1. to make like to, represent by a likeness, portray , (Xenophon Historicus); εἰκὼν γραφῆι εἰκασμένη a figure painted to the life , (Herdotus Historicus); αἰετὸς εἰκασμένος a figure like an eagle, (Herdotus Historicus)

2. to liken, compare , τί τινι (Aeschulus Tragicus); εἰκ. τι καί τι (Herdotus Historicus): to describe by a comparison , (Herdotus Historicus):—;Pass. to resemble , τινι (Euripides)

3. to infer from comparison, form a conjecture , (Herdotus Historicus); ὡς εἰκάσαι, so far as one can guess , (Herdotus Historicus):—;with accusative et infinitive to guess that it is so, guess it to be , (Herdotus Historicus): —; εἰκ. τι ἔκ τινος (Aeschulus Tragicus); ἀπό τινος (Thucydides); εἰκ. τι to make a guess about it, (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)