εἰκαῖος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εἰκαία, εἰκαῖον, ([[εἰκῇ]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[without aim]] or [[without purpose]], </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of things, [[random]], [[purposeless]], τίκτει γὰρ οὐδὲν ἐσθλὸν εἰκαία [[σχολή]] <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>308</span>; [[ὡς εἰκαῖον ὄν]] = [[as being useless]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">JConf.</span>6</span>; εἰκαῖον [[διήγημα]] J.<span class="title">BJProoem.</span> 1. Adv. [[εἰκαίως]], [[δοξάζειν]] cj. in <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>1p.30U.</span>, cf. Diotog. ap. Stob.4.1.96, <span class="bibl">D.L.2.128</span>, <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">in Cra.</span>p.26</span> P.: Comp. εἰκαιοτέρον <span class="bibl">S.E. <span class="title">M.</span>1.276</span>: neuter plural as adverb, Lyc.748. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, [[rash]], [[hasty]], <span class="bibl">Plb.7.7.5</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οἱ πολλοὶ καὶ εἰκαῖοι</b> Cebes <span class="bibl">12</span>; τὸ εἰκαῖον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>235.12</span> (ii A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[ordinary]], [[casual]], <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>2.10.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Am.</span>33</span>; [[taken at random]], ξύλα <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Comm.Math.</span>4</span>; [[careless]], [[σφίξις]] Heliod. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib. 50.9.10</span>.</span>