Lexical Definition

‎εἴκω‎ eíkō (i'-ko) to resemble ^G:V
apparently a primary verb (perhaps akin to ‎εἴκω‎ through the idea of faintness as a copy)

be like.

• to resemble

Abbott-Smith

ἔοικα pf. with pres. sense, [Jb 6:3](/btb/not_created.html), 25;*]
to be like : c. dat., Ja 1:6, 23.†

εἴκω (obsolete pres.), v.s. ἔοικα .

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

εἴκω,

as, ε, etc., perfect with present sense, to be like: rarely in other tenses, 3rd.pers. singular imperfect εἶκε it was opportune, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future εἴξω will be like, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; perfect 3rd.pers. dual ἔϊκτον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 1st pers. plural ἔοιγμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural εἴξασι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive εἰκέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle εἰκώς (also ἐϊκώς [Refs 8th c.BC+], participle οἰκώς [Refs]; but ἔοκια, ἐοικώς are found in other Ionic writers, as [Refs 7th c.BC+]; 2nd pers. singular εἶκας (variant{οἶκας}) [Refs 7th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐῴκειν, εις, ει, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural ἐῴκεσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+], Epic dialect ἐοίκεσαν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. dual ἐΐκτην [Refs 8th c.BC+] codices: Attic dialect pluperfect ᾔκειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, 3rd.pers. singular perfect ἤϊκται [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: pluperfect ἤϊκτο [Refs 8th c.BC+]

__I to be like, look like, with dative, [εἴκως κείνῳ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.208 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; so εἶδός τε μέγεθός τε, δέμας, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μελαίνῃ κηρὶ ἔοικε is considered like, i.e. hated like, death, [Refs 8th c.BC+]participle, αἰεὶ γὰρ δίφρου ἐπιβησομένοισιν ἐΐκτην seemed always just about to set foot upon the chariot, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔοικε σημαίνοντι seems to indicate, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὐναντίον ἔοικεν σπεύδοντι seems to urge the opposite, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔοικεν τοῦτο ἀτόπῳ this is like an absurdity, seems absurd, [Refs 5th c.BC+]participle εἰκώς like, with dative, [Refs]
__I.2 ἐοικέναι κατά τι to be analogous to, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II seem, with infinitive (where we make the Verb impersonal): with infinitive present, methinks, εἴκω δέ τοι παραείδειν ὥς τε θεῷ I seem to sing (i. e. methinks I sing) to thee, as to a god, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χλιδᾶν εἴκως methinks thou art delicate, [εἴκω θρηνεῖν μάτην [prev. author] “Ch.” 926, compare 730; εἴκω.. οὐκ εἰδέναι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 744; εἴκω.. ἐποικτίρειν σε [prev. author] “Ph.” 317: with ">Refs 5th c.BC+]future infinitive, θέλξειν μ᾽ εἴκως it seems likely that thou wilt.., [εἴκως [prev. author] “Pr.” 984; εἴκω θεσπιῳδήσειν [prev. author] “Ag.” 1161; κτενεῖν εἴκως [prev. author] “Ch.” 922; τὸν ἄνδρ᾽ ἔοικεν ὕπνος ἔξειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 821; εἴκω πράξειν οὐδέν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 813, compare “Cyc.” 99: with ">Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist infinitive, πικροὺς ἔοιγμεν.. ἀγῶνας κηρῦξαι methinks we proclaimed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with perfect infinitive, ἔοικεν ἐπωνομάσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]participle, ἔοικε κεκλημένη seems to be called, [Refs]; ἐοίκατε ἡδόμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 impersonal, ἔοικε it seems: ὡς ἔοικε as it seems, [Refs 5th c.BC+] merely to modify a statement, probably, I believe, Phd.61c, [Refs]; ἔοικεν in answers, so it seems, [Refs]
__II.3 personal in the same sense, ὡς εἴκως [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III beseem, befit, with dative person, τὸ μὲν ἀπιέναι.. οὐδενὶ καλῷ ἔοικε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνδράσι ἔοικεν τὰ τῆς γεωργίας [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: with dative et infinitive, τὰ μὲν οὔ τι καταθνητοῖσιν ἔοικεν ἄνδρεσσιν φορέειν [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__III.2 most frequently impersonal, ἔοικε it is fitting, reasonable, mostly with negative and followed by infinitive, οὐκ ἔστ᾽ οὐδὲ ἔοικε τεὸν ἔπος ἀρνήσασθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive, [Refs]; in [Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive must be supplied, εὐνῇ ἔνι μαλακῇ καταλέγμενος, ὥς σε ἔοικεν (i.e. καταλέξασθαι); ἐπεὶ οὐδὲ ἔοικε (i.e. εἶναι) [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—rare in Attic dialect, ἔοικεν νέῳ.. ὀργὴν ὑποφέρειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV participle ἐοικώς, εἰκώς, Ionic dialect οἰκώς, υῖα, ός,
__IV.1 seeming like, like, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—the longer form is found in Attic dialect Prose, φόβος οὐδενὶ ἐοικώς [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.2 fitting, seemly, μῦθοί γε ἐοικότες.., ὧδε ἐοικότα μυθήσασθαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐϊκυῖαν ἄκοιτιν a suitable wife, 'a help meet for him', [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__IV.3 likely, probable, εἰκός ἐστι, ={ἔοικε}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially ὡς εἰκός, Ionic dialect ὡς οἰκός, ={ὡς ἔοικε}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ εἰκότες λόγοι, μῦθοι, [Refs]; ἀδύνατα εἰκότα plausible miracles, opposed to δυνατὰ ἀπίθανα, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV.4 καὶ τὰ ἐοικότα and the like, αἶγες, αἴλουροι, καὶ τὰ ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV.5 neuter substantive εἰκός (which see).