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Εἴκω · I yield (ει 91) · Suda

Letters

Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ει91

ει87to infer from probabilities
ει88being like
ει89probable [things]
ει90probably, reasonably
ει91I yield
ει92image
ει93image
ει94yielding
ει95troop-fashion

Suda/ΕΙ epsiloniota/ει91

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Εἴκω

I yield

Translated by Catharine Roth24 Jun 2005Vetting: high5 revisions

definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology

2 notes · 14 words

Translation

[Used] with a dative. [Meaning] I am subject [to someone].¹ Also [meaning] I liken.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εἴκω· δοτικῇ. τὸ ὑποτάττομαι. καὶ ὁμοιῶ.

Betacode

*ei)/kw: dotikh=|. to\ u(pota/ttomai. kai\ o(moiw=.

Notes (2)

Same or similar material, variously, in other lexica.

1cf. epsiloniota 81, epsiloniota 166, upsilon 602. ↩

2From e)/oika.

Linked from8 entries

ει58Εἴκαθενyielded[Meaning he/she/it] was giving way. "To whom the unquenchable fire yielded."
ει59Εἰκάθεινto yield[ei)ka/qein is the same as] ei)/kein, with an added syllable.
ει60Εἰκάθεινto yield[Meaning] to give way, to submit. Sophocles [writes]: "but [she] making no complaint at last to yield to those in power [...]."
ει81Εἴκομενwe yield[Meaning] we give way. Also [sc. attested is the participle] ei)/kontes ["they yielding"] [used] likewise.
ει94Εἴκωνyielding[Meaning he] giving way. Also [sc. attested is] ei)/koi ["might yield"], [meaning he/she/it] might give way.
ει164Εἴξασανhaving yielded[Meaning] having given way [to].
ει166Εἶξενyielded[Meaning he/she/it] was subject [to].
η169ᾜκειwas likeInstead of e)w/|kei, [meaning he/she/it] was made similar. "He [Midias] is called a quail, for indeed he was like a quail." From the [verb] ei)/kw ["I liken"], [meaning] I make [something] similar.

Neighbouring entries

ει89Εἰκότωνprobable [things]ει90Εἰκότωςprobably, reasonably ει91ΕἴκωI yield ει92Εἰκῶimage ει93Εἰκώνimage

Revision history5 revisions · last 15 May 2016

15 May 2016another x-ref — David Whitehead
21 Apr 2016added primary note — David Whitehead
23 Nov 2012tweaking — David Whitehead
23 Aug 2005added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
26 Jun 2005augmented notes — David Whitehead
24 Jun 2005Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Εἴκω (Adler number epsiloniota 91), trans. Catharine Roth, 24 Jun 2005. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsiloniota/91

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗