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, 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, 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,

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.).