Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εἰκαστός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἰκαστός εἰκαστή εἰκαστόν

Structure: εἰκαστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ei)ka/zw

Sense

  1. comparable, similar

Examples

  • τὸ δὲ ἐν ᾧ τοῦτο γιγνόμενόν ἐστιν οὐχ ὑπονοοῦντεσ, ἀλλ’ εἰδότεσ, ἐπ’ αὐτὸ καταφεύγομεν, ἀνθρώπινον σῶμα ὡσ ἀγγεῖον φρονήσεωσ καὶ λόγου θεῷ προσάπτοντεσ, ἐνδείᾳ καὶ ἀπορίᾳ παραδείγματοσ τῷ φανερῷ τε καὶ εἰκαστῷ τὸ ἀνείκαστον καὶ ἀφανὲσ ἐνδείκνυσθαι ζητοῦντεσ, συμβόλου δυνάμει χρώμενοι, κρεῖττονἤ φασι τῶν βαρβάρων τινὰσ ζῴοισ τὸ θεῖον ἀφομοιοῦν κατὰ σμικρὰσ καὶ ἀτόπουσ ἀφορμάσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 76:3)

Synonyms

  1. comparable

Similar forms

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

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