"εἰκός" meaning in Ancient Greek

See εἰκός in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /eː.kós/, /iˈkos/, /iˈkos/, /eː.kós/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /iˈkos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /iˈkos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /iˈkos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /iˈkos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Neuter form of εἰκώς (eikṓs), participle of ἔοικα (éoika, “appear, seem”) Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*weyk-|id=become equal}} Head templates: {{grc-noun|εἰκότος|n|third}} εἰκός • (eikós) n (genitive εἰκότος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|εἰκός|εἰκότος|form=N}} Forms: eikós [romanization], εἰκότος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ εἰκός [nominative, singular], εἰκότε [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ εἰκότᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ εἰκότος [genitive, singular], εἰκότοιν [dual, genitive], εἰκότων [genitive, plural], τῷ εἰκότῐ [dative, singular], εἰκότοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς εἰκόσῐ [dative, plural], εἰκόσῐν [dative, plural], toîs eikósĭ [dative, plural], toîs eikósĭn [dative, plural], τὸ εἰκός [accusative, singular], εἰκότε [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ εἰκότᾰ [accusative, plural], εἰκός [singular, vocative], εἰκότε [dual, vocative], εἰκότᾰ [plural, vocative], οἰκός [alternative, Ionic]
  1. likelihood, probability
    Sense id: en-εἰκός-grc-noun-clXiLKw9
  2. (in Aristotle's Logic) a probable proposition
    Sense id: en-εἰκός-grc-noun-olZzHpNU Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/iˈkos/",
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