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οἶμαι, shorter form of οἴομαι (q. v.).

οἴομαι,

in Hom. always un contr. ὀΐομαι (exc. οἴομαι Od. 10.193, οἴοιτο 17.580, 22.12), v. infr.: —

the shortd. form οἶμαι is the one chiefly used in Trag., οἴομαι only in A. Ch. 758, S. OC 28; but οἴομαι is freq. in Ar. (Eq. 407, al.); Hdt. does not use either form; in Att. Prose codd. vary, but οἶμαι prevails, and was exclusively used in parenthesis (v. infr. IV): impf. ᾠόμην A. Pr. 270, Ar. V. 791, etc.; also 1 pers. ᾤμην Id. Fr. 636, etc.: fut. οἰήσομαι Lys. 30.8, Pl. R. 397a, etc., later οἰηθήσομαι Gal. Opt.Doctr. 42: —

aor. ὠϊσάμην (v. infr.): aor. ὠΐσθην Od. 4.453, 16.475; part. ὀϊσθείς Il. 9.453; Att. and Ion. aor. ᾠήθην Hp. VM 14, 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; also aor. inf. οἰήσασθαι Arat. 896: —

Act., pres. ὀΐω and οἴω, but only in 1 sg. (v. infr.); Lacon. οἰῶ Ar. Lys. 81, 156, 998, Epil. 3. [In the un contr. forms, Hom. uses ῑ in ὀΐομαι Il. 5.644, ὀΐεαι 1.561, Od. 10.380, ὀΐεται 17.586, ὀϊόμεθ' 21.322, 22.165, ὀϊόμενος Il. 15.728, Od. 2.351, al. (οἰόμενος Call. Epigr. 8.2), ὠΐετο Od. 10.248, ὀΐσατο 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, by ὑποίζεσθαι (: ὑπονοεῖν) Hsch., and by ὠῐσάμην A.R. 1.291, ὠΐσατο [ῐ] Mosch. 2.8, etc.); Act. pres. ὀΐω has ῑ when it stands at the end of a line, also in Od. 19.215 (in fourth foot), 18.259 (before caesura in third foot); but ῐ in Il. 1.558, 13.153, 23.467, etc.; οἴω as disyll. is always at the end, exc. in 15.298, 21.533, 23.310.]: —

1. forebode, presage, c. acc., κῆρας ὀϊομένῳ Il. 13.283; γόον δ' ὠΐετο θυμός Od. 10.248; expect, ἐελδομένοισι μάλ' ἡμῖν, οὐδ' ἔτ' ὀϊομένοισι 24.401; suspect, ἤ τι ὀϊσάμενος, ἢ καὶ θεὸς ὣς ἐκέλευσεν 9.339; ἦ τινά που δόλον ἄλλον ὀΐεαι 10.380; fear, κατὰ θυμὸν ὀΐσατο, μή ἑ λαβοῦσα οὐλὴν ἀμφράσσαιτο 19.390; τῷ ἑπόμην.., ὀϊόμενός περ, ἀνάγκῃ 14.298: abs., αἰεὶ μὲν ὀΐεαι, οὐδέ σε λήθω thou art ever suspecting, Il. 1.561; πατὴρ δ' ἐμὸς αὐτίκ' ὀϊσθεὶς πολλὰ κατηρᾶτο 9.453, cf. Od. 15.443: folld. by ὡς, καὐτὸς ὀΐεαι ὥς κεν ἐτύχθη you can guess how it would have happened, 3.255, cf. 17.586: c. acc. et fut. inf., ὀΐομαι ἄνδρα χολωσέμεν Il. 1.78; ἅ τιν' οὐ πείσεσθαι ὀΐω ib. 289, cf. 5.252, 284, al.; τὸ καὶ τελέεσθαι ὀΐω 1.204; ἀλλ' οὐ νῦν ἐρύεσθαι ὀΐομαι 20.195: c. acc. et pres. inf., referring to present time, οὐδέ τι θυμῷ ὠΐσθη δόλον εἶναι Od. 4.453, cf. 10.232; ὀΐσατο γὰρ θεὸν εἶναι 1.323; τῶ δ' ὀΐω κείνης τάδε πάσχειν ἐννεσίῃσιν Il. 5.894: c. acc. et aor. inf., referring to past time, τῇ δ' ὀΐω κατανεῦσαι 1.558, cf. Od. 3.27, al.: the subj. of the inf. must freq. be supplied from the context, διωκέμεναι γὰρ ὀΐω I fear [they] are pursuing me, 15.278, cf. 1.201, 12.212, Il. 12.66,al.: c. inf. alone, when both Verbs have the same subject, as κιχήσεσθαι δέ δ' ὀΐω I think I shall catch you, 6.341; mean, intend, c. fut. inf., οὐ γὰρ ἔγωγ' ἔτι σοὶ πείσεσθαι ὀΐω 1.296, cf. 170, Od. 19.215: c. pres. inf., οὐ γὰρ ὀΐω ἀνδρῶν δυσμενέων ἑκὰς ἱστάμενος πολεμίζειν Il. 13.262. II impersonal, only Od. 19.312, ἀλλά μοι ὧδ' ἀνὰ θυμὸν ὀΐεται there comes a boding into 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 (ἱκετεῦσαι codd.) E. IA 462; κτήσεσθαι (-σασθαι codd.) Lys. 12.19; διαπράξεσθαι (-ξασθαι codd.) 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. by ὅτι.., Plu. 2.90b: — Pass., μάρτυρας δύο παρεχέτω ὀμνύντας οἰόμενον that he is the putative father, Schwyzer 784a (Tenos, iv B. C.). parenthetically, mostly in first person, ἐν πρώτοισιν, ὀΐω, κείσεται among the first, I ween, will he be lying, Il. 8.536; ἔπειτά γ', ὀΐω, γνώσεαι Od. 16.309, cf. Il. 13.153, Od. 2.255, etc.: in Hom. only in act. form ὀΐω, exc. ὀΐομαι Od. 22.140, and perh. 14.363, cf. A. Ch. 758; in Att. this parenthetic use is prob. confined to the shorter form οἶμαι, impf. ᾤμην; rarely in other persons than the first, as οὐκ 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 Pr and its case, ἐξ οἶμαι τῆς ἀκροτάτης ἐλευθερίας Pl. R. 564a; ἐν οἶμαι πολλοῖς D. 20.3; or between Art. and Subst., οἱ γὰρ οἶμαι βέλτιστοι Id. 54.38. 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 χρή one must think so, it would seem so, Id. Prt. 325c, Cri. 53d, Phd. 68b, Grg. 522a.

Att. phrases:

1 πῶς οἴει; you can't think how, to add force, like πῶς δοκεῖς; πόθος τὴν καρδίαν ἐπάταξε πῶς οἴει σφόδρα Ar. Ra. 54.

2. οἴομαι δεῖν I think it my duty, think fit, hence sts., intend, purpose, λέγειν οἴεται δεῖν ποιεῖν δεινούς his object is to 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; but οἴομαι δὲ δεῖν οὐδέν methinks there is no need, S. OC 28; and in Pl. Alc. 2.144d ἆρ' οὐκ ἀναγκαῖον.. οἰηθῆναι δεῖν.. ἡμᾶς εἰδέναι ἢ τῷ ὄντι εἰδέναι; must we not either think we know or really know? (δεῖν being superfluous).

3. οἴομαι without δεῖν I mean to, intend, οὐκ οἴει.. δοῦναι δίκην; Lys. 12.26, cf. Pl. Criti. 62d, Ly. 200b, 324b; οὐ βαλεῖν (v.l. βάλλειν).. ᾠήθη Arist. EN 1135b14, cf. 1172a7.