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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 μόλισ εἰκάζομεν τὰ ἐπὶ γῆσ καί τὰ ἐν χερσὶν εὑρίσκομεν μετὰ πόνου. τὰ δὲ ἐν οὐρανοῖσ τίσ ἐξιχνίασε̣ (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 9:16)
  • τὸν λόγον ἡμεῖσ οἱ Κελτοὶ οὐχ ὥσπερ ὑμεῖσ οἱ Ἕλληνεσ Ἑρμῆν οἰόμεθα εἶναι, ἀλλ’ Ἡρακλεῖ αὐτὸν εἰκάζομεν, ὅτι παρὰ πολὺ τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ ἰσχυρότεροσ οὗτοσ. (Lucian, Hercules, 4:3)
  • καὶ καθίσαντεσ ἑωρῶμεν τό μὲν πρῶτον θηρία κατακοντιζόμενα καὶ ὑπὸ κυνῶν διωκόμενα καὶ ἐπ’ ἀνθρώπουσ δεδεμένουσ ἀφιέμενα, κακούργουσ τινάσ, ὡσ εἰκάζομεν. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 58:2)
  • ταύτην οὖν, τὴν καθ’ ἡμᾶσ οἰκουμένην εἰκάζομεν. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 10:3)
  • οὔπω δὲ πέντε ὅλουσ διελθὼν σταδίουσ εὑρ͂ον ἱερὸν Ποσειδῶνοσ, ὡσ ἐδήλου ἡ ἐπιγραφή, καὶ μετ’ οὐ πολὺ καὶ τάφουσ πολλοὺσ καὶ στήλασ ἐπ’ αὐτῶν πλησίον τε πηγὴν ὕδατοσ διαυγοῦσ, ἔτι δὲ καὶ κυνὸσ ὑλακὴν ἠκούομεν καὶ καπνὸσ ἐφαίνετο πόρρωθεν καί τινα καὶ ἔπαυλιν εἰκάζομεν. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 32:6)

Synonyms

  1. to liken

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

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