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|lstext='''εἰκῆ''': ἐπίρρ. τοῦ [[εἰκαῖος]], [[ἄνευ]] σχεδίου ἢ σκοποῦ, ματαίως, [[ἀσκόπως]], Λατ. temere, - «[[εἰκῆ]]· [[μάτην]]..., ἀκαίρως ἢ ὡς ἔτυχε» Ἡσύχ., - Ξενοφάν. 2. 13, καὶ Ἀττ., ὡς Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 450, 885. Σοφ. Ο. Τ. 979· [[εἰκῆ]] πράττειν Πλάτ. Πρωτ. 326D· [[εἰκῆ]] λέγεσθαι ὁ αὐτ. Ἀπολογ. 17C, κτλ.· [[νήφων]] παρ’ εἰκῇ λέγοντας Ἀριστ. Μετὰ τὰ Φυσ. 1. 3, 16. - Ἔν τισιν ἐκδόσ. γράφεται εἰκῇ.
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{{StrongGR
|strgr=[[probably]] from [[εἴκω]] ([[through]] the [[idea]] of [[failure]]); [[idly]], i.e. [[without]] [[reason]] (or [[effect]]): [[without]] a [[cause]], (in) [[vain]](-ly).
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{{WoodhouseReversedUncategorized
|woodrun=[[anyhow]], [[disconnectedly]], [[at haphazard]], [[at raddom]], [[at random]], [[by fits and starts]], [[in a mess]], [[without arrangement]], [[without coherence]], [[without order]], [[without purpose]], [[without thinking]]
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