A.likely, of persons, ἐ. γενέσθαι ἐπιεικεῖς likely to turn out well, Pl.Tht.143d; ἐ. τοῦτο πείσεσθαι in danger of suffering . . , Hdt.6.12; “ἐ. ὢν πάσχειν” Antipho 2.1.5, cf. 2.4.9; ἐ. ὢν τυχεῖν being expected to gain . . , Isoc.6.8; τοὺς “ἐ. γενήσεσθαι πονηρούς” Id.20.12; ἐπιδοξοτέρου ὄντος (sc. αἱρεθῆναι) App.BC1.32: sts. c. fut. part., “ἐ. ἦσαν ἐμβαλοῦντες” Plu.Agis13; of things, “ἐ. ἡ ἀπόστασις παρασχίδων ὀστέων ἀπιέναι” Hp.Fract.24; ἐ. “γενέσθαι” Hdt.1.89; “πρὸς οὓς ἐ. [ἐστι] πολεμεῖν” Arist.Rh.1359b39: abs., ὅσα . . κακὰ ἐπίδοξα καταλαμβάνειν (-λαμβάνει codd.) Hdt.4.11.
II.. of repute, glorious, “κῦδος” Pi.N.9.46; and in late Prose, as LXX Si.3.18, D.S.13.83, Plu.2.239d, etc. Adv. “-ξως” LXX 1 Es.9.45, IG12(7).117, 288 (Amorgos), Artem.2.30.