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ἔοικα ,
A.as, ε, etc., pf. with pres. sense, to be like: rarely in other tenses, 3sg. impf. “εἶκεit was opportune, Il.18.520 (unless fr. “εἴκω111): fut. “εἴξωwill be like, Ar.Nu.1001; pf. 3dual “ἔϊκτονOd.4.27; 1pl. “ἔοιγμενS.Aj.1239, Ichn.95, E.Cyc.99; “ἐοίκαμενPl.La.193d; 3pl. “εἴξασιE.Hel.497, Ar.Av.96, Pl.Plt.291a, Sph.230a, Pl.Com.22,153, Eub.98.8; “ἐοίκασιPl.R.584d; inf. “εἰκέναιE.Fr.167, Ar.Nu.185 (cf. προσέοικα); part. εἰκώς (also “ἐϊκώςIl.21.254, v. sub εἰκός)“; εἰοικυῖαι18.418: Ion. (not Ep.) οἶκα, ας, ε, Hdt.4.82,5.20,106, part. “οἰκώςId.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; 2sg. εἶκας (v.l. οἶκας) Alcm.80: plpf. ἐῴκειν, εις, ει, Od. 1.411, etc.; 3pl. “ἐῴκεσανTh.7.75, etc., Ep. “ἐοίκεσανIl.13.102; Ep. 3dual “ἐΐκτην1.104, Od.4.662, Hes.Sc.390 codd.: Att. plpf. “ᾔκεινAr. Av.1298 (Dawes from Sch.):—Pass., 3sg. pf. “ἤϊκταιNic.Th.658: plpf. “ἤϊκτοOd.20.31, al., “ἔϊκτοIl.23.107.
I. to be like, look like, c. dat., Il.14.474, etc.; “Μαχάονι πάντα ἔοικε11.613; “κεφαλήν τε καὶ ὄμματα καλὰ ἔοικας κείνῳOd.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 εὐεργεσίᾳD.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 τιto be analogous to, Plot.4.4.39.
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 ἔοικαςS.El.516, Tr.1241; “ὡς εἴξασινE.Hel.497.
1. seeming like, like, Il.3.449, etc.:—the longer form is found in Att. Prose, “φόβος οὐδενὶ ἐοικώςTh.7.71; “εἰκώςA.Ag.760 (lyr.), Ch.560, E.Cyc.376, Ar.V.1321.
4. καὶ τὰ ἐοικότα and the like,αἶγες, αἴλουροι, καὶ τὰ .S.E.P.1.47, cf. 3.180; “ἄρτιον, περιττόν, τέλειον, τὰ .Nicom. Ar.1.3.
5. neut. Subst. εἰκός (q.v.).
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