εἰκός
eikos
like truth
Appears 20 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
εἰκός, Ion. οἰκός, ότος, τό, neut. part. of ἔοικα,
‹ All lexicon entries like truth, i.e. likely, probable, reasonable, εἰ. (with or without ἐστί), c. inf. pres., aor., or fut., El. 1026, Ag. 575, 4.18; οὐ γὰρ εἰ., c. inf., Ph. 230; οἷς εἰ. (sc. δοῦναι) ib. 973; ὥσπερ εἰ. ἦν Fr. 621, etc.: also pl., ἐοικότα γάρ . . τυχεῖν P. 1.34.
2. neut. Subst., εἰκός, τό, likelihood, probability, τὰ οἰκότα likelihoods, 1.155, etc.; τὸ οὐκ εἰ. 2.89; κατὰ τὸ εἰ. in all likelihood, 1.121; ἐκ τοῦ εἰκότος 4.17; τῷ εἰκότι 6.18; παντὶ τῷ οἰκότι 7.103; τοῦ εἰκότος πέρα OT 74; τῷ εἰκότι χρῆσθαι, opp. ἀπόδειξιν λέγειν, Tht. 162e: in Poets without Art., λέγεις μὲν εἰκότα Ph. 1373; εἰκὸς πέπονθα IA 501; ἤν γʼ ἐρωτᾷς εἰκότʼ, εἰκότα κλύεις ib. 1134.
b. in Logic, probable proposition, opp. positive fact, APr. 70a4, Rh. 1357a34.
II. reasonable, fair, equitable, 2.74, 3.53, etc.; τὰ εἰ. καὶ δίκαια 5.90; παρὰ τὸ εἰ. unreasonably, 2.62: Comp. εἰκότερον 2.2.3.