εἴκελος
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to become equal”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /wěː.ke.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈi.ke.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.ce.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.ce.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.ce.los/
Adjective
[edit]εἴκελος • (eíkelos) m (feminine εἰκέλη, neuter εἴκελον); first/second declension
- like, similar, resembling (followed by the dative)
Declension
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | εἴκελος eíkelos |
εἰκέλη eikélē |
εἴκελον eíkelon |
εἰκέλω eikélō |
εἰκέλᾱ eikélā |
εἰκέλω eikélō |
εἴκελοι eíkeloi |
εἴκελαι eíkelai |
εἴκελᾰ eíkela | |||||
Genitive | εἰκέλου eikélou |
εἰκέλης eikélēs |
εἰκέλου eikélou |
εἰκέλοιν eikéloin |
εἰκέλαιν eikélain |
εἰκέλοιν eikéloin |
εἰκέλων eikélōn |
εἰκέλων eikélōn |
εἰκέλων eikélōn | |||||
Dative | εἰκέλῳ eikélōi |
εἰκέλῃ eikélēi |
εἰκέλῳ eikélōi |
εἰκέλοιν eikéloin |
εἰκέλαιν eikélain |
εἰκέλοιν eikéloin |
εἰκέλοις eikélois |
εἰκέλαις eikélais |
εἰκέλοις eikélois | |||||
Accusative | εἴκελον eíkelon |
εἰκέλην eikélēn |
εἴκελον eíkelon |
εἰκέλω eikélō |
εἰκέλᾱ eikélā |
εἰκέλω eikélō |
εἰκέλους eikélous |
εἰκέλᾱς eikélās |
εἴκελᾰ eíkela | |||||
Vocative | εἴκελε eíkele |
εἰκέλη eikélē |
εἴκελον eíkelon |
εἰκέλω eikélō |
εἰκέλᾱ eikélā |
εἰκέλω eikélō |
εἴκελοι eíkeloi |
εἴκελαι eíkelai |
εἴκελᾰ eíkela | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
εἰκέλως eikélōs |
εἰκελώτερος eikelṓteros |
εἰκελώτᾰτος eikelṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἀγαθείκελος (agatheíkelos)
- ἀνδρείκελος (andreíkelos)
- ἀνθρωποείκελος (anthrōpoeíkelos)
- βροτοείκελος (brotoeíkelos)
- ἐπιείκελος (epieíkelos)
- θείκελος (theíkelos)
- θεοείκελος (theoeíkelos)
- πανείκελος (paneíkelos)
- προσείκελος (proseíkelos)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “εἴκελος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- εἴκελος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- εἴκελος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- εἴκελος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “εἴκελος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press