εἰκός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • οἰκός (oikós) — Ionic

Etymology

Neuter form of εἰκώς (eikṓs), participle of ἔοικα (éoika, “appear, seem”)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

εἰκός • (eikós) n (genitive εἰκότος); third declension

  1. likelihood, probability
  2. (in Aristotle's Logic) a probable proposition

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ εἰκός; τοῦ εἰκότος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ εἰκός
tò eikós 		τὼ εἰκότε
tṑ eikóte 		τᾰ̀ εἰκότᾰ
tằ eikótă
Genitive τοῦ εἰκότος
toû eikótos 		τοῖν εἰκότοιν
toîn eikótoin 		τῶν εἰκότων
tôn eikótōn
Dative τῷ εἰκότῐ
tōî eikótĭ 		τοῖν εἰκότοιν
toîn eikótoin 		τοῖς εἰκόσῐ / εἰκόσῐν
toîs eikósĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ εἰκός
tò eikós 		τὼ εἰκότε
tṑ eikóte 		τᾰ̀ εἰκότᾰ
tằ eikótă
Vocative εἰκός
eikós 		εἰκότε
eikóte 		εἰκότᾰ
eikótă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

References

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