εἰκός

εἰκός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• οἰκός (oikós) – Ionic

Etymology

Neuter form of εἰκώς (eikṓs), participle of ἔοικα (éoika, “appear, seem”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eː.kós/ → /iˈkos/ → /iˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eː.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈkos/

Noun

εἰκός • (eikós) n (genitive εἰκότος); third declension

1. likelihood, probability
2. (in Aristotle's Logic) a probable proposition

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ εἰκός; τοῦ εἰκότος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ εἰκός tò eikós	τὼ εἰκότε tṑ eikóte	τᾰ̀ εἰκότᾰ tà eikóta
Genitive	τοῦ εἰκότος toû eikótos	τοῖν εἰκότοιν toîn eikótoin	τῶν εἰκότων tôn eikótōn
Dative	τῷ εἰκότῐ tôi eikóti	τοῖν εἰκότοιν toîn eikótoin	τοῖς εἰκόσῐ / εἰκόσῐν toîs eikósi(n)
Accusative	τὸ εἰκός tò eikós	τὼ εἰκότε tṑ eikóte	τᾰ̀ εἰκότᾰ tà eikóta
Vocative	εἰκός eikós	εἰκότε eikóte	εἰκότᾰ eikóta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

References

• “εἰκός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εἰκός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• εἰκός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• εἰκός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • reason idem, page 676.
  • right idem, page 714.
  • stand idem, page 810.