Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

οἰκότως

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: οἰκότως

Etym.: ionic adv. part. perf. of oi)kw/s for e)oikw/s

Sense

  1. reasonably, probably

Examples

  • ὁ δὲ Νεῖλοσ ἐὼν ἄνομβροσ, ἑλκόμενοσ δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου μοῦνοσ ποταμῶν τοῦτον τὸν χρόνον, οἰκότωσ αὐτὸσ ἑωυτοῦ ῥέει πολλῷ ὑποδεέστεροσ ἢ τοῦ θέρεοσ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 25 6:1)
  • "Ἀρτάβανε, οἰκότωσ μὲν σύ γε τούτων ἕκαστα διαιρέαι· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 50 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. reasonably

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

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