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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

  1. likely, probable, reasonable, (neuter substantive) likelihood, probability, (in Aristotle's Logic) a probable proposition

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative εἰκός εἰκότε εἰκότα
Genitive εἰκότος εἰκότοιν εἰκότων
Dative εἰκότι εἰκότοιν εἰκόσιν*
Accusative εἰκός εἰκότε εἰκότα
Vocative εἰκός εἰκότε εἰκότα

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

  • καὶ Καλλῖνόσ που οὕτωσ ὠνόμακεν αὐτήν, Σμυρναίουσ τοὺσ Ἐφεσίουσ καλῶν ἐν τῷ πρὸσ τὸν Δία λόγῳ Σμυρναίουσ δ’ ἐλέησον καὶ πάλιν μνῆσαι δ’ εἴκοτέ τοι μηρία καλὰ βοῶν Σμυρναῖοι κατέκηαν. (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 1 5:3)

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