ἔοικα

ἔοικα,

A as, ε, etc., [tense] pf. with [tense] pres. sense, to be like: rarely in other tenses, [ per.] 3sg. [tense] impf.

εἶκε

it was opportune,

Il.18.520

(unless fr.

εἴκω 111

): [tense] fut.

εἴξω

will be like,

Ar.Nu.1001

; [tense] pf. [ per.] 3dual

ἔϊκτον Od.4.27

; [ per.] 1pl.

ἔοιγμεν S.Aj.1239

, Ichn.95, E.Cyc.99;

ἐοίκαμεν Pl.La.193d

; [ per.] 3pl.

εἴξασι E.Hel.497

, Ar.Av.96, Pl.Plt.291a, Sph.230a, Pl.Com.22,153, Eub.98.8;

ἐοίκασι Pl.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

: [dialect] Ion. (not [dialect] Ep.) οἶκα, ας, ε, 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 Hdt. vary; [ per.] 2sg. εἶκας (v.l. οἶκας) Alcm.80: [tense] plpf. ἐῴκειν, εις, ει, Od. 1.411, etc.; [ per.] 3pl.

ἐῴκεσαν Th.7.75

, etc., [dialect] Ep.

ἐοίκεσαν Il.13.102

; [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3dual

ἐΐκτην 1.104

, Od.4.662, Hes.Sc.390 codd.: [dialect] Att. [tense] plpf.

ᾔκειν Ar. Av.1298

(Dawes from Sch.):—[voice] Pass., [ per.] 3sg. [tense] pf.

ἤϊκται Nic.Th.658

: [tense] plpf.

ἤϊκτο Od.20.31

, al.,

ἔϊκτο Il.23.107

.

I 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 εἶδός τε μέγεθός τε, δέμας, etc., Il.2.58, 21.285, etc.; εἰς ὦπα ἔοικεν, ἄντα ἐῴκει, 3.158, 24.630, al.; μελαίνῃ κηρὶ ἔοικε is considered like, i.e. hated like, death, Od.17.500: c. part., αἰεὶ γὰρ δίφρου ἐπιβησομένοισιν ἐΐκτην seemed always just about to set foot upon the chariot, Il.23.379; ἔοικε σημαίνοντι seems to indicate, Pl.Cra.437a; τοὐναντίον ἔοικεν σπεύδοντι seems to urge the opposite, Id.Prt.361b, cf. X.Mem.1.6.10,4.3.8, Arist.Sens.437b24; ἔοικεν τοῦτο ἀτόπῳ this is like an absurdity, seems absurd, Pl.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).

2

ἐοικέναι κατά τι

to be analogous to,

Plot.4.4.39

.

II seem, c. inf. (where we make the Verb impersonal): c. inf. [tense] pres., methinks, ἔοικα δέ τοι παραείδειν ὥς τε θεῷ I seem to sing (i. e. methinks I sing) to thee, as to a god, Od.22.348; χλιδᾶν ἔοικας methinks thou art delicate, A.Pr.971;

ἔοικα θρηνεῖν μάτην Id.Ch.926

, cf. 730;

ἔοικα . . οὐκ εἰδέναι S.OT744

;

ἔοικα . . ἐποικτίρειν σε Id.Ph.317

: c. [tense] fut. inf., θέλξειν μ' ἔοικας 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. [tense] aor. inf., πικροὺς ἔοιγμεν . . ἀγῶνας κηρῦξαι methinks we proclaimed, S.Aj.1239: c. [tense] pf. inf.,

ἔοικεν ἐπωνομάσθαι Pl.Cra.419c

: c. part., ἔοικε κεκλημένη seems to be called, ibid.;

ἐοίκατε ἡδόμενοι X.HG6.3.8

;

κατακεκομμένη ἔοικεν ἡ σύνθεσις καὶ εὐκαταφρόνητος Demetr.Eloc.4

.

2 impers., ἔοικε it seems: ὡς ἔοικε 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.

3 personal in the same sense,

ὡς ἔοικας S.El.516

, Tr.1241;

ὡς εἴξασιν E.Hel.497

.

III beseem, befit, c. dat. pers.,

τὸ μὲν ἀπιέναι . . οὐδενὶ καλῷ ἔοικε X.An.6.5.17

(unless οὐδενὶ κ. is neut.);

ἀνδράσι ἔοικεν τὰ τῆς γεωργίας 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.

2 most freq. impers., ἔοικε it is fitting, reasonable, mostly with neg. and folld. 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, εὐνῇ ἔνι μαλακῇ καταλέγμενος, ὥς σε ἔοικεν (sc. καταλέξασθαι) ; ἐπεὶ οὐδὲ ἔοικε (sc. εἶναι) Il.1.119:—rare in [dialect] Att.,

ἔοικεν νέῳ . . ὀργὴν ὑποφέρειν Pl.Lg.879c

.

IV part. ἐοικώς, εἰκώς, [dialect] Ion. οἰκώς, υῖα, ός,

1 seeming like, like, Il.3.449, etc.:—the longer form is found in [dialect] Att. Prose,

φόβος οὐδενὶ ἐοικώς Th.7.71

;

εἰκώς A.Ag.760

(lyr.), Ch.560, E.Cyc.376, Ar.V.1321.

2 fitting, seemly, μῦθοί γε ἐοικότες . ., ὧδε ἐοικότα μυθήσασθαι, Od.3.124,125, cf. 4.239;

ἐοικότι κεῖται ὀλέθρῳ 1.46

; ἐϊκυῖαν ἄκοιτιν a suitable wife, 'a help meet for him', Il.9.399.

3 likely, probable, εἰκός ἐστι, = ἔοικε, S.El.659, 1488, etc.; esp. ὡς εἰκός, [dialect] Ion. ὡς οἰκός, = ὡς ἔοικε, Hdt.1.45 (sc. ἦν), S.Ph.498, etc.;

οἷον εἰκός Pl.R.406c

;

καθάπερ εἰκός Id.Ti.24d

; also

ὡς τὸ εἰκός Id.Phd.67a

, R.407d, etc.; οἱ εἰκότες λόγοι, μῦθοι, Id.Ti. 48d, 59c; ἀδύνατα εἰκότα plausible miracles, opp. δυνατὰ ἀπίθανα, Arist.Po.1460a27.

4 καὶ τὰ ἐοικότα 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

.

5 neut. Subst. εἰκός (q.v.).