οἴομαι, in Hom. always uncontr. ὀί̈ομαι (exc. οἴομαιOd.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.OC28; 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.ᾠόμηνA.Pr.270, Ar.V.791, etc.; also 1 pers. ᾤμηνId.Fr.636, etc.: fut.οἰήσομαιLys.30.8, Pl.R.397a, etc., later οἰηθήσομαιGal.Opt.Doctr.42:— Ep. aor.ὠϊσάμην (v. infr.): aor.ὠί̈σθηνOd.4.453, 16.475; part.ὀϊσθείσIl.9.453; Att. and Ion. aor.ᾠήθηνHp.VM14, Antipho 1.8, Th.4.130, Pl.Tht.178c, etc.; but rare in Com. and Trag., οἰηθῇσAr.Eq.860, οἰηθείς, -εῖσα,Antiph.194.2, E.IA986; also aor.inf.οἰήσασθαιArat.896:— Act., Ep. pres.ὀί̈ω and οἴω, but only in 1sg. (v. infr.); Lacon. οἰῶAr.Lys.81, 156, 998, Epil. 3. [In the uncontr. forms, Hom. uses ῑ in ὀί̈ομαιIl.5.644, ὀί̈εαι 1.561, Od.10.380, ὀί̈εται 17.586, ὀϊόμεθ' 21.322,22.165, ὀϊόμενοσIl.15.728, Od. 2.351, al. (οἰόμενοσCall.Epigr.8.2), ὠί̈ετοOd.10.248, ὀί̈σατο 1.323,9.213,19.390, ὀϊσάμενοσ 15.443 (but the v.l. ὀϊσσατο, ὀϊσσάμενοσ in Hom. can be supported by ὀϊσσάμενοσA.R.2.1135, cf. Epic.Alex.Adesp.2.41, Arat.1006, by ὑποίζεσθαι (: ὑπονοεῖν) Hsch., and by ὠῐσάμηνA.R. 1.291, ὠί̈σατο[ῐ]Mosch.2.8, etc.); Act. pres.ὀί̈ω 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.]:—
forebode, presage,
c. acc., κῆρας ὀϊομένῳIl.13.283; γόον δ' ὠί̈ετο θυμόσOd. 10.248;
Il.1.561; πατὴρ δ' ἐμὸς αὐτίκ' ὀϊσθεὶς πολλὰ κατηρᾶτο 9.453, cf. Od.15.443: folld. by ὡς, καὐτὸς ὀί̈εαι ὥς κεν ἐτύχθη you can
guess
how it would have happened, 3.255, cf. 17.586: c. acc. et fut.inf., ὀί̈ομαι ἄνδρα χολωσέμενIl.1.78; ἅ τιν' οὐ πείσεσθαι ὀί̈ω ib.289, cf. 5.252,284, al.; τὸ καὶ τελέεσθαι ὀί̈ω 1.204; ἀλλ' οὐ νῦν ἐρύεσθαι ὀί̈ομαι 20.195: c. acc. et pres.inf., referring to present time, οὐδέ τι θυμῷ ὠί̈σθη δόλον εἶναιOd.4.453, cf. 10.232; ὀί̈σατο γὰρ θεὸν εἶναι 1.323; τῶ δ' ὀί̈ω κείνης τάδε πάσχειν ἐννεσίῃσινIl.5.894: c. acc. et aor.inf., referring to past time, τῇ δ' ὀί̈ω κατανεῦσαι 1.558, cf. Od.3.27, al.: the subj. of the inf. must freq. be supplied from the context, διωκέμεναι γὰρ ὀί̈ω 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' ὀί̈ω I
think
I shall catch you, 6.341;
mean, intend,
c. fut.inf., οὐ γὰρ ἔγωγ' ἔτι σοὶ πείσεσθαι ὀί̈ω 1.296, cf. 170, Od.19.215: c. pres.inf., οὐ γὰρ ὀί̈ω ἀνδρῶν δυσμενέων ἑκὰς ἱστάμενος πολεμίζεινIl.13.262. II. impersonal, only Od.19.312, ἀλλά μοι ὧδ' ἀνὰ θυμὸν ὀί̈εται
Schwyzer784a (Tenos, iv B. C.). IV. parenthetically, mostly in first person, ἐν πρώτοισιν, ὀί̈ω, κείσεται among the first,
I ween,
will he be lying, Il.8.536; ἔπειτά γ', ὀί̈ω, γνώσεαιOd.16.309, cf. Il.13.153, Od.2.255, etc.: in Hom. only in act. form ὀί̈ω, exc. ὀί̈ομαιOd.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 Prep. and its case, ἐξ οἶμαι τῆς ἀκροτάτης ἐλευθερίασPl.R.564a; ἐν οἶμαι πολλοῖσD.20.3; or between Art. and Subst., οἱ γὰρ οἶμαι βέλτιστοιId.54.38. V. answering a question,
I think so, I should think so,
Ar.Ach.919, etc.; νὴ τὸν Ἡρακλέα, οἶμαί γεId.Th.27; οἶμαι ἔγωγεPl.Cri.47d, etc.; οἴεσθαί γε χρή one must
think
so, it would seem so, Id.Prt.325c, Cri.53d, Phd.68b, Grg. 522a. VI. Att. phrases: 1.πῶς οἴει;
you can't think
how, to add force, like πῶς δοκεῖσ; πόθος τὴν καρδίαν ἐπάταξε πῶς οἴει σφόδραAr.Ra.54. 2.οἴομαι δεῖν I