εἰκών: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, gen. όνος, acc. όνα, etc.: poet. and Ion. nom. εἰκώ is implied (though not found) in gen. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> εἰκοῦς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>77</span>, acc. εἰκώ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>559</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1162</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.69</span> (but εἰκόνα <span class="bibl">2.143</span>, both [[εἰκόνα]] and [[εἰκώ]] in <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span> 37d</span>), <span class="bibl">Maiist.15</span>: acc. pl. εἰκούς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1178</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>559</span>: (<b class="b3">Εἴκω, ἔοικα, ϝεικ</b>-<span class="title">Inscr.Cypr.</span>151 H.):—[[likeness]], [[image]], whether picture or statue, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.130</span>, <span class="bibl">143</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>559</span>, etc.; εἰ. γεγραμμένη Plu.2.1117c; εἰ. γραπτά <span class="title">IG</span>4.940.23, cf. 3.1330; of needlework, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>223</span> (anap.); [[bust]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Alex.</span>18</span>; <b class="b3">εἰ. βασιλικαί</b>, = Lat. [[imagines imperatorum]], <span class="bibl">Lib. <span class="title">Or.</span>56.13</span>: generally, εἰ. τοῦ νοητοῦ θεὸς αἰσθητός <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>92c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[image in a mirror]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1162</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>402b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[personal description]], PTeb.32.21 (ii B. C.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> metaph., [[living image]], [[representation]], εἰ. ζῶσα τοῦ Διός <span class="title">OGI</span>90.3 (Rosetta, ii B. C.); τοῦ θεοῦ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Cor.</span>4.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[semblance]], [[phantom]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>1002</span>; οὐ γὰρ ἐκεῖνος τέθνηκεν, ἀλλ' ἐγὼ ἡ εἰ. αὐτοῦ <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMort.</span>16.1</span>; [[imaginary form]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>588b</span>; [[image in the mind]], εἰκοὺς πατρός <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1178</span>; δοξῶν καὶ λόγων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span> 39c</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">εἰκόνας σῆς ἀρετῆς</b> thy virtue's [[counterparts]], of children, <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>435.4; περίβολον ἔχειν δεσμωτηρίου εἰκόνα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>400c</span>; ἐν εἰκόνι βασιλείας <span class="bibl">Hdn.7.9.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[similitude]], [[comparison]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span> 559</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ra.</span>906</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>87b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Men.</span>80c</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.536.1</span>; δι' εἰκόνος λέγεσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>487e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1407a11</span>, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Ep.</span>8.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[pattern]], [[archetype]], ποτὶ τὰν εἰκόνα [κόσμος] ἀπειργασμένος <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.99d</span>.</span>