ἐφευρίσκω

epheurisko

find

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Phaedrus 2
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266a5
266a7
Statesman 1
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307c5

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐφευρίσκω, Ion. ἐπ-, fut. ἐφευρήσω: aor. 2 ἐφηῦρον or ἐφεῦ-; Aeol. ἐπεύρ[οι] Sapph. Supp. 4.9: pf. ἐφηύρηκα S. El. 1093 (lyr.), Euphro 1.17, etc.:— A. find or discover, find anywhere, εἴ που ἐφεύροι ἠῑόνας λιμένας τε Od. 5.439, cf. 417, Pl. Phdr. 266a: usu. c. part., ὃν δʼ αὐ . . βοόωντα ἐφεύροι Il. 2.198; δαινυμένους δʼ εὐ πάντας ἐφεύρομεν Od. 10.452; τήν γʼ ἀλλύουσαν ἐφεύρομεν ἀγλαὸν ἱστόν we discovered her undoing it, 24.145, cf. S. El. 1093 (lyr.), Pl. Plt. 307c; Κύπρι . . σε πικροτάταν ἐπεύροι prob. in Sapph. l.c.:—Pass., μὴ ἐπευρεθῇ πρήσσων Hdt. 9.109; κλέπτων ὅταν τις . . ἐφευρεθῇ S. Fr. 930; δρῶν ἐφευρίσκῃ (2sg.) Id. OC 928; ἐφηύρημαι κακός (sc. ὤν) Id. OT 1421, cf. Ant. 281; δειλὸς ὤν ἐφηυρέθης E. Supp. 319. 2. discover besides, v.l. for ἔθʼ εὑρ. in Od. 19.158; ταῖς ἀρχαίαις τέσσαρας χορδάς Paus. 3.12.10. 3. bring in besides, ὅσα δʼ ἂν ἐφευρίσκῃ [τὰ τέλη] X. Vect. 4.40. II. find out, invent, of arts, [τέχναν] Pi. P. 12.7 (Med. μῆτιν -ευρομένοις ib.4.262); σοφῶς ἐφεῦρες ὥστε μὴ θανεῖν E. Alc. 699. 2. find out, discover, ἐφεῦρε δʼ ἄστρων μέτρα καὶ περιστροφάς S. Fr. 432.8; χρόνου διατριβάς ib.479, cf. Cratin. 140; ἴδιόν τι Euphro 1.17; ὁσίαν ἐπίνοιαν SIG 799.5 (Cyzicus, i A.D.).

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