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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

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative εἰκαῖος εἰκαίᾱ εἰκαῖον
Genitive εἰκαίου εἰκαίᾱς εἰκαίου
Dative εἰκαίῳ εἰκαίᾱͅ εἰκαίῳ
Accusative εἰκαῖον εἰκαίᾱν εἰκαῖον
Vocative εἰκαῖε εἰκαίᾱ εἰκαῖον
DualN/A/V εἰκαίω εἰκαίᾱ εἰκαίω
G/D εἰκαίοιν εἰκαίαιν εἰκαίοιν
PluralNominative εἰκαῖοι εἰκαῖαι εἰκαῖα
Genitive εἰκαίων εἰκαιῶν εἰκαίων
Dative εἰκαίοις εἰκαίαις εἰκαίοις
Accusative εἰκαίους εἰκαίᾱς εἰκαῖα
Vocative εἰκαῖοι εἰκαῖαι εἰκαῖα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εἰκαῖος εἰκαίου εἰκαιότερος εἰκαιοτέρου εἰκαιότατος εἰκαιοτάτου
Adverb εἰκαίως εἰκαιότερον εἰκαιότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οἶδα ὅθεν σοι τὰ κομψὰ ταῦτα ἐρωτήματά ἐστιν, παρὰ τῶν καταράτων σοφιστῶν, οἳ μηδὲ προνοεῖν ἡμᾶσ τῶν ἀνθρώπων φασὶν ἐκεῖνοι γοῦν τὰ τοιαῦτα ἐρωτῶσιν ὑπ’ ἀσεβείασ, ἀποτρέποντεσ καὶ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ θύειν καὶ εὔχεσθαι ὡσ εἰκαῖον ὄν· (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 6:1)
  • πῶσ οὖν τηρήσῃ τισ ἅμα μὲν τὸ εὐσταθὲσ καὶ ἀτάραχον, ἅμα δὲ τὸ ἐπιμελὲσ καὶ μὴ εἰκαῖον μηδ’ ἐπισεσυρμένον; (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 2:1)
  • εἰ τὸ κακόηθεσ καὶ λοίδορον ἀποτέθεισαι, μεμείωκασ, εἰ τὸ προπετέσ, εἰ τὸ αἰσχρολόγον, εἰ τὸ εἰκαῖον, εἰ τὸ ἐπισεσυρμένον, εἰ οὐ κινῇ ἐφ’ οἷσ πρότερον, εἰ οὐχ ὁμοίωσ γ’ ὡσ πρότερον, ἑορτὴν ἄγειν δύνασαι καθ’ ἡμέραν, σήμερον, ὅτι καλῶσ ἀνεστράφησ ἐν τῷδε τῷ ἔργῳ, αὔριον, ὅτι ἐν ἑτέρῳ. (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 46:2)
  • εἶναι δὲ καὶ ἄλλον ἄτυφον, κατὰ τὸν εἰκαῖον τεταγμένον, ὅσ ἐστι φαῦλοσ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 117:5)
  • τὸ δὲ οὐκ εἰκαῖον οὐδὲ ἀνώμαλον ἐγείρουσιν οὐδὲ πάντεσ ἢ ἀτάκτωσ διαλαβόντεσ, ἀλλ’ εἰ μὲν ἀνώμαλοσ ὢν τύχοι χῶροσ, ἐξομαλίζεται· (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 97:1)
  • ἔσχε δὲ καὶ τὸν προειρημένον εἰκαῖόν τινα ἀδελφὸν τοῦ Μητροδώρου Τιμοκράτην. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, I, EPIKOUROS 23:5)

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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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