εἰκαῖος: Difference between revisions

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