Εἰκός
probable
Translated by Catharine Roth24 Aug 2005Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
[Meaning something] fitting, or consequent, reasonable. It is also applied to possibility [sc. of something].1
"Of those who had overpowered Caesar, he did not pursue any; as it seems to me and as probability implies, because they could not capture them or they were afraid of running aground in the shallows."2
And elsewhere: "and these reports on the preceding events had been brought to him and both seemed to turn out according to probability."3
And elsewhere: "and he was admirable for other [kinds of] virtue, and for this, because even in good fortune conceding reasonableness to the law of nature, he did not exceed in prosperity what went beyond the customary.4
"For it is probable that one who undertakes the deed will suffer harm;" like Pindar's phrase, "doing something also to suffer harm."5
And Herodotus [writes]: "as I myself think and probability allies itself with me, [Demaratos] was not favorably disposed to the Lacedaemonians.6
"The blows of the machines being borne towards probability were nullified."7
"Of those who had overpowered Caesar, he did not pursue any; as it seems to me and as probability implies, because they could not capture them or they were afraid of running aground in the shallows."2
And elsewhere: "and these reports on the preceding events had been brought to him and both seemed to turn out according to probability."3
And elsewhere: "and he was admirable for other [kinds of] virtue, and for this, because even in good fortune conceding reasonableness to the law of nature, he did not exceed in prosperity what went beyond the customary.4
"For it is probable that one who undertakes the deed will suffer harm;" like Pindar's phrase, "doing something also to suffer harm."5
And Herodotus [writes]: "as I myself think and probability allies itself with me, [Demaratos] was not favorably disposed to the Lacedaemonians.6
"The blows of the machines being borne towards probability were nullified."7