- εἰκάζω
- εἰκάζωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `picture, compare, suspect' (Ion.-Att.), on the meaning cf. Brunel Aspect verbal 71, 155, 174, 184.Other forms: Lesb. ἐϊκάσδω, aor. εἰκάσαι, fut. εἰκάσω, perf. pass. εἴκασμαι (ᾔ-)Compounds: With prefix, esp. ἀπ-; also ἐξ-, ἐπ-, προσ- a. o.;Derivatives: (ἀπ-)εἰκασία `picture, comparison, suspicion' (Ion.-Att.; on the formation Schwyzer 469) with εἰκάσιμος `aestimabilis' (gloss.; Arbenz Die Adj. auf -ιμος 99), (ἀπ-)εἴκασμα `representation' (A., Pl.), (ἀπ-, ἐπ-)εἰκασμός `supposition' (D. H., Str.); - εἰκαστής `who supposes' (Th. 1, 138; s. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 73f.), `who pictures' (D. H.); εἰκαστός `comparable' (S. u. a.), εἰκαστικός `which belongs to (making) a picture (Pl. a. o).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1129] *u̯eik- `resemble, fit'Etymology: Four-syllabic ἐϊκάσδω presupposes like synonymous Hom. (Ϝ)ε(Ϝ)ίσκω an original *ϜεϜικάζω. Both formations are new factitive presents to the perf. (Ϝ)έ-(Ϝ)οικ-α `be like, resemble', du. (Ϝ)έ-(Ϝ)ικ-τον, pret. (Ϝ)έ-(Ϝ)ικ-το (Schwyzer 735). See ἔοικα.Page in Frisk: 1,452-453
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