LogeionPerseus analysis of ἐΐκτην:
ἐΐκτην,ἔοικα (to be like, look like): plup ind act 3rd dual (epic)
LSJ entry
ἔοικα
ἔοικα,
ας, ε, etc., pf. with pres. sense, to be like:
rarely in other tenses, 3
sg. impf. εἶκε it was opportune, Il. 18.520 (unless fr. εἴκω III): fut. εἴξω will be like, Ar. Nu. 1001;
pf. 3
dual ἔϊκτον Od. 4.27; 1
pl. ἔοιγμεν S. Aj. 1239,
Ichn. 95,
E. Cyc. 99;
ἐοίκαμεν Pl. La. 193d; 3
pl. 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:
Ion. (not Ep.)
οἶκα, ας, ε, Hdt. 4.82,
5.20,
106,
part. οἰκώς Id. 6.125;
but ἔοικα, 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; 2
sg. εἶκας (v.l. οἶκας) Alcm. 80:
plpf. ἐῴκειν, εις, ει, Od. 1.411,
etc.; 3
pl. ἐῴκεσαν Th. 7.75,
etc., Ep. ἐοίκεσαν Il. 13.102;
Ep. 3
dual ἐΐκτην 1.104,
Od. 4.662,
Hes. Sc. 390 codd.: Att. plpf. ᾔκειν Ar. Av. 1298 (Dawes from Sch.):—Pass., 3
sg. pf. ἤϊκται Nic. Th. 658:
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). II. seem, c. inf. (where we make the Verb impersonal): c. inf. 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. OT 744;
ἔοικα . . ἐποικτίρειν σε Id. Ph. 317:
c. fut. inf.,
θέλξειν μʼ 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 ἄνδρʼ ἔοικεν ὕπνος ἔξειν S. Ph. 821;
ἔοικα πράξειν οὐδέν E. Hec. 813,
cf. Cyc. 99:
c. aor. inf.,
πικροὺς ἔοιγμεν . . ἀγῶνας κηρῦξαι methinks we proclaimed, S. Aj. 1239:
c. pf. inf.,
ἔοικεν ἐπωνομάσθαι Pl. Cra. 419c:
c. part.,
ἔοικε κεκλημένη seems to be called, ibid.; ἐοίκατε ἡδόμενοι X. HG 6.3.8;
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. likely, probable, εἰκός ἐστι, = ἔοικε, S. El. 659,
1488,
etc.; esp. ὡς εἰκός, 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.