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εἰκάζω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἰκάζω

Structure: εἰκάζ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to make like to, represent by a likeness, portray, painted to the life, a figure like
  2. to liken, compare, to describe by a comparison, to resemble
  3. to infer from comparison, form a conjecture, one can guess, to guess that, guess, to be, to make a guess

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular εἰκάζω εἰκάζεις εἰκάζει
Dual εἰκάζετον εἰκάζετον
Plural εἰκάζομεν εἰκάζετε εἰκάζουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular εἰκάζω εἰκάζῃς εἰκάζῃ
Dual εἰκάζητον εἰκάζητον
Plural εἰκάζωμεν εἰκάζητε εἰκάζωσιν*
OptativeSingular εἰκάζοιμι εἰκάζοις εἰκάζοι
Dual εἰκάζοιτον εἰκαζοίτην
Plural εἰκάζοιμεν εἰκάζοιτε εἰκάζοιεν
ImperativeSingular εί̓καζε εἰκαζέτω
Dual εἰκάζετον εἰκαζέτων
Plural εἰκάζετε εἰκαζόντων, εἰκαζέτωσαν
Infinitive εἰκάζειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
εἰκαζων εἰκαζοντος εἰκαζουσα εἰκαζουσης εἰκαζον εἰκαζοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular εἰκάζομαι εἰκάζει, εἰκάζῃ εἰκάζεται
Dual εἰκάζεσθον εἰκάζεσθον
Plural εἰκαζόμεθα εἰκάζεσθε εἰκάζονται
SubjunctiveSingular εἰκάζωμαι εἰκάζῃ εἰκάζηται
Dual εἰκάζησθον εἰκάζησθον
Plural εἰκαζώμεθα εἰκάζησθε εἰκάζωνται
OptativeSingular εἰκαζοίμην εἰκάζοιο εἰκάζοιτο
Dual εἰκάζοισθον εἰκαζοίσθην
Plural εἰκαζοίμεθα εἰκάζοισθε εἰκάζοιντο
ImperativeSingular εἰκάζου εἰκαζέσθω
Dual εἰκάζεσθον εἰκαζέσθων
Plural εἰκάζεσθε εἰκαζέσθων, εἰκαζέσθωσαν
Infinitive εἰκάζεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
εἰκαζομενος εἰκαζομενου εἰκαζομενη εἰκαζομενης εἰκαζομενον εἰκαζομενου

Future tense

Imperfect tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ὅταν δὲ ἀτόπωσ τισ εἰκάζῃ, σφοδρὸν ποιεῖ τὸν λόγον, οἱο͂ν ὥσπερ σκορπίοσ ἠρκὼσ τὸ κέντρον, ᾄττων δεῦρο κἀκεῖσε, σκοπῶν τίνι κακόν τι προστριψάμενοσ εἰσ συμφορὰν καταστήσῃ. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 4:1)
  • ὅταν εἰκάζῃ τισ κακῶσ οὐσίαν τῷ λόγῳ, περὶ θεῶν τε καὶ ἡρώων οἱοῖ́ εἰσιν, ὥσπερ γραφεὺσ μηδὲν ἐοικότα γράφων οἷσ ἂν ὅμοια βουληθῇ γράψαι. (Plato, Republic, book 2 351:1)

Synonyms

  1. to liken

Related

Derived

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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