, 22.12 ),v.infr. :—the shortd. formοἶμαιis the one chiefly used in Trag.,οἴομαιonly in A. Ch. 758 , S. OC 28 ; butοἴομαιis freq. in Ar. ( Eq. 407 , al.) ; Hdt. does not use either form ; in Att. Prose codd. vary, butοἶμαιprevails, and was exclusively used in parenthesis (v. infr. IV) :impf.
, Antipho 1.8 , Th. 4.130 , Pl. Tht. 178c , etc. ; but rare in Com. and Trag., οἰηθῇς
Ar. Eq. 860
,οἰηθείς, -εῖσα,
Antiph. 194.2 , E. IA 986 ; alsoaor. inf.
οἰήσασθαι
Arat. 896
:— Act. , Ep.
pres. ὀί̈ωandοἴω, but only in1 sg.(v. infr.) ; Lacon.
οἰῶ
Ar. Lys. 81
, 156 , 998 , Epil. 3 . [In the un contr. forms, Hom. usesῑin ὀί̈ομαι
Il. 5.644
, ὀί̈εαι
1.561
, Od. 10.380 , ὀί̈εται
17.586
, ὀϊόμεθ'
21.322
, 22.165 , ὀϊόμενος
Il. 15.728
, Od. 2.351 , al. ( οἰόμενος
Call. Epigr. 8.2
), ὠί̈ετο
Od. 10.248
, ὀί̈σατο
1.323
, 9.213 , 19.390 , ὀϊσάμενος
15.443
(but the v.l. ὀϊσσατο, ὀϊσσάμενος in Hom. can be supported by ὀϊσσάμενος
A.R. 2.1135
, cf. Epic.Alex.Adesp. 2.41 , Arat. 1006 , byὑποίζεσθαι(:ὑπονοεῖν) Hsch. , and by ὠῐσάμην
A.R. 1.291
,ὠί̈σατο [ῐ]
Mosch. 2.8 , etc.) ; Act.
pres. ὀί̈ωhasῑwhen it stands at the end of a line, also in Od. 19.215 (in fourth foot), 18.259 (before caesura in third foot) ; butῐin Il. 1.558 , 13.153 , 23.467 , etc. ;οἴωas disyll. is always at the end, exc. in 15.298 , 21.533 , 23.310 .] :—forebode, presage,c. acc., κῆρας ὀϊομένῳ
II. impersonal, only Od. 19.312 ,ἀλλά μοι ὧδ' ἀνὰ θυμὸν ὀί̈εται there comes a bodinginto my heart.
III. think, suppose, believe,freq. in Hom. , as Il. 1.59 , 5.644 , etc. ; οἶμαι βοὴν ἄμικτον ἐν πόλει πρέπειν
A. Ag. 321
;οἶμαι γάρ νιν ἱκετεύσειν(ἱκετεῦσαιcodd.) E. IA 462 ;κτήσεσθαι(-σασθαιcodd.) Lys. 12.19 ;διαπράξεσθαι(-ξασθαιcodd.) Id. 13.53 ; ἤδη γὰρ αὐτοὺς οἴομαι δεδειπνάναι
Ar. Fr. 464
; opp.εἰδέναι,
Pl. R. 506c4 ; οἴονται, ἴσασι δ' οὐδέν
Arist. Rh. 1389b17
, cf. APo. 75a15 : folld. byὅτι . . ,
Plu. 2.90b :— Pass. , μάρτυρας δύο παρεχέτω ὀμνύντας οἰόμενον that he is the putative father,
Schwyzer 784a
(Tenos,iv B. C.).
IV. parenthetically, mostly in first person,ἐν πρώτοισιν, ὀί̈ω, κείσεταιamong the first,I ween,will he be lying, Il. 8.536 ; ἔπειτά γ', ὀί̈ω, γνώσεαι
Od. 16.309
, cf. Il. 13.153 , Od. 2.255 , etc. : in Hom. only in act. formὀί̈ω,exc. ὀί̈ομαι
Od. 22.140
, and perh. 14.363 , cf. A. Ch. 758 ; in Att. this parenthetic use is prob. confined to the shorter formοἶμαι, impf. ᾤμην; rarely in other persons than the first, asοὐκ οἴει ἀναγκασθήσεται; Pl. R. 486c , cf. Tht. 147b ;πόσης οἴεσθε γέμει σωφροσύνης; Id. Smp. 216d .
2. expressive of modesty or courtesy, to avoid over-great bluntness of assertion, Id. Grg. 483c , X. Cyr. 1.3.11 , etc. : even between a Prep. and its case, ἐξ οἶμαι τῆς ἀκροτάτης ἐλευθερίας
Pl. R. 564a
; ἐν οἶμαι πολλοῖς
D. 20.3
; or between Art. andSubst., οἱ γὰρ οἶμαι βέλτιστοι
Id. 54.38
.
V. answering a question,I think so, I should think so,
Ar. Ach. 919 , etc. ; νὴ τὸν Ἡρακλέα, οἶμαί γε
Id. Th. 27
; οἶμαι ἔγωγε
Pl. Cri. 47d
, etc. ;οἴεσθαί γε χρήone mustthinkso, it would seem so, Id. Prt. 325c , Cri. 53d , Phd. 68b , Grg. 522a .
VI.
Att. phrases:
1. πῶς οἴει;you can't thinkhow, to add force, like πῶς δοκεῖς ; πόθος τὴν καρδίαν ἐπάταξε πῶς οἴει σφόδρα
Ar. Ra. 54
.
2. οἴομαι δεῖνIthinkit my duty,thinkfit, hence sts.,intend, purpose, λέγειν οἴεται δεῖν ποιεῖν δεινούς his object isto train orators, Pl. Men. 95c , cf. 86b , Tht. 207e ; βδελυρὸς καὶ ὑβριστὴς ᾤετο δεῖν εἶναι
D. 21.143
; τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ἀμυνόμενοι τεθνάναι δεῖν ᾤοντο
Id. 60.31
, cf. Pl. Prt. 316c , X. An. 2.6.26 , Mem. 4.6.3 , 6 ; [ὁ ἀκόλαστος]οἰόμενος δεῖν[διώκει τὰ ἡδέα]intentionally,
Arist. EN 1152a6 , cf. 1136b8 , Pl. Hipparch. 225b ; butοἴομαι δὲ δεῖν οὐδέν methinksthere is noneed, S. OC 28 ; and in Pl. Alc. 2.144d
ἆρ' οὐκ ἀναγκαῖον . . οἰηθῆναι δεῖν . . ἡμᾶς εἰδέναι ἢ τῷ ὄντι εἰδέναι; must we not eitherthinkwe know or really know? (δεῖνbeing superfluous).
