εἰκών

A. εἰκοῦς E. Hel. 77, acc. εἰκώ A. Th. 559, E. Med. 1162, Hdt. 7.69 (but εἰκόνα 2.143, both εἰκόνα and εἰκώ in Pl. Ti. 37d), Maiist. 15: acc. pl. εἰκούς E. Tr. 1178, Ar. Nu. 559: (Εἴκω, ἔοικα, vεικ-Inscr.Cypr. 151 H.):—likeness, image, whether picture or statue, Hdt. 2.130, 143, A. Th. 559, etc.; εἰ. γεγραμμένη Plu. 2.1117c; εἰ. γραπτά IG 4.940.23, cf. 3.1330; of needlework, E. IT 223 (anap.); bust, Luc. Alex. 18; εἰ. βασιλικαί, = Lat. imagines imperatorum, Lib. Or. 56.13: generally, εἰ. τοῦ νοητοῦ θεὸς αἰσθητός Pl. Ti. 92c.

2. image in a mirror, E. Med. 1162, Pl. R. 402b.

3. personal description, PTeb. 32.21 (ii B. C.), etc.

4. metaph., living image, representation, εἰ. ζῶσα τοῦ Διός OGI 90.3 (Rosetta, ii B. C.); τοῦ θεοῦ 2 Ep.Cor. 4.4.

II. semblance, phantom, E. HF 1002; οὐ γὰρ ἐκεῖνος τέθνηκεν, ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ ἡ εἰ. αὐτοῦ Luc. DMort. 16.1; imaginary form, Pl. R. 588b; image in the mind, εἰκοὺς πατρός E. Tr. 1178; δοξῶν καὶ λόγων Pl. Phlb. 39c, etc.; εἰκόνας σῆς ἀρετῆς thy virtue's counterparts, of children, Epigr.Gr. 435.4; περίβολον ἔχειν δεσμωτηρίου εἰκόνα Pl. Cra. 400c; ἐν εἰκόνι βασιλείας Hdn. 7.9.10.

III. similitude, comparison, Ar. Nu. 559, Ra. 906, Pl. Phd. 87b, Men. 80c, Men. 536.1; δῑ εἰκόνος λέγεσθαι Pl. R. 487e, cf. Arist. Rh. 1407a11, Lib. Ep. 8.1.

IV. pattern, archetype, ποτὶ τὰν εἰκόνα [κόσμος] ἀπειργασμένος Ti.Locr. 99d.