εἰκάζω,
Aeolic dialect ἐϊκάσδω [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 104] Refs 7th c.BC+]: imperfect εἴκαζον [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.133 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], but Attic dialect ᾔκαζον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 385 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future -άσω [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 49 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist εἴκασα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.104 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], Attic dialect ᾔκασα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 350, etc.: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect εἴκακα [[Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 151 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future εἰκασθήσομαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 783 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist εἰκάσθην [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.5.22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect εἴκασμαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.28, _Attic dialect_ ᾔκασμαι (ἐξ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 230 (but εἴκασται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 439a).] Refs 5th c.BC+] — This is the only Verb that augments εἰ- by ᾐ-:—represent by an image or likeness, portray, γυναῖκα γραφῇ εἰκάσας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 10.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰκὼν γραφῇ εἰκασμένη a figure painted to the life, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.182 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰετὸς εἰκασμένος a figure like an eagle, [[ [prev. author] 3.28; χειρὶ τεκτόνων δέμας.. εἰκασθέν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 349 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κενταύροις ᾔκασαν αὑτάς made themselves like Centaurs, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 350; τοῦ θεοῦ.. ᾧπερ εἰκάζεις σεαυτόν [prev. author] “Ra.” 594. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II liken, compare, ὄρπακι βραδίνῳ σε μάλιστ᾽ ἐϊκάσδω [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica [same place], compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 633 (Lyric poetry), “Eu.” 49, etc.] Refs 7th c.BC+]; describe by a comparison, εἰ. τι ὡς ἰ.. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.162, compare 4.31, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1106b30 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be like, resemble, τινί [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 942, 1253, etc.; πρός τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 783. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]