εἴκω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[give way]], [[yield]].<br />Other forms: Aor. [[εἶξαι]] (<b class="b3">ἔ(Ϝ)ειξε</b> Alkm., [[γῖξαι]] [i. e. [[Ϝεῖξαι]]] [[χωρῆσαι]] H.), fut. [[εἴξω]], <b class="b3">-ομαι</b> (Il.; cf. Trümpy Fachausdrücke 229f.), perf. ptc. [[ἐεικώς]] (Chron. Lind.)<br />Compounds: With prefix: <b class="b3">ὑπ(ο</b>)-, <b class="b3">παρ-</b>, <b class="b3">συν-είκω</b> a. o. Lengthened form. (<b class="b3">ὑπ-</b>, <b class="b3">παρ)εἰκάθειν</b> or <b class="b3">-θεῖν</b> (S., Pl.; Schwyzer 703 n. 6).<br />Derivatives: [[ὕπειξις]] [[yielding]] (Pl.; vgl. Holt Les noms d'action en [[σις]] 164; [[εἶξις]] Plu.) with [[ὑπεικτικός]] (Arist.; [[εἰκτικός]] Phld.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1130] <b class="b2">*ueik\/g-</b> [[give way]], [[yield]]<br />Etymology: Among the many verbs based on IE. <b class="b2">u̯eik-</b> (WP. 1, 232ff.; s. also W.-Hofmann s. [[vicis]] und [[vincō]]) there is no semantically convincing connection. Semantically agrees to <b class="b3">(Ϝ)είκω</b> Skt. <b class="b2">vijáte</b> (younger [[vejate]]) [[fly]], [[give way]] and Germ. pres, e. g. OS. [[wīcan]], OHG [[wīhhan]] <b class="b2">weichen etc.</b>, both from IE <b class="b2">*u̯eig-</b>, not <b class="b2">u̯eik-</b> as in <b class="b3">(Ϝ)είκω</b>. The variation may be due to assimilation to consonantic endings; cf. the Skt. aorist forms [[vik-thās]], [[vik-ta]] . S. also [[ἐπίεικτος]].