ἂν ᾔκασʼ ὑμᾶς (sc. εἶναι) Supp. 288; τί τοῦτʼ ἂν εἰκάσειας (sc. εἶναι); Ant. 1244; εἰ. τι ἔκ τινος Th. 356 (lyr.), 3.20; ἀπό τινος 1.10; εἰ. τι make a guess about it, Ch. 518, 5.64; τινί 1.9, Publ. 14; estimate, τὴν κριθήν, τὰ τετρυγημένα εἰς . . , at a given quantity, PSI 5.522 (iii B. C.), PGurob 8.14 (iii B.C.): abs., εἰ. τεκμαιρόμενος 6.20; εἰ. καλῶς 852.
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