4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of ἔοικε:
ἔοικα (to be like, look like): perf imperat act 2nd sg
ἔοικα (to be like, look like): perf ind act 3rd sg
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).
2.
ἐοικέναι
κατά
τι
to
be
analogous
to,
Plot. 4.4.39
.
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.
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.
III.2
fin.
2.
most
freq.
impers.,
ἔοικε
it
is
fitting,
reasonable,
mostly
with
neg.
and
folld.
by
inf.
,
οὐκ
ἔστʼ
οὐδὲ
ἔοικε
τεὸν
ἔπος
ἀρνήσασθαι
Il. 14.212
;
οὐ
γὰρ
ἔοικʼ
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
Att.
,
ἔοικεν
νέῳ
.
.
ὀργὴν
ὑποφέρειν
Pl. Lg. 879c
.
IV.
part.
ἐοικώς,
εἰκώς,
Ion.
οἰκώς,
υῖα
,
ός
,
1.
seeming
like,
like,
Il. 3.449
,
etc.:—the
longer
form
is
found
in
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,
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.).