εἰκών
eikon
likeness, image
Appears 45 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
εἰκών, ἡ, gen. όνος, acc. όνα, etc.: poet. and Ion. nom. εἰκώ is implied (though not found) in gen. εἰκοῦς Hel. 77, acc. εἰκώ Th. 559, Med. 1162, 7.69 (but εἰκόνα 2.143, both εἰκόνα and εἰκώ in Ti. 37d), 15: acc. pl. εἰκούς Tr. 1178, Nu. 559: (*εἴκω, ἔοικα, ϝεικ-Inscr.Cypr. 151 H.):—Α. likeness, image, whether picture or statue, 2.130, 143, Th. 559, etc.; εἰ. γεγραμμένη 2.1117c; εἰ. γραπτά IG 4.940.23, cf. 3.1330; of needlework, IT 223 (anap.); bust, Alex. 18; εἰ. βασιλικαί, = Lat. imagines imperatorum, Or. 56.13: generally, εἰ. τοῦ νοητοῦ θεὸς αἰσθητός Ti. 92c. 2. image in a mirror, Med. 1162, R. 402b. 3. personal description, 32.21 (ii B. C.), etc. 4. metaph., living image, representation, εἰ. ζῶσα τοῦ Διός OGI 90.3 (Rosetta, ii B. C.); τοῦ θεοῦ 2 Ep.Cor. 4.4. II. semblance, phantom, HF 1002; οὐ γὰρ ἐκεῖνος τέθνηκεν, ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ ἡ εἰ. αὐτοῦ DMort. 16.1; imaginary form, R. 588b; image in the mind, εἰκοὺς πατρός Tr. 1178; δοξῶν καὶ λόγων Phlb. 39c, etc.; εἰκόνας σῆς ἀρετῆς thy virtueʼs counterparts, of children, Epigr.Gr. 435.4; περίβολον ἔχειν δεσμωτηρίου εἰκόνα Cra. 400c; ἐν εἰκόνι βασιλείας 7.9.10. III. similitude, comparison, Nu. 559, Ra. 906, Phd. 87b, Men. 80c, 536.1; διʼ εἰκόνος λέγεσθαι R. 487e, cf. Rh. 1407a11, Ep. 8.1. IV. pattern, archetype, ποτὶ τὰν εἰκόνα [κόσμος] ἀπειργασμένος 99d.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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