ἔοικα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[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 ''III''): fut. εἴξω [[will be like]], Ar.''Nu.''1001; pf. 3dual ἔϊκτον Od.4.27; 1pl. ἔοιγμεν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1239, ''Ichn.''95, E.''Cyc.''99; ἐοίκαμεν Pl.''La.''193d; 3pl. εἴξασι E.''Hel.''497, Ar.''Av.''96, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 291a, ''Sph.''230a, Pl.Com.22,153, Eub.98.8; ἐοίκασι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|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.) <b class="b3">οἶκα, ας, ε,</b> [[Herodotus|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 [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] vary; 2sg. [[εἶκας]] ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[οἶκας]]) Alcm.80: plpf. <b class="b3">ἐῴκειν, εις, ει,</b> 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.<br><span class="bld">I</span> 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 <b class="b3">εἶδός τε μέγεθός τε, δέμας</b>, etc., Il.2.58, 21.285, etc.; <b class="b3">εἰς ὦπα ἔοικεν, ἄντα ἐῴκει</b>, 3.158, 24.630, al.; <b class="b3">μελαίνῃ κηρὶ ἔοικε</b> [[is considered like]], i.e. [[hated like]], death, Od.17.500: c. part., <b class="b3">αἰεὶ γὰρ δίφρου ἐπιβησομένοισιν ἐΐκτην</b> [[seemed]] always just about to set foot upon the chariot, Il.23.379; <b class="b3">ἔοικε σημαίνοντι</b> [[seems]] to indicate, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''437a; <b class="b3">τοὐναντίον ἔοικεν σπεύδοντι</b> [[seems]] to urge the opposite, Id.''Prt.''361b, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.6.10,4.3.8, Arist.''Sens.''437b24; <b class="b3">ἔοικεν τοῦτο ἀτόπῳ</b> this [[is like]] an absurdity, [[seems]] absurd, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|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'').<br><span class="bld">2</span> ἐοικέναι κατά τι to [[be analogous to]], Plot.4.4.39.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[seem]], c. inf. (where we make the Verb impersonal): c. inf. pres., [[methinks]], <b class="b3">ἔοικα δέ τοι παραείδειν ὥς τε θεῷ</b> I [[seem]] to sing (i.e. [[methinks]] I sing) to thee, as to a god, Od.22.348; <b class="b3">χλιδᾶν ἔοικας</b> [[methinks]] thou art delicate, A.''Pr.''971; ἔοικα θρηνεῖν μάτην Id.''Ch.''926, cf. 730; ἔοικα.. οὐκ εἰδέναι [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''744; ἔοικα.. ἐποικτίρειν σε Id.''Ph.''317: c. fut. inf., <b class="b3">θέλξειν μ' ἔοικας</b> [[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., <b class="b3">πικροὺς ἔοιγμεν.. ἀγῶνας κηρῦξαι</b> [[methinks]] we proclaimed, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1239: c. pf. inf., ἔοικεν ἐπωνομάσθαι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''419c: c. part., <b class="b3">ἔοικε κεκλημένη</b> [[seems]] to be called, ibid.; ἐοίκατε ἡδόμενοι X.''HG''6.3.8; κατακεκομμένη ἔοικεν ἡ σύνθεσις καὶ εὐκαταφρόνητος Demetr.''Eloc.''4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> impers., [[ἔοικε]] [[it seems]]: <b class="b3">ὡς ἔοικε</b> 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.<br><span class="bld">3</span> personal in the same sense, ὡς ἔοικας S.''El.''516, ''Tr.''1241; ὡς εἴξασιν E.''Hel.''497.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[beseem]], [[befit]], c. dat. pers., τὸ μὲν ἀπιέναι.. οὐδενὶ καλῷ ἔοικε X.''An.''6.5.17 (unless <b class="b3">οὐδενὶ κ.</b> is neut.); ἀνδράσι ἔοικεν τὰ τῆς γεωργίας ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|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.<br><span class="bld">2</span> most freq. impers., [[ἔοικε]] [[it is fitting]], [[reasonable]], mostly with neg. and followed 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, <b class="b3">εὐνῇ ἔνι μαλακῇ καταλέγμενος, ὥς σε ἔοικεν</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[καταλέξασθαι]]) <b class="b3">; ἐπεὶ οὐδὲ ἔοικε</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[εἶναι]]) Il.1.119:—rare in Att., ἔοικεν νέῳ.. ὀργὴν ὑποφέρειν Pl.''Lg.''879c.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> part. [[ἐοικώς]], [[εἰκώς]], Ion. <b class="b3">οἰκώς, υῖα, ός,</b><br><span class="bld">1</span> [[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.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[fitting]], [[seemly]], <b class="b3">μῦθοί γε ἐοικότες... ὧδε ἐοικότα μυθήσασθαι</b>, Od.3.124,125, cf. 4.239; ἐοικότι κεῖται ὀλέθρῳ 1.46; <b class="b3">ἐϊκυῖαν ἄκοιτιν</b> a [[suitable]] wife, 'a help [[meet for]] [[him]]', Il.9.399.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[likely]], [[probable]], <b class="b3">εἰκός ἐστι</b>, = [[ἔοικε]], S.''El.''659, 1488, etc.; esp. <b class="b3">ὡς εἰκός</b>, Ion. <b class="b3">ὡς οἰκός</b>, = [[ὡς ἔοικε]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.45 (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἦν]]), S.''Ph.''498, etc.; οἷον εἰκός [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 406c; καθάπερ εἰκός Id.''Ti.''24d; also ὡς τὸ εἰκός Id.''Phd.''67a, ''R.''407d, etc.; <b class="b3">οἱ εἰκότες λόγοι, μῦθοι</b>, Id.''Ti.'' 48d, 59c; <b class="b3">ἀδύνατα εἰκότα</b> [[plausible]] miracles, opp. <b class="b3">δυνατὰ ἀπίθανα</b>, Arist.''Po.''1460a27.<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">καὶ τὰ ἐοικότα</b> 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.<br><span class="bld">5</span> neut. Subst. [[εἰκός]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]).