εἰκάς
Third declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
εἰκάς
εἰκάδος
Structure:
εἰκαδ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- The twentieth day of the month
- (in the plural) The last ten days of the month
Declension
Third declension
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.
- παῦροι δ’ αὖτε μετ’ εἰκάδα μηνὸσ ἀρίστην ἠοῦσ γιγνομένησ· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 101:3)
- ἐμὲ γὰρ διέτριψεν ὁ κομψότατοσ ἀνδρῶν Χαιρεφῶν ἱερὸν γάμον φάσκων ποιήσειν δευτέρᾳ μετ’ εἰκάδα καθ’ αὑτόν, ἵνα τῇ τετράδι δειπνῇ παρ’ ἑτέροισ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 42 1:3)
- οὐκ ἀγνοῶ δ’ ὅτι περὶ τὸν τῶν μυστηρίων καιρὸν αὖθισ Θῆβαί τε κατεσκάφησαν ὑπὸ Ἀλεξάνδρου, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα φρουρὰν Ἀθηναῖοι Μακεδόνων ἐδέξαντο περὶ αὐτὴν τήν εἰκάδα τοῦ Βοηδρομιῶνοσ, ᾗ τὸν μυστικὸν Ιἄκχον ἐξάγουσιν. (Plutarch, Camillus, chapter 19 6:2)
- ἐποίησεν οὖν τὸ προσταχθὲν ὁ Ταρούτιοσ, καὶ τά τε πάθη καὶ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ ἀνδρὸσ ἐπιδών, καὶ χρόνον ζωῆσ καὶ τρόπον τελευτῆσ καὶ πάντα τὰ τοιαῦτα συνθείσ, εὖ μάλα τεθαρρηκότωσ καὶ ἀνδρείωσ ἀπεφήνατο, τὴν μὲν ἐν τῇ μητρὶ τοῦ Ῥωμύλου γεγονέναι σύλληψιν ἔτει πρώτῳ τῆσ δευτέρασ ὀλυμπιάδοσ ἐν μηνὶ κατ’ Αἰγυπτίουσ Χοιὰκ τρίτῃ καὶ εἰκάδι τρίτησ ὡρ́ασ, καθ’ ἣν ὁ ἥλιοσ ἐξέλιπε παντελῶσ, τὴν δ’ ἐμφανῆ γέννησιν ἐν μηνὶ Θωὺθ ἡμέρᾳ πρώτῃ μετ’ εἰκάδα περὶ ἡλίου ἀνατολάσ· (Plutarch, chapter 12 5:1)
- αὔριον εἰσ λιτήν σε καλιάδα, φίλτατε Πείσων, ἐξ ἐνάτησ ἕλκει μουσοφιλὴσ ἕταροσ, εἰκάδα δειπνίζων ἐνιαύσιον· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 441)
Synonyms
-
The twentieth day of the month
- εἰνάς (the ninth day of the month)
- τριακάς (the thirtieth day of the month, a month)
