ἔοικα

A. as, ε, etc., pf. with pres. sense, to be like: rarely in other tenses, 3 sg. impf. εἶκε it was opportune, Il. 18.520 (unless fr. εἴκω 111): fut. εἴξω will be like, Ar. Nu. 1001; pf. 3 dual ἔϊκτον Od. 4.27; 1 pl. ἔοιγμεν S. Aj. 1239, Ichn. 95, E. Cyc. 99; ἐοίκαμεν Pl. La. 193d; 3 pl. εἴξασι E. Hel. 497, Ar. Av. 96, Pl. Plt. 291a, Sph. 230a, Pl.Com. 22,153, Eub. 98.8; ἐοίκασι Pl. R. 584d; inf. εἰκέναι E. Fr. 167, Ar. Nu. 185 (cf. προσέοικα); part. εἰκώς (also ἐϊκώς Il. 21.254, v. sub εἰκός); εἰοικυῖαι 18.418: Ion. (not Ep.) οἶκα,ας, ε, Hdt. 4.82,5.20,106, part. οἰκώς Id. 6.125; but ἔοικα, ἐοικώς are found in other Ionic writers, as Semon. 7.41, Anacr. 84, Heraclit. 1, Hp. Aër. 6, Democr. 266, and codd. of Hdt. vary; 2 sg. εἶκας (v.l. οἶκας) Alcm. 80: plpf. ἐῴκειν,εις, ει, Od. 1.411, etc.; 3 pl. ἐῴκεσαν Th. 7.75, etc., Ep. ἐοίκεσαν Il. 13.102; Ep. 3 dual ἐΐκτην 1.104, Od. 4.662, Hes. Sc. 390 codd.: Att. plpf. ᾔκειν Ar. Av. 1298 (Dawes from Sch.):—Pass., 3 sg. pf. ἤϊκται Nic. Th. 658: plpf. ἤϊκτο Od. 20.31, al., ἔϊκτο Il. 23.107.

I. to be like, look like, c. dat., Il. 14.474, etc.; Μαχάονι πάντα ἔοικε 11.613; κεφαλήν τε καὶ ὄμματα καλὰ ἔοικας κείνῳ Od. 1.208; so εἶδός τε μέγεθός τε, δέμας, etc., Il. 2.58, 21.285, etc.; εἰς ὦπα ἔοικεν, ἄντα ἐῴκει, 3.158, 24.630, al.; μελαίνῃ κηρὶ ἔοικε is considered like, i.e. hated like, death, Od. 17.500: c. part., αἰεὶ γὰρ δίφρου ἐπιβησομένοισιν ἐΐκτην seemed always just about to set foot upon the chariot, Il. 23.379; ἔοικε σημαίνοντι seems to indicate, Pl. Cra. 437a; τοὐναντίον ἔοικεν σπεύδοντι seems to urge the opposite, Id. Prt. 361b, cf. X. Mem. 1.6.10,4.3.8, Arist. Sens. 437b24; ἔοικεν τοῦτο ἀτόπῳ this is like an absurdity, seems absurd, Pl. Phd. 62d; δαιμονίᾳ ἔοικεν εὐεργεσίᾳ D. 2.1: used by A. in this sense only in part. εἰκώς like, c. dat., Ag. 760 (lyr.), Ch. 560 (cf. IV.1).

2. ἐοικέναι κατά τι to be analogous to, Plot. 4.4.39.

II. seem, c. inf. (where we make the Verb impersonal): c. inf. pres., methinks, ἔοικα δέ τοι παραείδειν ὥς τε θεῷ I seem to sing (i. e. methinks I sing) to thee, as to a god, Od. 22.348; χλιδᾶν ἔοικας methinks thou art delicate, A. Pr. 971; ἔοικα θρηνεῖν μάτην Id. Ch. 926, cf. 730; ἔοικα . . οὐκ εἰδέναι S. OT 744; ἔοικα . . ἐποικτίρειν σε Id. Ph. 317: c. fut. inf., θέλξειν μ’ ἔοικας it seems likely that thou wilt . ., A. Eu. 900; ἐρεῖν ἔοικας Id. Pr. 984; ἔοικα θεσπιῳδήσειν Id. Ag. 1161; κτενεῖν ἔοικας Id. Ch. 922; τὸν ἄνδρ’ ἔοικεν ὕπνος ἔξειν S. Ph. 821; ἔοικα πράξειν οὐδέν E. Hec. 813, cf. Cyc. 99: c. aor. inf., πικροὺς ἔοιγμεν . . ἀγῶνας κηρῦξαι methinks we proclaimed, S. Aj. 1239: c. pf. inf., ἔοικεν ἐπωνομάσθαι Pl. Cra. 419c: c. part., ἔοικε κεκλημένη seems to be called, ibid.; ἐοίκατε ἡδόμενοι X. HG 6.3.8; κατακεκομμένη ἔοικεν ἡ σύνθεσις καὶ εὐκαταφρόνητος Demetr. Eloc. 4.

2. impers., ἔοικε it seems: ὡς ἔοικε as it seems, S. Ant. 576,740, El. 772, 1341, E. Andr. 551, etc., used by Pl. merely to modify a statement, probably, I believe, Phd. 61c, R. 332b, al.; ἔοικεν in answers, so it seems, ib.334a, 346c, al.

3. personal in the same sense, ὡς ἔοικας S. El. 516, Tr. 1241; ὡς εἴξασιν E. Hel. 497.

III. beseem, befit, c. dat. pers., τὸ μὲν ἀπιέναι . . οὐδενὶ καλῷ ἔοικε X. An. 6.5.17 (unless οὐδενὶ κ. is neut.); ἀνδράσι ἔοικεν τὰ τῆς γεωργίας POxy. 899.18 (200 A.D.): c. dat. et inf., τὰ μὲν οὔ τι καταθνητοῖσιν ἔοικεν ἄνδρεσσιν φορέειν Il. 10.440; cf. 111.2 fin.

2. most freq. impers., ἔοικε it is fitting, reasonable, mostly with neg. and folld. by inf., οὐκ ἔστ’ οὐδὲ ἔοικε τεὸν ἔπος ἀρνήσασθαι Il. 14.212; οὐ γὰρ ἔοικ’ ὀτρυνέμεν 4.286: freq. c. acc. et inf., 12.212, al.; in Od. 22.196 an inf. must be supplied, εὐνῇ ἔνι μαλακῇ καταλέγμενος, ὥς σε ἔοικεν (sc. καταλέξασθαι); ἐπεὶ οὐδὲ ἔοικε (sc. εἶναι) Il. 1.119:—rare in Att., ἔοικεν νέῳ . . ὀργὴν ὑποφέρειν Pl. Lg. 879c.

IV. part. ἐοικώς, εἰκώς, Ion. οἰκώς,υῖα, ός,

1. seeming like, like, Il. 3.449, etc.:—the longer form is found in Att. Prose, φόβος οὐδενὶ ἐοικώς Th. 7.71; εἰκώς A. Ag. 760 (lyr.), Ch. 560, E. Cyc. 376, Ar. V. 1321.

2. fitting, seemly, μῦθοί γε ἐοικότες . ., ὧδε ἐοικότα μυθήσασθαι, Od. 3.124,125, cf. 4.239; ἐοικότι κεῖται ὀλέθρῳ 1.46; ἐϊκυῖαν ἄκοιτιν a suitable wife, 'a help meet for him', Il. 9.399.

3. likely, probable, εἰκός ἐστι, = ἔοικε, S. El. 659, 1488, etc.; esp. ὡς εἰκός, Ion. ὡς οἰκός, = ὡς ἔοικε, Hdt. 1.45 (sc. ἦν), S. Ph. 498, etc.; οἷον εἰκός Pl. R. 406c; καθάπερ εἰκός Id. Ti. 24d; also ὡς τὸ εἰκός Id. Phd. 67a, R. 407d, etc.; οἱ εἰκότες λόγοι, μῦθοι, Id. Ti. 48d, 59c; ἀδύνατα εἰκότα plausible miracles, opp. δυνατὰ ἀπίθανα, Arist. Po. 1460a27.

4. καὶ τὰ ἐοικότα and the like, αἶγες, αἴλουροι, καὶ τὰ ἐ. S.E. P. 1.47, cf. 3.180; ἄρτιον, περιττόν, τέλειον, τὰ ἐ. Nicom. Ar. 1.3.

5. neut. Subst. εἰκός (q.v.).