ἔοικα

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   A as, ε, etc., pf. with pres. sense, to be like: rarely in other tenses, 3sg. impf. εἶκε it was opportune, Il.18.520 (unless fr. εἴκω 111): fut. εἴξω will be like, Ar.Nu.1001; pf. 3dual ἔϊκτον Od.4.27; 1pl. ἔοιγμεν S.Aj.1239, Ichn.95, E.Cyc.99; ἐοίκαμεν Pl.La.193d; 3pl. εἴξασι E.Hel.497, Ar.Av.96, Pl.Plt.291a, Sph.230a, Pl.Com.22,153, Eub.98.8; ἐοίκασι Pl.R.584d; inf. εἰκέναι E.Fr.167, Ar.Nu.185 (cf. προσέοικα); part. εἰκώς (also ἐϊκώς Il.21.254, v. sub εἰκός) ; εἰοικυῖαι 18.418: Ion. (not Ep.) οἶκα, ας, ε, Hdt.4.82,5.20,106, part. οἰκώς Id.6.125; but ἔοκια, ἐοικώς are found in other Ionic writers, as Semon. 7.41, Anacr.84, Heraclit.1, Hp.Aër.6, Democr.266, and codd. of Hdt. vary; 2sg. εἶκας (v.l. οἶκας) Alcm.80: plpf. ἐῴκειν, εις, ει, Od. 1.411, etc.; 3pl. ἐῴκεσαν Th.7.75, etc., Ep. ἐοίκεσαν Il.13.102; Ep. 3dual ἐΐκτην 1.104, Od.4.662, Hes.Sc.390 codd.: Att. plpf. ᾔκειν Ar. Av.1298 (Dawes from Sch.):—Pass., 3sg. pf. ἤϊκται Nic.Th.658: plpf. ἤϊκτο Od.20.31, al., ἔϊκτο Il.23.107.    I to be like, look like, c. dat., Il.14.474, etc.; Μαχάονι πάντα ἔοικε 11.613; κεφαλήν τε καὶ ὄμματα καλὰ ἔοικας κείνῳ Od.1.208; so εἶδός τε μέγεθός τε, δέμας, etc., Il.2.58, 21.285, etc.; εἰς ὦπα ἔοικεν, ἄντα ἐῴκει, 3.158, 24.630, al.; μελαίνῃ κηρὶ ἔοικε is considered like, i.e. hated like, death, Od.17.500: c. part., αἰεὶ γὰρ δίφρου ἐπιβησομένοισιν ἐΐκτην seemed always just about to set foot upon the chariot, Il.23.379; ἔοικε σημαίνοντι seems to indicate, Pl.Cra.437a; τοὐναντίον ἔοικεν σπεύδοντι seems to urge the opposite, Id.Prt.361b, cf. X.Mem.1.6.10,4.3.8, Arist.Sens.437b24; ἔοικεν τοῦτο ἀτόπῳ this is like an absurdity, seems absurd, Pl.Phd. 62d; δαιμονίᾳ ἔοικεν εὐεργεσίᾳ D.2.1: used by A. in this sense only in part. εἰκώς like, c. dat., Ag.760 (lyr.), Ch.560 (cf. IV.1).    2 ἐοικέναι κατά τι to be analogous to, Plot.4.4.39.    II seem, c. inf. (where we make the Verb impersonal): c. inf. pres., methinks, ἔοικα δέ τοι παραείδειν ὥς τε θεῷ I seem to sing (i. e. methinks I sing) to thee, as to a god, Od.22.348; χλιδᾶν ἔοικας methinks thou art delicate, A.Pr.971; ἔοικα θρηνεῖν μάτην Id.Ch.926, cf. 730; ἔοικα . . οὐκ εἰδέναι S.OT744; ἔοικα . . ἐποικτίρειν σε Id.Ph.317: c. fut. inf., θέλξειν μ' ἔοικας it seems likely that thou wilt... A.Eu.900; ἐρεῖν ἔοικας Id.Pr.984; ἔοικα θεσπιῳδήσειν Id.Ag.1161; κτενεῖν ἔοικας Id.Ch.922; τὸν ἄνδρ' ἔοικεν ὕπνος ἔξειν S.Ph.821; ἔοικα πράξειν οὐδέν E.Hec.813, cf. Cyc.99: c. aor. inf., πικροὺς ἔοιγμεν . . ἀγῶνας κηρῦξαι methinks we proclaimed, S.Aj.1239: c. pf. inf., ἔοικεν ἐπωνομάσθαι Pl.Cra.419c: c. part., ἔοικε κεκλημένη seems to be called, ibid.; ἐοίκατε ἡδόμενοι X.HG6.3.8; κατακεκομμένη ἔοικεν ἡ σύνθεσις καὶ εὐκαταφρόνητος Demetr.Eloc.4.    2 impers., ἔοικε it seems: ὡς ἔοικε as it seems, S.Ant.576,740, El.772, 1341, E.Andr.551, etc., used by Pl. merely to modify a statement, probably, I believe, Phd.61c, R.332b, al.; ἔοικεν in answers, so it seems, ib.334a, 346c, al.    3 personal in the same sense, ὡς ἔοικας S.El.516, Tr.1241; ὡς εἴξασιν E.Hel.497.    III beseem, befit, c. dat. pers., τὸ μὲν ἀπιέναι . . οὐδενὶ καλῷ ἔοικε X.An.6.5.17 (unless οὐδενὶ κ. is neut.); ἀνδράσι ἔοικεν τὰ τῆς γεωργίας POxy. 899.18 (200 A.D.): c. dat. et inf., τὰ μὲν οὔ τι καταθνητοῖσιν ἔοικεν ἄνδρεσσιν φορέειν Il.10.440; cf. 111.2 fin.    2 most freq. impers., ἔοικε it is fitting, reasonable, mostly with neg. and folld. by inf., οὐκ ἔστ' οὐδὲ ἔοικε τεὸν ἔπος ἀρνήσασθαι Il.14.212; οὐ γὰρ ἔοικ' ὀτρυνέμεν 4.286: freq. c. acc. et inf., 12.212, al.; in Od.22.196 an inf. must be supplied, εὐνῇ ἔνι μαλακῇ καταλέγμενος, ὥς σε ἔοικεν (sc. καταλέξασθαι) ; ἐπεὶ οὐδὲ ἔοικε (sc. εἶναι) Il.1.119:—rare in Att., ἔοικεν νέῳ . . ὀργὴν ὑποφέρειν Pl.Lg.879c.    IV part. ἐοικώς, εἰκώς, Ion. οἰκώς, υῖα, ός,    1 seeming like, like, Il.3.449, etc.:—the longer form is found in Att. Prose, φόβος οὐδενὶ ἐοικώς Th.7.71; εἰκώς A.Ag.760 (lyr.), Ch.560, E.Cyc.376, Ar.V.1321.    2 fitting, seemly, μῦθοί γε ἐοικότες... ὧδε ἐοικότα μυθήσασθαι, Od.3.124,125, cf. 4.239; ἐοικότι κεῖται ὀλέθρῳ 1.46; ἐϊκυῖαν ἄκοιτιν a suitable wife, 'a help meet for him', Il.9.399.    3 likely, probable, εἰκός ἐστι, = ἔοικε, S.El.659, 1488, etc.; esp. ὡς εἰκός, Ion. ὡς οἰκός, = ὡς ἔοικε, Hdt.1.45 (sc. ἦν), S.Ph.498, etc.; οἷον εἰκός Pl.R.406c; καθάπερ εἰκός Id.Ti.24d; also ὡς τὸ εἰκός Id.Phd.67a, R.407d, etc.; οἱ εἰκότες λόγοι, μῦθοι, Id.Ti. 48d, 59c; ἀδύνατα εἰκότα plausible miracles, opp. δυνατὰ ἀπίθανα, Arist.Po.1460a27.    4 καὶ τὰ ἐοικότα and the like, αἶγες, αἴλουροι, καὶ τὰ ἐ. S.E.P.1.47, cf. 3.180; ἄρτιον, περιττόν, τέλειον, τὰ ἐ. Nicom. Ar.1.3.    5 neut. Subst. εἰκός (q.v.).