εἴκω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Il. 12.48, etc.: impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> εἶκον 16.305 ([[ὑπό]]-), [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.3: fut. εἴξω Th. 1.141, etc.: aor. 1 εἶξα Il. 24.718, etc., ''poet.'' [[ἔειξα]] or ἔϝειξα Alcm. 31, Ion. [[εἴξασκε]] Od.5.332: pf. part. [[ἐεικώς]] ''Chron.Lind.'' D.96:—[[give way]], [[retire]], ὀπίσσω εἴκετε Il.5.606; ὅππῃ τ' ἰθύσῃ τῇ τ' εἴκουσι στίχες ἀνδρῶν 12.48: c. dat., [[make way for]], οὐρεῦσι 24.716; [[yield]] to pressure, Gal. 18(1).97.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. dat. pers. et gen. loci, <b class="b3">μηδ' εἴκετε χάρμης Ἀργείοις</b> [[shrink]] not [[from]] the fight for them, 4.509; εἴκειν τινὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 2.80; εἴξατέ μοι νίκης Coluth. 171: c. gen. only, <b class="b3">εἴκειν πολέμου καὶ δηϊοτῆτος</b> [[withdraw from]] war and strife, Il.5.348; [[εἶκε]], [[γέρον]], [[προθύρου]] [[retire from]] the door, Od.18.10, cf. Jul.''Or.''2.67b.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[give way]], as a mark of honour, Il.24.100, Od.2.14; τῇ πατρίδι Jul.''Or.''8.246a.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[give way to]] any passion or impulse, ᾧ θυμῷ εἴξας Il.9.598; ὄκνῳ καὶ ἀφραδίῃσι 10.122; ὕβρει Od.14.262; <b class="b3">βίῃ καὶ κάρτεϊ εἴκειν</b> [[give full play to]] one's might and strength, 13.143; ὀργῇ δ' εἶξα μᾶλλον ἤ μ' ἐχρῆν E.''Hel.''80; τῇ ἡλικίῃ εἴκειν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.18; of circumstances, πενίῃ εἴκων Od.14.157; κακοῖς A.''Pr.''322; ἀνάγκῃ Id.''Ag.''1071; ξυμφοραῖς Th.1.84; [[ζημίαις]] [[to the force of]] [[punishment]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.21:—in S.''Ant.''718 [[θυμοῦ]] should prob. be read for [[θυμῷ]].<br><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">εἴκειν τινί τι</b> [[yield to]] another in a thing, <b class="b3">τὸ ὃν μένος οὐδενὶ εἴκων</b> [[inferior to]] none in... Il. 22.459, Od.11.515: c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">εἴκοντας ἃ δεῖ</b> [[yielding]] in... S.''OC'' 172 (lyr.), cf. ''Aj.''1243: also c. dupl. dat., <b class="b3">ἕλεσκον ἀνδρῶν… ὅ τέ μοι εἴξειε πόδεσσι</b> whoever [[was inferior to]] me in swiftness of foot, Od. 14.221.<br><span class="bld">6</span> c. gen., [[retire from]], [[ἰερατείας]] ''Chron.Lind.''l.c.<br><span class="bld">II</span> trans., [[yield up]], [[give up]], <b class="b3">εἶξαί τέ οἱ ἡνία</b> [[give]] [the horse] the rein, Il.23.337; <b class="b3">Εὖρος Ζεφύρῳ εἴξασκε διώκειν</b> [[gave up]] [the ship] to Zephyrus to chase, Od.5.332.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[grant]], [[allow]], ὁπηνίκ' ἂν θεὸς πλοῦν ἡμὶν εἴκῃ S.''Ph.''465.<br><span class="bld">III</span> impers., [[it is allowable]] or [[possible]], ὅπῃ εἴξειε μάλιστα Il.22.321: c. inf., ὅθι σφίσιν εἶκε λοχῆσαι 18.520; φώναισ' οὐδὲν ἔτ' εἴκει Sapph.2.8; <b class="b3">φερόμενοι πρὸς τὸ εἶκον</b> attacking on the [[line of least resistance]], Plu.''Fab.''16.*εἴκω, to [[be like]], [[seem likely]], v. [[ἔοικα]].