εἰκών

English (LSJ)

ἡ, gen. όνος, acc. όνα, etc.: poet. and Ion. nom. εἰκώ is implied (though not found) in gen.

   A εἰκοῦς E.Hel.77, acc. εἰκώ A.Th.559, E.Med.1162, Hdt.7.69 (but εἰκόνα 2.143, both εἰκόνα and εἰκώ in Pl.Ti. 37d), Maiist.15: acc. pl. εἰκούς E.Tr.1178, Ar.Nu.559: (Εἴκω, ἔοικα, ϝεικ-Inscr.Cypr.151 H.):—likeness, image, whether picture or statue, Hdt.2.130, 143, A.Th.559, etc.; εἰ. γεγραμμένη Plu.2.1117c; εἰ. γραπτά IG4.940.23, cf. 3.1330; of needlework, E.IT223 (anap.); bust, Luc.Alex.18; εἰ. βασιλικαί, = Lat. imagines imperatorum, Lib. Or.56.13: generally, εἰ. τοῦ νοητοῦ θεὸς αἰσθητός Pl.Ti.92c.    2 image in a mirror, E.Med.1162, Pl.R.402b.    3 personal description, PTeb.32.21 (ii B. C.), etc.    4 metaph., living image, representation, εἰ. ζῶσα τοῦ Διός OGI90.3 (Rosetta, ii B. C.); τοῦ θεοῦ 2 Ep.Cor.4.4.    II semblance, phantom, E.HF1002; οὐ γὰρ ἐκεῖνος τέθνηκεν, ἀλλ' ἐγὼ ἡ εἰ. αὐτοῦ Luc.DMort.16.1; imaginary form, Pl.R.588b; image in the mind, εἰκοὺς πατρός E.Tr.1178; δοξῶν καὶ λόγων Pl.Phlb. 39c, etc.; εἰκόνας σῆς ἀρετῆς thy virtue's counterparts, of children, Epigr.Gr.435.4; περίβολον ἔχειν δεσμωτηρίου εἰκόνα Pl.Cra.400c; ἐν εἰκόνι βασιλείας Hdn.7.9.10.    III similitude, comparison, Ar.Nu. 559, Ra.906, Pl.Phd.87b, Men.80c, Men.536.1; δι' εἰκόνος λέγεσθαι Pl.R.487e, cf. Arist.Rh.1407a11, Lib.Ep.8.1.    IV pattern, archetype, ποτὶ τὰν εἰκόνα [κόσμος] ἀπειργασμένος Ti.Locr.99d.