ἐπέοικα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">to be like, suit</b>, c. dat. pers., ὅς τις οἷ τ' ἐπέοικε <span class="bibl">Il.9.392</span>: elsewh. impers., <b class="b2">it is fit, proper</b>, c. dat. pers. et inf., σφῶϊν μέν τ' ἐπέοικε . . ἑστάμεν <span class="bibl">4.341</span>; <b class="b3">νέῳ δέ τε πάντ' ἐπέοικε . . κεῖσθαι</b> '<b class="b2">tis a seemly thing</b> for a young man to lie dead, <span class="bibl">22.71</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.95</span>: c. acc. pers. et inf., λαοὺς δ' οὐκ ἐπέοικε . . ταῦτ' ἐπαγείρειν <span class="bibl">Il.1.126</span>; ὅν τ' ἐπέοικε βουλὰς βουλεύειν <span class="bibl">10.146</span>: with inf. understood, <b class="b3">ἀποδάσσομαι ὅσσ' ἐπέοικε [ἀποδάσασθαι</b>] <span class="bibl">24.595</span>; <b class="b3">οὔτ' οὖν ἐσθῆτος δευήσεαι οὔτε τευ ἄλλου, ὧν ἐπέοιχ' ἱκέτην . . ἀντιάσαντα [μὴ δεύεσθαι</b>] <span class="bibl">Od.6.193</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> part. pl., <b class="b3">ἐπεικότα</b> <b class="b2">seemly, fit</b>, τινί <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>669</span>, cf. S.<span class="title">Ichn.</span>271. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[resemble]], c. dat., <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>1.12.2</span>, <span class="bibl">2.7.8</span>; ἀριθμῷ πάντ' ἐ. Pythag. ap. <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>4.2</span>.</span>