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ἴσκω

ἴσκω, go (iter.)

ἴσκω2, to make like > ἐΐσκω

ἴσκω (A), iterat. pres. of εἶμι,
  • go, ἐνς πόλεμον Schwyzer 180 (Crete).
ἴσκω (B), = ἐΐσκω (q.v.), only 3 sg. impf. ἴσκε (ν) in early Ep.,
  • make like, φωνὴν ἴσκουσʼ ἀλόχοισιν she made her voice like (the voice of) their wives, Od. 4.279; feign, ἴσκε ψεύδεα πολλὰ λέγων ἐτύμοισιν ὁμοῖα 19.203.
    • II think like, ἐμὲ σοὶ ἴσκοντες thinking me like (i.e. taking me for) you, Il. 16.41; σὲ τῷ ἴσκοντες 11.799 (εἴσκ- Aristarch.).
      • 2 guess, imagine, ἴσκεν ἕκαστος ἀνήρ Od. 22.31; suppose, c. acc. et inf., Simon. 130.
    • III in Alex. Poets, through a misinterpretation of Hom., speak, say, A.R. 2.240, al.: 1 sg. ἴσκον Theoc. 22.167, part. ἴσκων Lyc. 574.

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