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ἐπέοικα, to be like, suit

ἐπέοικα,
  • to be like, suit, c. dat. pers., ὅς τις οἷ τʼ ἐπέοικε Il. 9.392: elsewh. impers., it is fit, proper, c. dat. pers. et inf., σφῶϊν μέν τʼ ἐπέοικε . . ἑστάμεν 4.341; νέῳ δέ τε πάντʼ ἐπέοικε . . κεῖσθαι ‘tis a seemly thing for a young man to lie dead, 22.71, cf. Pi. N. 7.95: c. acc. pers. et inf., λαοὺς δʼ οὐκ ἐπέοικε . . ταῦτʼ ἐπαγείρειν Il. 1.126; ὅν τʼ ἐπέοικε βουλὰς βουλεύειν 10.146: with inf. understood, ἀποδάσσομαι ὅσσʼ ἐπέοικε [ἀποδάσασθαι] 24.595; οὔτʼ οὖν ἐσθῆτος δευήσεαι οὔτε τευ ἄλλου, ὧν ἐπέοιχʼ ἱκέτην . . ἀντιάσαντα [μὴ δεύεσθαι] Od. 6.193.
    • II part. pl., ἐπεικότα seemly, fit, τινί A. Ch. 669, cf. S. Ichn. 271.
    • III resemble, c. dat., Arr. An. 1.12.2, 2.7.8; ἀριθμῷ πάντʼ ἐ. Pythag. ap. S.E. M. 4.2.

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