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εἰκαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἰκαῖος εἰκαῖη εἰκαῖον

Structure: εἰκαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ei)kh=

Sense

  1. random, purposeless

Examples

  • ὅπου δὲ τὸ πρῶτον καὶ μόνον αἴτιόν ἐστι τοῦ κατορθοῦν ἢ ἁμαρτάνειν, τοῦ εὐροεῖν ἢ δυσροεῖν, τοῦ ἀτυχεῖν ἢ εὐτυχεῖν, ἐνθάδε μόνον εἰκαῖοι καὶ προπετεῖσ. (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 30:1)
  • οἱ δὲ πολλοὶ καὶ εἰκαῖοι συγκαθέντεσ εἴσ τι τοιοῦτον φύρονται καὶ φύρουσι καὶ τὰ τελευταῖα λοιδορήσαντεσ καὶ λοιδορηθέντεσ ἀπέρχονται. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 13:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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