εἰκός
Third declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
εἰκός
εἰκότος
Structure:
εἰκοτ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Etym.: neut. partic. of ei)=ka or e)/oika,
Sense
- likely, probable, reasonable, (neuter substantive) likelihood, probability, (in Aristotle's Logic) a probable proposition
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.
- καὶ τὰ μετὰ ταῦτα δὲ οὐ φαῦλαι ἐλπίδεσ, εἰ τὰ εἰκότα γίγνοιτο, ἀλλ̓ ἔθνοσ ἐπιτραπῆναι ἤ τινασ ἄλλασ πράξεισ βασιλικάσ. (Lucian, Apologia 30:1)
- τοιούτῳ δὴ βίῳ χρώμενοσ εἰσ ἑαυτὸν μὲν οὐδενὸσ ἐδεῖτο, φίλοισ δὲ συνέπραττε τὰ εἰκότα, καὶ τοὺσ μὲν εὐτυχεῖν δοκοῦντασ αὐτῶν ὑπεμίμνησκεν ὡσ ἐπ’ ὀλιγοχρονίοισ τοῖσ δοκοῦσιν ἀγαθοῖσ ἐπαιρομένουσ, τοὺσ δὲ ἢ πενίαν ὀδυρομένουσ ἢ φυγὴν δυσχεραίνοντασ ἢ γῆρασ ἢ νόσον αἰτιωμένουσ σὺν γέλωτι παρεμυθεῖτο, οὐχ ὁρῶντασ ὅτι μετὰ μικρὸν αὐτοῖσ παύσεται μὲν τὰ ἀνιῶντα, λήθη δέ τισ ἀγαθῶν καὶ κακῶν καὶ ἐλευθερία μακρὰ πάντασ ἐν ὀλίγῳ καταλήψεται. (Lucian, (no name) 8:1)
- μὴ ἐρήμην, ὦ γενναῖε, μηδὲ τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἀπόντων μόνοσ αὐτὸσ λέγων οἰού κρατεῖν ἔσται γάρ τισ ὁ καὶ ὑπὲρ ἐκείνων σοι τὰ εἰκότα ἐν Σπάρτῃ ἀντερῶν. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 40:1)
- οὐ μὴν πρότερον ἐρῶ αὐτά, ἢν μὴ περὶ τοῦ χαίρειν αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῦ εὖ πράττειν καὶ τοῦ ὑγιαίνειν προείπω τὰ εἰκότα. (Lucian, Pro lapsu inter salutandum 4:2)
- ἔπεμψεν ἡμᾶσ, ὦ Δελφοί, ὁ ἡμέτεροσ δυνάστησ Φάλαρισ ἄξοντασ τῷ θεῷ τὸν ταῦρον τοῦτον καὶ ὑμῖν διαλεξομένουσ τὰ εἰκότα ὑπέρ τε αὐτοῦ ἐκείνου καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἀναθήματοσ. (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 1:1)
