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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

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

  • τρίτη δ’ ἂν εἰκότι ῥηθείη πρόνοιά τε καὶ προμήθεια τῶν ὅσοι περὶ γῆν δαίμονεσ τεταγμένοι τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων πράξεων φύλακέσ τε καὶ ἐπίσκοποί εἰσι. (Plutarch, De fato, section 9 1:2)
  • τῷ εἰκότι καὶ παραμυθούμενοσ, ὡσ ἔνεστι, τὸ ἀήθεσ τοῦ λόγου καὶ παράδοξον· (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 5 1:2)
  • "μόνῳ οὖν χρῶμαι τῷ εἰκότι. (Plutarch, De sera numinis vindicta, section 1810)
  • οὕτωσ ἐμοὶ περὶ τὴν τῶν βίων τῶν παραλλήλων γραφήν, τὸν ἐφικτὸν εἰκότι λόγῳ καὶ βάσιμον ἱστορίᾳ πραγμάτων ἐχομένῃ χρόνον διελθόντι, περὶ τῶν ἀνωτέρω καλῶσ εἶχεν εἰπεῖν· (Plutarch, chapter 1 1:1)
  • ἧσ δὴ δεῖ θεωροὺσ γίγνεσθαι τοὺσ μέλλοντασ περὶ φύσεωσ εἰκότι λόγῳ χρήσεσθαι. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 257:2)

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