ηὕρ-

ηὗρε, εὑρίσκω

find: aor ind act 3rd sg

ηὗρε, εὑρίσκω

find: aor ind act 3rd sg

εὑρίσκω, [tense] impf. ηὕρισκον or εὕρ- S.OT68, etc.: [tense] fut.

A

εὑρήσω h.Merc. 302

, Th.7.67, etc.: [tense] aor. 2

εὗρον Il.1.498

, etc., later ηὗρον or

εὗρον E. Med. 553

, etc.; [ per.] 3pl.

εὕροσαν LXX De.31.17

, BGU1201.16 (i A.D.); imper. εὑρέ Hdn.Gr.2.23; [dialect] Ep. inf.

εὑρέμεναι Od.12.393

: later [tense] aor. 1

εὕρησα Man.5.137

; εὗρα v.l. in Ev.Luc.8.35, Act.Ap.5.10, (ἐν-) PGen.3.19 (ii A.D.): [tense] pf.

εὕρηκα S.OT 546

, etc., [tense] pf. imper. [ per.] 2sg.

εὕρηκε Nausicr.1

D.:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut.

εὑρήσομαι Hdt.9.6

, Lys.13.9, etc.: [tense] aor. 2

εὑρόμην Hom.

, [dialect] Att. ηὑρ- or εὑρ- A.Pr. 269, Th.1.58, etc.: [tense] aor.1

εὑράμην Hes.Fr.116.3

(testes omnes), Str.12.34.4, Iamb.VP35.255, AP9.29 (Antiphil.), Epigr. ap. Paus.6.20.14, Ep.Hebr.9.12, IG3.900 (ii A.D.):—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

εὑρεθήσομαι S.OT 108

, E.IA 1105, Isoc.9.41: [tense] aor. 1 ηὑρέθην or

εὑρέθην S.Aj. 1135

, etc.: [tense] pf. ηὕρημαι or εὕρ- A.Pers. 743 (troch), etc.—Hom. has only [tense] aor. [voice] Act. and [voice] Med., exc. ἔθ' εὑρίσκω (v.l. ἐφευρίσκω) Od.19.158. (Earlier [dialect] Att. Inscrr. have ηὑρέθην, ηὕρημαι, as IG22.1636.32, al., Epigr.Gr.35 (iv B.C.):

εὑρέθην SIG679.80

(Magn. Mae., ii B.C.): the augm. is seldom found in Papyri,

ηὕρισκεν PPetr. 3p.101

(iii B. C.); never in those of Men. or Phld.):— find,

εὗρεν δ' εὐρύοπα Κρονίδην ἄτερ ἥμενον ἄλλων Il.1.498

, etc.; εὕρημα εὑ., v. εὕρημα.

2 c. part., find that..,

εὕρισκε Λακεδαιμονίους.. προέχοντας Hdt.1.56

, cf. 1.5:—and in [voice] Pass.,

ἤν εὑρεθῇς μὴ δίκαιος ὤν S.Tr. 411

, cf. OT 839, OC 946: with part. omitted, ὅταν τοὺς θεοὺς εὕρω κακούς (sc. ὄντας) Id.Ph. 452; εὑρήσει τοσαῦτα ἔτη (sc. ὄντα) Th.5.26; θῆλυς εὕρημαι (sc. ὤν) S.Tr. 1075;

ἄνους ηὑρέθη Id.Aj. 763

.

3 c. inf., εὕρισκε πρῆγμά οἱ εἶναι .. found that the thing for him was.., Hdt.1.79:—[voice] Med., εὑρίσκεται (sed leg. εὕρισκέ τε) ταῦτα καιριώτατα εἶναι ib. 125:—[voice] Act., also, find means, be able,

οὐχ εὑρίσκει χρήσασθαι Arr.Epict.2.12.2

.

4 εὑ. ὅπως .. to find by what means.., Th.7.67:—[voice] Med., c.inf., find out or discover how to..,

ηὕρετο.. παύειν E.Med. 196

(anap.).

5 [voice] Pass., εὑρέθη ὅτι .. it was found that.., LXX 1 Es.2.22(26).

6 befall, of evils, τινα ib.Ge.44.34, De.31.17.

II find out, discover,

οὐδέ τι μῆχος εὑρέμεναι δυνάμεσθα Od. 12.393

;

οὐδέ τι τέκμωρ εὑρέμεναι δύνασαι 4.374

, cf. Il.7.31;

εὑ. ὁδόν Pi.P.10.29

;

ἐξ ἀμηχάνων πόρον A.Pr.59

;

μηχανὴν σωτηρίας Id.Th. 209

;

πημάτων ἄρηξιν S.El. 875

;

τινα ἐμοῦ βελτίονα Ar.Pl. 104

, etc.: abs.,

εὕρηκα Archim.

ap. Plu.2.1094c:—[voice] Med.,

εὕρετο τέκμωρ Il.16.472

; ὄνομ' εὕρεο think of a name to give him, Od.19.403;

εἴ τιν' ἑταίροισιν θανάτου λύσιν.. εὑροίμην 9.422

.

2 c. inf., get a chance of, be able,

ἵνα εὕρωμεν ἐπιστολὴν γράψαι BGU822.28

(ii/iii A.D.), cf. 17,20, PGrenf.1.64.3 (vi A.D.), etc.

III devise, invent,

ὀχήματα A.Pr. 468

, etc.;

πρόφασιν Antipho 5.65

:—[voice] Med., τὰ δ' ἔργα τοὺς λόγους εὑρίσκεται deeds make themselves words, S.El. 625.

IV get, gain, ἀρετάν, δόξαν, Pi.O.7.89, P.2.64;

τὰ χρήματ' ἀνθρώποισιν εὑρίσκει φίλους S.Fr.88

;

ἐξ ὀλβίων ἄζηλον εὑροῦσαι βίον Id.Tr. 284

, cf. E.Med. 1107 (anap.);

δεινὰ δ' εὑροῦσαν πρὸς αὐθαίμων πάθη S.OC 1078

(lyr.);

ἀφ' ὧν ὄνασιν εὕρωσι Id.El. 1061

; μέγ' εὑρεῖν κέρδος ib. 1305;

εὑ. σωτηρίαν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ Pl.Prt. 321c

; εὑ. μητρὶ φόνον bring about murder, E.El. 650: abs., acquire wealth, LXX Le.25.47:—[voice] Med., find or get for oneself, bring on oneself,

οἷ.. αὐτῷ πρώτῳ κακὸν εὕρετο Od.21.304

(so in [voice] Act.,

μή πού τις ἐπίσπαστον κακὸν εὕρῃ 24.462

);

αὐτὸς ηὑρόμην πόνους A.Pr. 269

;

μοῖραν ηὕρετ' ἀσφαλῆ Id.Ag. 1588

, cf. Th. 880 (lyr.): so in [tense] pf. [voice] Pass.,

μέγα πένθος ηὕρηται S.Aj. 615

(lyr.); εὑρήσεται τιμωρίην will get for himself, obtain, Hdt.3.148, cf.9.26;

ἀλεωρήν Id.9.6

;

κλέος Pi.P.3.111

;

ἄδειαν εὑρόμενος And.1.15

;

ἀτέλειαν D.20.1

;

εὑρίσκεσθαι ὠφελίαν ἀπό τινος Th.1.31

;

τι παρά τινος IG12.108.47

, Lys.13.9; εὑ. παρά τινος c. inf., procure from him that.., Hdt.9.28;

δεηθέντες οὐκ ἐδύναντο εὑρέσθαι Lys.14.20

.

V esp. of merchandise, etc., fetch, earn money, εὑροῦσα πολλὸν χρυσίον having fetched a large sum, Hdt. 1.196;

ηὗρε πλέον ἢ ἐνενήκοντα τάλαντα X.HG3.4.24

, cf. Vect.4.40; οἰκία εὑρίσκουσα δισχιλίας (sc. δραχμάς) Is.8.35; ἐγδίδομεν.. τοὺς θριγκοὺς.. ὅτι ἂν εὕρωσιν for what they will fetch, IG7.3073.7 (Lebad.); ἐρωτᾶν τί εὑρίσκει what it will fetch, Thphr.Char.15.4.

2 of the sum or bid which secures an article or contract, οἰκέτην.. ἀποδίδοται τοῦ εὑρόντος sells for what he will fetch, X.Mem.2.5.5;

τοῦ ἤδη εὑρίσκοντος ἀπεδίδοτο Aeschin.1.96

, cf. SIG966.37 (Attica, iv B.C.), 581.99 (Rhodes-Hierapytna, ii B.C.); ἐκτιθέτωσαν τὸ εὑρίσκον ἐφ' ἡμέρας δέκα the highest or winning bid, PRev.Laws48.16 (iii B.C.), cf. UPZ 112vi9 (iii B.C.); προσέβαλον αὐτῷ τοῦ εὑρίσκοντος ἀνὰ [x] ἱερεῖα [x] I have placed at his disposal [x] pigs at the current price of [x], PCair.Zen.161.5 (iii B.C.), cf. UPZ114(1).24 (ii B.C.).

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `find' (τ 158)

Other forms: Aor. εὑρεῖν, ind. εὗρον (Il.; later also ηὗρον), fut. εὑρήσω (h. Merc. 302, Ion.-Att.), perf. εὕρηκα, - ημαι ( ηὕρ-), aor. pass. εὑρεθῆναι with fut. εὑρεθήσομαι (Ion.-Att.)

Compounds: often with prefix, e. g. ἀν-, ἐξ-, ἐφ-. As 1. member εὑρησι- (later εὑρεσι-) in εὑρησι-επής `who finds ἔπη, epic poet' (Pi.), εὑρησι-λογέω `find grounds, find excuses' and - λογία `abitlity, to find grounds, eristics, making empty words' (hell.; after the compp. in - λογέω, - λογία, cf. Schwyzer 726; on the meaning Zucker Philol. 82, 256ff.); with εὑρησί-λογος (Corn. a. o.).

Derivatives: derivv., also from the prefixcompp. (not noted): εὕρημα, later εὕρεμα (Schwyzer 523) `find' (Ion.-Att.), εὕρεσις `discovery' (Ion.-Att.; εὕρησις Apollod.; vgl. Fraenkel 1, 187 n. 1); εὕρετρα pl. `finder-reward' (Ulp.); εὑρετής `discoverer' (Att.) with f. εὑρετίς, - έτις (S. Fr. 101 [uncertain], D. S.); also εὑρέτρια (D. S., pap.; Chantraine Formation 104ff., Schwyzer 475); Εὑρέσιος surname of Ζεύς = Iupiter Inventor (D. H.; after Ίκέσιος a. o.); εὑρετικός `of a dicoverer' (Pl.), εὑρετός `to find' (Hp., S.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: The original confective meaning of εὑρίσκειν makes it probable, that the aorist will be archaic. Beside it was prob. an old perfect, seen in εὕρη-κα. After it came εὑρήσω; the latest member (beside εὑρεθῆναι) was the present εὑρίσκειν (quantity of the ι unknown), which was therefore an innovation. - The aorist εὑρεῖν can be a thematic root formation for *ἐ-Ϝρεῖν, with ἐ- as prothetic (which would mean * h₁w(e)r- ?) or from the ind. *ἔ-Ϝρ-ον (for *ἠ-Ϝρ-ον?); the aspiration secondary after ἑλεῖν a. o.? Or was it a reduplicated aorist *Ϝε-Ϝρεῖν with dissimilatory loss of the anlauting Ϝ- and secondary aspiration. - A reduplicated formation is found also in OIr. preterite -fúar `I found' \< IE *u̯e-u̯r- (pres. fo-gabim); the pass. - frīth `inventum est', which as IE *u̯rē-to- agrees with *Ϝρη- in - Ϝέ-Ϝρη-κα (\> εὕρηκα). Also in OCS ob-rětъ `I found' IE *u̯rē-t- has been supposed. - A full grade u̯er- is seen in Arm. gerem (sec. aorist gerec̣i) `take prisoner'. - Lit. in Schwyzer 709 n. 2. - See now Taillardat, RPh. 34 (1960) 232-235: from *su̯er-, with * sesure \> εὗρε (?).

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