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εἰκάζω , Aeol. ἐϊκάσδω Sapph.104: impf.
II. liken, compare, “ὄρπακι βραδίνῳ σε μάλιστ᾽ ἐϊκάσδωSapph. l.c., cf. A.Ch.633 (lyr.), Eu.49, etc.; describe by a comparison, εἰ. τι ὡς . . Hdt.7.162, cf.4.31, Arist.EN1106b30:—Pass., to be like, resemble, “τινίE.Ba.942, 1253, etc.; “πρός τιναAr.Ach.783.
III. infer from comparison, form a conjecture, Hdt.1.68,7.49, S.OC1504, 1677 (lyr.), Isoc.3.26; freq. in phrase ὡς εἰκάσαι so far as one can guess, “ὡς εἰκάσαι, βασιληΐην τε καὶ πολιτηΐην αἰτεομένουςHdt.9.34, cf. 1.34, etc.; rarely without “ὡς, ἀλλ᾽, εἰκάσαι μέν, ἡδύςS.OT82: c. acc. et inf., Hdt.4.132, Antipho Soph.53, Th.5.9, etc.: omisso inf., Ἀμαζόνας . . ἂν ᾔκασ᾽ ὑμᾶς (sc. εἶναι) A.Supp.288; τί τοῦτ᾽ ἂν εἰκάσειας (sc. εἶναι); S.Ant.1244; “εἰ. τι ἔκ τινοςA.Th.356 (lyr.), Th.3.20; “ἀπό τινοςId.1.10; εἰ. τι make a guess about it, A.Ch.518, Antipho 5.64; “τινίTh.1.9, Plu.Publ.14; estimate, τὴν κριθήν, τὰ τετρυγημένα εἰς . . , at a given quantity, PSI 5.522 (iii B. C.), PGurob8.14 (iii B.C.): abs., “εἰ. τεκμαιρόμενοςLys. 6.20; “εἰ. καλῶςMen.852.
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