εἴκελος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἴκελος (íkelos) — poetic, Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to become equal”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /wěː.ke.los/ → /ˈi.ce.los/ → /ˈi.ce.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /wěː.ke.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ke.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ce.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ce.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ce.los/

Adjective

εἴκελος • (eíkelos) m (feminine εἰκέλη, neuter εἴκελον); first/second declension

1. like, similar, resembling (followed by the dative)

Declension

First and second declension of εἴκελος; εἰκέλη; εἴκελον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		εἴκελος eíkelos	εἰκέλη eikélē	εἴκελον eíkelon		εἰκέλω eikélō	εἰκέλᾱ eikélā	εἰκέλω eikélō		εἴκελοι eíkeloi	εἴκελαι eíkelai	εἴκελᾰ eíkela
Genitive		εἰκέλου eikélou	εἰκέλης eikélēs	εἰκέλου eikélou		εἰκέλοιν eikéloin	εἰκέλαιν eikélain	εἰκέλοιν eikéloin		εἰκέλων eikélōn	εἰκέλων eikélōn	εἰκέλων eikélōn
Dative		εἰκέλῳ eikélōi	εἰκέλῃ eikélēi	εἰκέλῳ eikélōi		εἰκέλοιν eikéloin	εἰκέλαιν eikélain	εἰκέλοιν eikéloin		εἰκέλοις eikélois	εἰκέλαις eikélais	εἰκέλοις eikélois
Accusative		εἴκελον eíkelon	εἰκέλην eikélēn	εἴκελον eíkelon		εἰκέλω eikélō	εἰκέλᾱ eikélā	εἰκέλω eikélō		εἰκέλους eikélous	εἰκέλᾱς eikélās	εἴκελᾰ eíkela
Vocative		εἴκελε eíkele	εἰκέλη eikélē	εἴκελον eíkelon		εἰκέλω eikélō	εἰκέλᾱ eikélā	εἰκέλω eikélō		εἴκελοι eíkeloi	εἴκελαι eíkelai	εἴκελᾰ eíkela
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		εἰκέλως eikélōs				εἰκελώτερος eikelṓteros				εἰκελώτᾰτος eikelṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀγαθείκελος (agatheíkelos)
• ἀνδρείκελος (andreíkelos)
• ἀνθρωποείκελος (anthrōpoeíkelos)
• βροτοείκελος (brotoeíkelos)
• ἐπιείκελος (epieíkelos)
• θείκελος (theíkelos)
• θεοείκελος (theoeíkelos)
• πανείκελος (paneíkelos)
• προσείκελος (proseíkelos)

 

Related terms

• εἰκός (eikós)
• ἔοικα (éoika)

 

Further reading

• “εἴκελος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• εἴκελος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• εἴκελος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• εἴκελος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “εἴκελος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press