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λογ-ίζομαι

logizomai

count, reckon

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What it meant

λογ-ίζομαι · log-izomai — LSJ

count, reckon, calculate, calculate, set down

prop. of numerical calculation, count, reckon, οὐκ ἐπισταμένους λογίζεσθαι Hdt. 2.16; εὗρον λογιζόμενος Id. 7.28, cf. 194, etc.; in full, λ. ψήφοισι Id. 2.36; λόγισαι φαύλως, μὴ ψήφοις ἀλλʼ ἀπὸ χειρός calculate roughly, not by rule, but off-hand, Ar. V. 656: c. acc. rei, λ. τοὺς τόκους calculate the interest, Id. Nu. 20; τρεῖς μνᾶς ἀναλώσας λογίσασθαι δώδεκα spend 3 minae and set down 12, Id. Pl. 381.

2 reckon, calculate that

c. acc. et inf., reckon or calculate that . . , λ. μύρια εἶναι [τὰ ἔτεα] Hdt. 2.145; τὰς βλάβας, ἃς ἐλογίζεθʼ αὑτῷ γεγενῆσθαι D. 21.176: without acc., Θηριππίδῃ μισθὸν ἀποδεδωκέναι λ. Id. 27.20.

3 set down to, account, did, charge

λ. τινί τι set down to oneʼs account, οὗτος . . τὸ ἥμισυ τούτοις . . λελόγισται Lys. 32.24, cf. 27; τἀνηλωμένʼ . . οὐκ ἐλογιζόμην I did not charge them . . , D. 18.113: metaph., τὰ παραπτώματα λ. τινί 2 Ep.Cor. 5.19.

b audit the accounts of

audit the accounts of a person, c. dat., τοῖς ὑπευθύνοις Arist. Ath. 54.2; ταῖς ἀρχαῖς ib. 48.3.

II take into account, calculate, consider, calculate, form calculations

without reference to numbers, take into account, calculate, consider, ταῦτα Hdt. 9.53, cf. S. Aj. 816, etc.; λ. τὰ ξυμφέροντα Th. 1.76; λ. τι πρός τινας with them, D. 5.24; also λ. περί τινος calculate, form calculations about . . , Hdt. 2.22, X. Mem. 4.3.11.

2 reckon, consider that, reckon, account, count

c. acc. et inf., reckon, consider that . . , τὸν ἕτερον [παῖδα] οὐκ εἶναί μοι λ. Hdt. 1.38; τὸν Πᾶνα τῶν ὀκτὼ θεῶν λ. εἶναι Id. 2.46; λ. ὅτι . . or ὡς . . , X. HG 2.4.28, 6.4.6; ἐλογιζόμην πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν . . , ὅτι . . And. 1.52, Pl. Ap. 21d: c. acc. et part., Σμέρδιν μηκέτι ὑμῖν ἐόντα λογίζεσθε Hdt. 3.65: also with inf. omitted, reckon or account so and so, τὸν καθʼ ἡμέραν βίον λογίζου σόν [εἶναι], τὰ δʼ ἄλλα τῆς τύχης E. Alc. 789; πολὺν [εἶναι] τὸν κάτω χρόνον ib. 692; λογίζεταί τʼ ἐκεῖνα πάνθʼ ἁ

3 count, reckon upon, calculate, expect

c. inf. also, count or reckon upon doing, calculate or expect that . . , ἐπισιτιεῖσθαι ἐλογίζοντο Hdt. 7.176; ἐλογίζετο κατύπερθέ οἱ τὰ πρήγματα ἔσεσθαι Id. 8.136; λογιζόμενοι ἥξειν ἅμα ἡλίῳ δύνοντι X. An. 2.2.13; λελογισμένοι . . εἰσὶν . . διαζῆν E. IA 922, cf. Or. 555 (dub. l.); τί λογίζομʼ . . προσδοκῶν χάριν παρὰ γυναικὸς κομιεῖσθαι; Men. 564.

4 count upon

count upon, εἴ τις δύο ἢ καί τι πλείους ἡμέρας λ., μάταιός ἐστιν S. Tr. 944.

5 conclude by reasoning, infer that

conclude by reasoning, infer that . . , c. acc. et inf., Pl. Grg. 524b, X. Ages. 7.3; λ. ὅτι . . Id. HG 6.1.5, cf. Pl. Phd. 62e, al.

6 has finished reasoning

abs., τοὺς ἐπισταμένους λογίζεσθαι Archyt. 3; ὁ σπουδαῖος λελόγισται ἤδη has finished reasoning, Plot. 3.8.6, cf. 4.4.12.

III counted, calculated

Pass., mostly aor. ἐλογίσθην and (less freq.) pf. λελόγισμαι, also in pres., part. λογιζόμενον Hdt. 3.95, freq. in later Gr., PPetr. 3p.340 (iii B. C.), Ep.Rom. 4.5, etc.; χρήματα εἰς ἀργύριον λογισθέντα counted or calculated in silver, X. Cyr. 3.1.33; ὁπλῖται ἐλογίσθησαν οὐκ ἐλάττους δισμυρίων Id. HG 6.1.19; οὗτος λογισμὸς λογισθείς Pl. Ti. 34b; οὐδʼ ἐξ ἑνὸς λόγου λελογισμένου Id. Phdr. 246c; τὸ λελογισμένον, = λογισμός, E. IA 386, Luc. Nigr.Prooem.

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