ἴκελος
From LSJ
αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point
English (LSJ)
[ῐ], η, ον, poet. and Ion. form of εἴκελος,
A like, resembling, τινι Il.11.467, al., Hes.Sc.198, Sapph.Supp.20b.1, B.Fr.19, Hdt.3.81, Hp.Epid.3.4, Ar.Av.575, Theoc.2.51, etc.; ὀργαῖς ἀλωπέκων ἰ. like foxes in disposition, Pi.P.2.77; ἐπιθυμίη κυνὶ ἰ. Democr.224: c. gen., θέας ἰκέλαν dub. in Sapph.Supp.25.4. Adv. ἱκᾰν-λως, c. dat., in the same way as, Hp.Gland.8, Diotog. ap. Stob.4.1.133.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1247] p. u. ion. = εἴκελος, ähnlich, τινί, Il. 11, 467; Hes. O. 70 u. sp. D., wie Ap. Rh. 2, 600; Her. 3, 81; – τινός, ὀργαῖς ἀλωπέκων ἴκελοι Pind. P. 2, 77. – Adv., Hippocr.
