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εἰκών

εἰκών, a likeness, image, portrait

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εἰκόνʼ Noun: feminine accusative singular, Noun: feminine dative singular, Noun: feminine nominative dual, Noun: feminine vocative dual, Noun: feminine accusative dual of εἰκών

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εἰκών, ἡ, gen. όνος, acc. όνα, etc.: poet. and Ion. nom. εἰκώ is implied (though not found) in gen. 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, ϝεικ-Inscr.Cypr. 151 H.):—
  • likeness, image, whether picture or statue, Hdt. 2.130, 143, A. Th. 559, etc.; εἰ. γεγραμμένη Plu. Col. 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, ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ ἡ εἰ. αὐτοῦ Luc. DMort. 11[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 virtueʼs 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; διʼ εἰκόνος λέγεσθαι Pl. R. 487e, cf. Arist. Rh. 1407a11, Lib. Ep. 8.1.
    • IV pattern, archetype, ποτὶ τὰν εἰκόνα [κόσμος] ἀπειργασμένος Ti.Locr. 99d.

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