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φάσκω

phasko

say, affirm, assert

Appears 69 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

φάσκω, used by Ep. only in impf. ἔφασκον Il. 13.100; Ep. φάσκον Od. 24.75, Hes. Th. 209: freq. in Trag. and Com. (but perh. never in pres. indic., v. infr.): as impf. of φημί S. OT 110, 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, OT 462, Ph. 1411 (anap.), Ar. Ra. 695 (troch.), X. Mem. 1.2.52, al., Isoc. 8.1; part. φάσκων IG 12.66.6, E. HF 1382 (the only part of the Verb used in Th. (3.70) and Pl. (R. 337e, al.), exc. ἔφασκεν Id. Lg. 901a):—Pass. is not found, ἐφάσκετʼ is for ἐφάσκετε S. Ph. 114. Rare in pres. indic. before iii B.C.: φάσκει Is. 6.16 (φάσκοι Reiske, Wyse), PMich.Zen. 82.6 (iii B. C.), PSI 8.921.7 (ii A. D.), dub. in S.E. P. 1.17 (v.l. φάσκοι), Gal. 15.35, Gp. 9.14.2, Hsch.; φάσκεις PSI 9.1011.10 (iii B. C.); φάσκουσι (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:—A. 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 τῇδʼ ἔφασκε γῇ (sc. εὑρεθήσεσθαι) S. OT 110; φησίν γε· φάσκων δʼ (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. HF 1382, etc.: abs., ὡς ἔφασκεν S. OT 114; φάσκουσα καὶ οὐ φάσκουσα Pl. Tht. 190a. 2. think, deem, expect, ὃ οὔ ποτʼ ἔγωγε τελευτήσεσθαι ἔφασκον Il. 13.100; οὔ μʼ ἐφάσκεθʼ . . οἴκαδʼ ἱκέσθαι Od. 22.35; φάσκειν . . ὁρᾶν believe that you see, S. El. 9. 3. say, promise, c. inf. fut., με . . ἔφασκε θήσειν ἀθάνατον Od. 7.256; φάσκων προσποιήσειν αὐτήν Th. 2.85, cf. Pl. Ion 541e.
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