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ὁκόσα γὰρ ὑπὰρ ἐκτρέπονται ὁποίου ὦν κακοῦ, τάδε ἐνύπνιον ὁρέουσι ὥρμησε → for whatever, when awake, they have an aversion to, as being an evil, rushes upon their visions in sleep (Aretaeus, Causes & Symptoms of Chronic Disease 1.5.6)

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|Transliteration C=eikaios
|Transliteration C=eikaios
|Beta Code=ei)kai=os
|Beta Code=ei)kai=os
|Definition=α, ον, (εἰκῇ) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[without aim]] or [[purpose]], </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of things, [[random]], [[purposeless]], τίκτει γὰρ οὐδὲν ἐσθλὸν εἰκαία σχολή <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>308</span>; [[ὡς εἰκαῖον ὄν]] = [[as being useless]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">JConf.</span>6</span>; εἰ. διήγημα J.<span class="title">BJProoem.</span> 1. Adv. [[εἰκαίως]], [[δοξάζειν]] cj. in <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>1p.30U.</span>, cf. Diotog. ap. Stob.4.1.96, <span class="bibl">D.L.2.128</span>, <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">in Cra.</span>p.26</span> P.: Comp. -ότερον <span class="bibl">S.E. <span class="title">M.</span>1.276</span>: neuter plural as adverb, Lyc.748. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, [[rash]], [[hasty]], <span class="bibl">Plb.7.7.5</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οἱ πολλοὶ καὶ εἰ</b>. Cebes <span class="bibl">12</span>; τὸ εἰ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>235.12</span> (ii A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[ordinary]], [[casual]], <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>2.10.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Am.</span>33</span>; [[taken at random]], ξύλα <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Comm.Math.</span>4</span>; [[careless]], σφίξις Heliod. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib. 50.9.10</span>.</span>
|Definition=α, ον, ([[εἰκῇ]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[without aim]] or [[without purpose]], </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of things, [[random]], [[purposeless]], τίκτει γὰρ οὐδὲν ἐσθλὸν εἰκαία [[σχολή]] <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>308</span>; [[ὡς εἰκαῖον ὄν]] = [[as being useless]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">JConf.</span>6</span>; εἰ. [[διήγημα]] J.<span class="title">BJProoem.</span> 1. Adv. [[εἰκαίως]], [[δοξάζειν]] cj. in <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>1p.30U.</span>, cf. Diotog. ap. Stob.4.1.96, <span class="bibl">D.L.2.128</span>, <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">in Cra.</span>p.26</span> P.: Comp. εἰκαιοτέρον <span class="bibl">S.E. <span class="title">M.</span>1.276</span>: neuter plural as adverb, Lyc.748. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, [[rash]], [[hasty]], <span class="bibl">Plb.7.7.5</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οἱ πολλοὶ καὶ εἰκαῖοι</b> Cebes <span class="bibl">12</span>; τὸ εἰ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>235.12</span> (ii A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[ordinary]], [[casual]], <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>2.10.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Am.</span>33</span>; [[taken at random]], ξύλα <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Comm.Math.</span>4</span>; [[careless]], [[σφίξις]] Heliod. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib. 50.9.10</span>.</span>
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English (LSJ)

α, ον, (εἰκῇ) A without aim or without purpose, 1 of things, random, purposeless, τίκτει γὰρ οὐδὲν ἐσθλὸν εἰκαία σχολή S.Fr.308; ὡς εἰκαῖον ὄν = as being useless, Luc.JConf.6; εἰ. διήγημα J.BJProoem. 1. Adv. εἰκαίως, δοξάζειν cj. in Epicur.Ep.1p.30U., cf. Diotog. ap. Stob.4.1.96, D.L.2.128, Procl.in Cra.p.26 P.: Comp. εἰκαιοτέρον S.E. M.1.276: neuter plural as adverb, Lyc.748. 2 of persons, rash, hasty, Plb.7.7.5, etc.; οἱ πολλοὶ καὶ εἰκαῖοι Cebes 12; τὸ εἰ. PRyl.235.12 (ii A. D.). 3 ordinary, casual, J.BJ2.10.2, Luc.Am.33; taken at random, ξύλα Iamb.Comm.Math.4; careless, σφίξις Heliod. ap. Orib. 50.9.10.

Spanish (DGE)

-α, -ον
• Alolema(s): fem. -η Call.Fr.334, Nic.Th.394
I de pers.
1 descuidado, insensato, irreflexivo παρεισαγαγὼν ἐκ τῆς διακονίας ... τοὺς εἰκαιοτάτους καὶ θρασυτάτους Plb.15.25.24, op. ἀσκηταὶ σοφίας Ph.2.279
fig. ὄμμασιν εἰκαίοις ... ὁρᾷν ver con ojos desatentos Gr.Thaum.Eccl.M.10.989B
subst. τὸ εἰ. desidia, dejadez οὐ πρώτως σου τὸ εἰ. μανθάνομεν no es la primera vez que comprobamos tu desidia, PRyl.235.12 (II d.C.)
que no tiene fundamento, arbitrario, caprichoso τῷ ... τρόπῳ εἰκαῖον αὐτὸν γεγονέναι ... φατέον Plb.7.7.5, Μοίρης εἰκαῖα κριτήρια ISmyrna 541.13 (I d.C.).
2 vulgar οἱ πολλοὶ καὶ εἰκαῖοι τῶν ἀνδρῶν Ceb.12, τρόπος op. ἐκλεκτός Ph.2.13.
II de cosas
1 corriente, ordinario, basto κριθή Call.l.c., γαίη Nic.l.c., ψάμμος I.BI 2.191, ξύλα Iambl.Comm.Math.4, τὴν εἰκαίαν πόαν ἐσιτοῦντο Luc.Am.33.
2 hecho con descuido σφίγξις Heliod. en Orib.50.9.10.
III de abstr.
1 inútil, absurdo τίκτει γὰρ οὐδὲν ἐσθλὸν εἰκαία σχολή S.Fr.308, θύειν καὶ εὔχεσθαι ... εἰκαῖον ὄν Luc.IConf.6
neutr. subst. τὸ εἰ. τῆς παραμονῆς Didym.Gen.243.9.
2 fortuito, ocasional, al azar εἰκαῖα καὶ ἀσύμφωνα διηγήματα I.BI 1.1, ἡ φύσις ... οὐκ εἴκαιόν τι la naturaleza no es algo fortuito Longin.2.2, εἰ. τε καὶ ἀναίτιος κίνησις Gal.5.391
neutr. como adv. con ligereza, descuidadamente κἀκείνου εἰκαιοτέρον ἀποκρινομένου S.E.M.1.276, (βᾶρις) εἰκαῖα γόμφοις προστεταργανωμένη Lyc.748.
IV adv. εἰκαίως
1 de forma descuidada ἀμελέως τε καὶ εἰ. Diotog.76.10, cf. Vett.Val.240.22
al azar, arbitrariamente χειροτονεῖν Themist.Ep.9.2.
2 desconsideradamente τὸν ἀναφέροντά τι αὐτῷ εἰ. D.L.2.128, οὐ συγχωρεῖ αὐτῷ εἰ. Procl.in Cra.26.

German (Pape)

[Seite 726] wer εἰκῇ, unüberlegt, aufs Gerathewohl handelt; Pol. neben θρασύς, 15, 25, 4; neben παράνομος, 7, 7, 5; εἰκαιότατοι καὶ χείριστοι 32, 21, 8; von Sachen, die planlos, von Ungefähr geschehen, σχολή Soph. frg. 288; σκύλματα κόμης Haec. 3 (V, 130); σοφίη Leon. Al. 3 (IX, 80); der erste beste, Luc.; vergeblich, Luc. Iup. conf. 6 u. a. Sp.; VLL. μωρόν, μάταιον. – Adv. εἰκαίως, D. L. 2, 128 u. A.; εἰκαῖα, Lycophr. 748.

French (Bailly abrégé)

α, ον :
le premier venu ; commun, vulgaire.
Étymologie: εἰκῇ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

εἰκαῖος:
1) тщетный, напрасный, бесплодный (σχολή Soph.; δόξη Plut.; σοφία Anth.);
2) безрассудный, легкомысленный (εἰ. καὶ παράνομος Polyb.).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

εἰκαῖος: -α, -ον, ἄνευ σκοποῦ, μάταιος, 1) ἐπὶ πραγμάτων, μάταιος, ἄσκοπος, τίκτει γὰρ οὐδὲν... εἰκαία χάρις Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 288· ὡς εἰκαῖον ὄν, ὡς ὂν μάταιον, Λουκ. Ζεὺς Ἐλεγχ. 6· εἰκ. διήγημα Ἰωσήπ. Ἰουδ. Πόλ. ἐν Προοιμ. 1. - Ἐπίρρ. εἰκαίως, μάτην, εἰκῇ Διογ. Λ. 2. 128· οὕτω καὶ ἐν τῷ οὐδ. εἰκαῖα Λυκόφρ. 748. 2) ἐπὶ προσώπων, ματαιόφρων, κοῦφος, φαῦλος, Πολύβ. 77, 5, κτλ.

Greek Monolingual

εἰκαῖος, -α, -ον (Α) εικῄ
1. μάταιος, άσκοπος
2. (για πράγμ.) κοινός, τυχαίος
3. (για πρόσ.) απερίσκεπτος, ορμητικός
4. ασήμαντος.

Greek Monotonic

εἰκαῖος: -α, -ον (εἰκῇ), τυχαίος, χωρίς σκοπό, σε Λουκ.

Middle Liddell

εἰκαῖος, η, ον εἰκῆ
random, purposeless, Luc.

English (Woodhouse)

random, acting without design

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