A). ἔφασκον Il. 13.100 ; Ep. φάσκον Od. 24.75 , Hes. Th. 209 : freq. in Trag. and Com. (but perh. never in pres. indic., v. infr.): as impf. of φημί S. OT 110 , etc., also Ar. Ra. 742 ; also imper. φάσκε E. Hel. 1077 , Arist. Rh.Al. 1429a6 ; subj. φάσκω A. Ch. 93 , Ar. V. 561 (anap.), Antipho 3.4.3 , Lys. 25.11 , Is. 10.11 , PHal. 1.134 (iii B. C.); opt. φάσκοιμι S. Aj. 1037 , D. 30.27 ; inf. φάσκειν S. El. 9 , OT 462 , Ph. 1411 (anap.), Ar. Ra. 695 (troch.), X. Mem. 1.2.52 , al., Isoc. 8.1 ; part. φάσκων IG 12.66.6 , E. HF 1382 (the only part of the Verb used in Th.( 3.70 ) and Pl. ( R. 337e , al.), exc. ἔφασκεν Id. Lg. 901a ):— Pass. is not found, ἐφάσκετ’ is for ἐφάσκετε S. Ph. 114 . Rare in pres. indic. before iii B.C.: φάσκει Is. 6.16 (φάσκοι Reiske, Wyse), PMich.Zen. 82.6 (iii B. C.), PSI 8.921.7 (ii A. D.), dub. in S.E. P. 1.17 ( v.l. φάσκοι ), Gal. 15.35 , Gp. 9.14.2 , Hsch.; φάσκεις PSI 9.1011.10 (iii B. C.); φάσκουσι(ν) Aeschin. Ep. 11.11 , PCair.Zen. 21.25 , 244.5 , al. (iii B. C.), Plu. Ant. 86 , Ath. 10.429b , Gp. 5.2.9 , etc.; φάσκομεν is dub. cj. (for πάσχομεν) in Alex. 146.4 :—say, affirm, assert, c. acc. et inf., Od. 4.191 , 8.565 , al.; φάσκειν as imper., in this constr., S. OT 462 , Ph. 1411 (anap.); οὐ φασκόντων χρήσειν saying they would not .. , Hdt. 3.58 ; οὐ φάσκων ἀνεκτὸν εἶναι Th. 8.52 ; the inf. is freq. to be supplied, ἐν τῇδ’ ἔφασκε γῇ (sc. εὑρεθήσεσθαι) S. OT 110 ; φησίν γε· φάσκων δ’ (sc. ἥξειν) Id. El. 319 ; τῶν φασκόντων γονέων (sc. εἶναι) Pl. R. 538a , etc.; rarely φ. ὡς .. , ὅτι .. , Mosch. 2.12 , Plu. 2.215f : c. acc., τοῦτο φ. τοὔπος A. Ch. 93 , cf. E. HF 1382 , etc.: abs., ὡς ἔφασκεν S. OT 114 ; φάσκουσα καὶ οὐ φάσκουσα Pl. Tht. 190a .

2). think, deem, expect, ὃ οὔ ποτ’ ἔγωγε τελευτήσεσθαι ἔφασκον Il. 13.100 ; οὔ μ’ ἐφάσκεθ’. . οἴκαδ’ ἱκέσθαι Od. 22.35 ; φάσκειν .. ὁρᾶν believe that you see, S. El. 9 .

3). say, promise, c. inf. fut., με .. ἔφασκε θήσειν ἀθάνατον Od. 7.256 ; φάσκων προσποιήσειν αὐτήν Th. 2.85 , cf. Pl. Ion 541e .