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ἔοικα
ἔοικα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- οἶκα (oîka) Ionic
Verb
ἔοικα • (éoika)
- (impersonal, imperfect and aorist) to seem likely [+infinitive = that ...]
- (perfect and pluperfect)
- to be like, to look like [+dative = something, someone]
- to seem [+infinitive = to do], to seem likely [+infinitive = that ...]
- (ἔοικε as interjection) so it seems; probably
- (ἔοικε as interjection) so it seems; probably
- to beseem, befit, be appropriate for [+dative = something, someone]
- (impersonal, ἔοικε) it is fitting; to be right, seemly, reasonable [+infinitive = to do]
Inflection
The perfect tense has a present sense. The third-person singular imperfect εἶκε (eîke) is only used once, in Odyssey 18.520, unless this form is from the verb εἴκω (eíkō) instead. The future εἴξω (eíxō, “will be like”) likewise only appears once, in Aristophanes, The Clouds 1001.
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔοικᾰ | ἔοικᾰς | ἔοικε(ν) | ἐοίκᾰτον | ἐοίκᾰτον | ἐοίκᾰμεν | ἐοίκᾰτε | ἐοίκᾱσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | ἐοίκω | ἐοίκῃς | ἐοίκῃ | ἐοίκητον | ἐοίκητον | ἐοίκωμεν | ἐοίκητε | ἐοίκωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ἐοίκοιμῐ, ἐοικοίην |
ἐοίκοις, ἐοικοίης |
ἐοίκοι, ἐοικοίη |
ἐοίκοιτον | ἐοικοίτην | ἐοίκοιμεν | ἐοίκοιτε | ἐοίκοιεν | |||||
| imperative | ἔοικε | ἐοικέτω | ἐοίκετον | ἐοικέτων | ἐοίκετε | ἐοικόντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἐοικέναι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἐοικώς, ἐϊκώς |
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| f | ἐοικυῖᾰ, ἐϊκυῖᾰ |
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| n | ἐοικός | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐῴκειν, ἐῴκη |
ἐῴκεις, ἐῴκης |
ἐῴκει(ν) | ἐῴκετον | ἐΐκτην | ἐῴκεμεν | ἐῴκετε | ἐῴκεσᾰν, ἐοίκεσᾰν |
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| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Future: εἴξω, εἴξομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | εἴξω | εἴξεις | εἴξει | εἴξετον | εἴξετον | εἴξομεν | εἴξετε | εἴξουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| optative | εἴξοιμῐ | εἴξοις | εἴξοι | εἴξοιτον | εἰξοίτην | εἴξοιμεν | εἴξοιτε | εἴξοιεν | |||||
| middle | indicative | εἴξομαι | εἴξῃ, εἴξει |
εἴξεται | εἴξεσθον | εἴξεσθον | εἰξόμεθᾰ | εἴξεσθε | εἴξονται | ||||
| optative | εἰξοίμην | εἴξοιο | εἴξοιτο | εἴξοισθον | εἰξοίσθην | εἰξοίμεθᾰ | εἴξοισθε | εἴξοιντο | |||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | εἴξειν | εἴξεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | εἴξων | εἰξόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | εἴξουσᾰ | εἰξομένη | |||||||||||
| n | εἶξον | εἰξόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Aorist: εἶξᾰ, εἰξᾰ́μην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | εἶξᾰ | εἶξᾰς | εἶξε(ν) | εἴξᾰτον | εἰξᾰ́την | εἴξᾰμεν | εἴξᾰτε | εἶξᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | εἴξω | εἴξῃς | εἴξῃ | εἴξητον | εἴξητον | εἴξωμεν | εἴξητε | εἴξωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | εἴξαιμῐ | εἴξειᾰς, εἴξαις |
εἴξειε(ν), εἴξαι |
εἴξαιτον | εἰξαίτην | εἴξαιμεν | εἴξαιτε | εἴξειᾰν, εἴξαιεν |
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| imperative | εἶξον | εἰξᾰ́τω | εἴξᾰτον | εἰξᾰ́των | εἴξᾰτε | εἰξᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| middle | indicative | εἰξᾰ́μην | εἴξω | εἴξᾰτο | εἴξᾰσθον | εἰξᾰ́σθην | εἰξᾰ́μεθᾰ | εἴξᾰσθε | εἴξᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | εἴξωμαι | εἴξῃ | εἴξηται | εἴξησθον | εἴξησθον | εἰξώμεθᾰ | εἴξησθε | εἴξωνται | |||||
| optative | εἰξαίμην | εἴξαιο | εἴξαιτο | εἴξαισθον | εἰξαίσθην | εἰξαίμεθᾰ | εἴξαισθε | εἴξαιντο | |||||
| imperative | εἶξαι | εἰξᾰ́σθω | εἴξᾰσθον | εἰξᾰ́σθων | εἴξᾰσθε | εἰξᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | εἶξαι | εἴξᾰσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | εἴξᾱς | εἰξᾰ́μενος | ||||||||||
| f | εἴξᾱσᾰ | εἰξᾰμένη | |||||||||||
| n | εἶξᾰν | εἰξᾰ́μενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
References
- ἔοικα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἔοικα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἔοικα in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «ἔοικα» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- «ἔοικα» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἔοικα in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- “G1503”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- like idem, page 491.
- resemble idem, page 701.
- seem idem, page 749.
- suggestive idem, page 836.
- take idem, page 852.