εἰκασμός
From LSJ
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A conjecturing, guessing, D.H.6.71 (pl.); εἰκασμοῦ ἐπίρρημα conjectural adverb (ἴσως), D.T.642.8; ἐξ εἰκασμοῦ λέγειν Str.17.3.1, cf. Plu.Mar.11, Luc. Herm.16.