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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, A. like truth, i.e. likely, probable, reasonable, εἰ. (with or without ἐστί), c. inf. pres., aor., or fut., S. El. 1026, A. Ag. 575, Is. 4.18; οὐ γὰρ εἰ., c. inf., S. Ph. 230; οἷς εἰ. (sc. δοῦναι) ib.973; ὥσπερ εἰ. ἦν Ar. Fr. 621, etc.: also pl., ἐοικότα γάρ . . τυχεῖν Pi. P. 1.34. 2. neut. Subst., εἰκός, τό, likelihood, probability, τὰ οἰκότα likelihoods, Hdt. 1.155, etc.; τὸ οὐκ εἰ. Th. 2.89; κατὰ τὸ εἰ. in all likelihood, Id. 1.121; ἐκ τοῦ εἰκότος Id. 4.17; τῷ εἰκότι Id. 6.18; παντὶ τῷ οἰκότι Hdt. 7.103; τοῦ εἰκότος πέρα S. OT 74; τῷ εἰκότι χρῆσθαι, opp. ἀπόδειξιν λέγειν, Pl. Tht. 162e: in Poets without Art., λέγεις μὲν εἰκότα S. Ph. 1373; εἰκὸς πέπονθα E. IA 501; ἤν γʼ ἐρωτᾷς εἰκότʼ, εἰκότα κλύεις ib. 1134. b. in Logic, probable proposition, opp. positive fact, Arist. APr. 70a4, Rh. 1357a34. II. reasonable, fair, equitable, Th. 2.74, Isoc. 3.53, etc.; τὰ εἰ. καὶ δίκαια Th. 5.90; παρὰ τὸ εἰ. unreasonably, 2.62: Comp. εἰκότερον Antipho 2.2.3.
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