εἴκω: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[Root !ϝικ, cf. Lat. [[vito]] for victo; cf. [[εἰκαθεῖν]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[yield]], [[give]] way, [[draw]] [[back]], [[retire]], Il.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> c. dat. pers. et gen. loci, μηδ' εἴκετε χάρμης Ἀργείοις [[shrink]] not from the [[fight]] for them, Il.; εἴκειν τινὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ, Lat. concedere alicui de via, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> with dat. pers. only, to [[yield]] to, [[give]] way to, [[either]] in [[battle]] or a [[mark]] of [[honour]], Hom.:—then, to [[give]] way to any [[passion]] or [[impulse]], ὧι θυμῶι εἴξας Il.; αἰδοῖ Od.:—also of circumstances, πενίηι εἴκων Il.; κακοῖς, ἀνάγκηι Aesch.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> εἴκειν τινί τι, [[where]] the acc. is adverbial, [[μένος]] οὐδενὶ εἴκων [[yielding]] to [[none]] in [[force]], Hom.; c. acc. cogn., εἴξαντας ἃ δεῖ [[yielding]] in…, Soph.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[transitive|trans.]] to [[yield]] up, [[give]] up, εἶξαί τέ οἱ [[ἡνία]] [[give]] the [[horse]] the [[rein]], Il.:— to [[grant]], [[allow]], Lat. concedere, ὁπηνίκ' ἂν θεὸς πλοῦν ἡμὶν εἴκηι Soph.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> impers., like παρείκει, it is [[allowable]] or [[possible]], Il.