εἴκω2
εἴκω,
Il. 12.48 , etc.: impf.
A). εἶκον 16.305 (
ὑπό-),
Hdt. 8.3 : fut.
εἴξω Th. 1.141 , etc.: aor. 1
εἶξα Il. 24.718 , etc., poet.
ἔειξα or
ἔvειξα Alcm. 31 , Ion.
εἴξασκε Od. 5.332 : pf. part.
ἐεικώς Chron.Lind. D. 96 :—
give way, retire,
ὀπίσσω εἴκετε Il. 5.606 ;
ὅππῃ τ’ ἰθύσῃ τῇ τ’ εἴκουσι στίχες ἀνδρῶν 12.48 : c. dat.,
make way for,
οὐρεῦσι 24.716 ;
yield to pressure,
Gal. 18(1).97 .
2). c. dat. pers. et gen. loci,
μηδ’ εἴκετε χάρμης Ἀργείοις shrink not
from the fight for them,
4.509 ;
εἴκειν τινὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ Hdt. 2.80 ;
εἴξατέ μοι νίκης Coluth. 171 : c. gen. only,
εἴκειν πολέμου καὶ δηϊοτῆτος withdraw from war and strife,
Il. 5.348 ;
εἶκε, γέρον, προθύρου retire from the door,
Od. 18.10 , cf.
Jul. Or. 2.67b .
5). εἴκειν τινί τι yield to another
in a thing,
τὸ ὃν μένος οὐδενὶ εἴκων inferior to none
in .. ,
Il. 22.459 ,
Od. 11.515 : c. acc. cogn.,
εἴκοντας ἃ δεῖ yielding in .. ,
S. OC 172 (lyr.), cf.
Aj. 1243 : also c. dupl. dat.,
ἕλεσκον ἀνδρῶν .. ὅ τέ μοι εἴξειε πόδεσσι whoever
was inferior to me
in swiftness of foot,
Od. 14.221 .
6). c. gen., retire from, ἰερατείας Chron.Lind.l.c.
II). trans.,
yield up, give up,
εἶξαί τέ οἱ ἡνία give [the horse] the rein,
Il. 23.337 ;
Εὖρος Ζεφύρῳ εἴξασκε διώκειν gave up [the ship] to Zephyrus to chase,
Od. 5.332 .
2). grant, allow,
ὁπηνίκ’ ἂν θεὸς πλοῦν ἡμὶν εἴκῃ S. Ph. 465 .
III). impers.,
it is allowable or
possible,
ὅπῃ εἴξειε μάλιστα Il. 22.321 : c. inf.,
ὅθι σφίσιν εἶκε λοχῆσαι 18.520 ;
φώναισ’ οὐδὲν ἔτ’ εἴκει Sapph. 2.8 ;
φερόμενοι πρὸς τὸ εἶκον attacking on the
line of least resistance,
Plu. Fab. 16 .
ShortDef
give way
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
εἴκω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
εικω2
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-31036
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">εἴκω</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 12.48 </a>, etc.: impf. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">εἶκον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:305" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.305/canonical-url/"> 16.305 </a> (<span class="foreign greek">ὑπό</span>-), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.3 </a>: fut. <span class="quote greek">εἴξω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:141" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.141/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.141 </a> , etc.: aor. 1 <span class="quote greek">εἶξα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:718" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.718/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.718 </a> , etc., poet. <span class="foreign greek">ἔειξα</span> or <span class="quote greek">ἔvειξα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0291.tlg001:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0291.tlg001:31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alcm.</span> 31 </a> , Ion. <span class="quote greek">εἴξασκε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:332" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.332/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.332 </a> : pf. part. <span class="foreign greek">ἐεικώς</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Chron.Lind.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 96 </span>:—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">give way, retire</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὀπίσσω εἴκετε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:606" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.606/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.606 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὅππῃ τ’ ἰθύσῃ τῇ τ’ εἴκουσι στίχες ἀνδρῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.48/canonical-url/"> 12.48 </a> : c. dat., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make way for</span>, <span class="quote greek">οὐρεῦσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:716" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.716/canonical-url/"> 24.716 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">yield</span> to pressure, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 18(1).97 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> c. dat. pers. et gen. loci, <span class="foreign greek">μηδ’ εἴκετε χάρμης Ἀργείοις</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shrink</span> not <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">from</span> the fight for them, <span class="bibl"> 4.509 </span>; <span class="quote greek">εἴκειν τινὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.80 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἴξατέ μοι νίκης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4081.tlg001.perseus-grc1:171" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4081.tlg001.perseus-grc1:171/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Coluth.</span> 171 </a> : c. gen. only, <span class="foreign greek">εἴκειν πολέμου καὶ δηϊοτῆτος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">withdraw from</span> war and strife, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:348" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.348/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.348 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">εἶκε, γέρον, προθύρου</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">retire from</span> the door, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:18:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:18.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 18.10 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:2:67b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:2.67b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Jul.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 2.67b </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">give way</span>, as a mark of honour, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:100" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.100/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.100 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 2.14 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τῇ πατρίδι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:8:246a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:8.246a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Jul.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 8.246a </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">give way to</span> any passion or impulse, <span class="quote greek">ᾧ θυμῷ εἴξας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:598" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.598/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.598 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὄκνῳ καὶ ἀφραδίῃσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:122" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.122/canonical-url/"> 10.122 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὕβρει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:14:262" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14.262/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 14.262 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">βίῃ καὶ κάρτεϊ εἴκειν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">give full play to</span> one\'s might and strength, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:13:143" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:13.143/canonical-url/"> 13.143 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὀργῇ δ’ εἶξα μᾶλλον ἤ μ’ ἐχρῆν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 80 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τῇ ἡλικίῃ εἴκειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.18 </a> ; of circumstances, <span class="quote greek">πενίῃ εἴκων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:14:157" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14.157/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 14.157 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κακοῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:322" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:322/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 322 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀνάγκῃ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1071" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1071/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1071 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ξυμφοραῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:84" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.84/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.84 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ζημίαις</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to the force of</span> punishment, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:6:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:6:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 1.6.21 </a>:—in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:718" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:718/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 718 </a> <span class="foreign greek">θυμοῦ</span> shd. prob. be read for <span class="foreign greek">θυμῷ</span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">εἴκειν τινί τι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">yield to</span> another <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in</span> a thing, <span class="foreign greek">τὸ ὃν μένος οὐδενὶ εἴκων</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">inferior to</span> none <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in</span> .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:22:459" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:22.459/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 22.459 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:515" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.515/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 11.515 </a>: c. acc. cogn., <span class="foreign greek">εἴκοντας ἃ δεῖ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">yielding</span> in .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:172" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:172/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 172 </a> (lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1243" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1243/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 1243 </a>: also c. dupl. dat., <span class="foreign greek">ἕλεσκον ἀνδρῶν .. ὅ τέ μοι εἴξειε πόδεσσι</span> whoever <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">was inferior to</span> me <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in</span> swiftness of foot, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:14:221" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14.221/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 14.221 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> c. gen., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">retire from</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἰερατείας</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Chron.Lind.</span>l.c. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> trans., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">yield up, give up</span>, <span class="foreign greek">εἶξαί τέ οἱ ἡνία</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">give</span> [the horse] the rein, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:337" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.337/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.337 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">Εὖρος Ζεφύρῳ εἴξασκε διώκειν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">gave up</span> [the ship] to Zephyrus to chase, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:332" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.332/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.332 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">grant, allow</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὁπηνίκ’ ἂν θεὸς πλοῦν ἡμὶν εἴκῃ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:465" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:465/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 465 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> impers., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">it is allowable</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">possible</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὅπῃ εἴξειε μάλιστα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:22:321" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:22.321/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 22.321 </a> : c. inf., <span class="quote greek">ὅθι σφίσιν εἶκε λοχῆσαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:520" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.520/canonical-url/"> 18.520 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">φώναισ’ οὐδὲν ἔτ’ εἴκει</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> 2.8 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">φερόμενοι πρὸς τὸ εἶκον</span> attacking on the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">line of least resistance</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg013:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg013:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fab.</span> 16 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}