εἰκαῖος

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τίκτει τοι κόρος ὕβριν, ὅταν κακῷ ὄλβος ἕπηται ἀνθρώπῳ καὶ ὅτῳ μὴ νόος ἄρτιος ᾖ → satiety engenders hybris when great prosperity attends on a base man or one whose mind is not set up right

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Full diacritics: εἰκαῖος Medium diacritics: εἰκαῖος Low diacritics: εικαίος Capitals: ΕΙΚΑΙΟΣ
Transliteration A: eikaîos Transliteration B: eikaios Transliteration C: eikaios Beta Code: ei)kai=os

English (LSJ)

α, ον, (εἰκῇ)

   A without aim or 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. -ως, 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. -ότερον S.E. M.1.276: neut. pl. as Adv., Lyc.748.    2 of persons, rash, hasty, Plb.7.7.5, etc.; οἱ πολλοὶ καὶ εἰ. 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.

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.

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.

French (Bailly abrégé)

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