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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

  • οὐ ψυχρὸν καὶ ταλαίπωρον ὑποληψείδιον ἐκ λόγων εἰκαίων ὡσ ἐκ τριχὸσ ἠρτημένον, ἀλλὰ ἰσχυρὸν καὶ χρηστικὸν καὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ διὰ τῶν ἔργων γεγυμνάσθαι μεμυημένον. (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 140:1)

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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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