εἴκω (ϝεικω), imp. εἶκε, part.
εἴκων, aor. εῖξα, iter. εἴξασκε:
yield, give way, withdraw (from anything, τινός, before one, τινί), be inferior (to one, τινί, in some respect, τὶ, sometimes τινί); εἰσορόων χρόα κα_λόν, ὅπῃ ϝείξειε
μάλιστα, where it, i. e. the body of Hector, would best
‘yield’ to a blow, Il.
22.321
; εἴ πέρ τίς σε βίῃ καὶ κάρτεϊ
ϝείκων | οὔ σε
τίει, ‘yielding’ to violent impulses,
Od. 13.143
; μηδ᾽ εἴκετε χάρμης |
Ἀργείοις, ‘fall not back
from battle before the Greeks,’ Il.
4.509
; ἀνδρῶν δυσμενέων ὅ τέ μοι ϝείξειε
πόδεσσιν, whoever ‘was inferior’ to me
in running, Od. 14.221; aor. 1
trans., εἶξαι ἡνία ἵππῳ,
‘give him free rein,’ Il. 23.337.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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