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εἴδωλον

eidolon

= εἴδομαι

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Where it lives

De Divinatione per Somnum 5 · 41.7/10k
De Insomniis 4 · 16.76/10k
Bel et Draco (LXX) 1 · 11.9/10k
Osee 4 · 10.61/10k
Habacuc 1 · 9.14/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 6 · 8.69/10k
Sophist 13 · 8.12/10k
Epistula Jeremiae 1 · 7.94/10k
1 Thessalonians 1 · 6.88/10k
1 Corinthians 4 · 5.92/10k
Enneads 125 · 5.9/10k
Paralipomenon II 10 · 5.08/10k

Densest 12 of 69 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. εἴδωλον · eidōlon — Beekes

εἴδωλον = εἴδομαι. elév [interj.] ‘okay, alright? (Att.). eVAR On the interaspiration, indicated by grammarians and the cod. Rav. of Ar, Schwyzer: 219 and 303. *ETYM Froehde BB 10 (1886): 297 connected the word with Skt. evdm ‘okay’, but perhaps this rather belongs to » ela; was the ending taken from pév? Differently, von Wilamowitz 1889: 320; cf. Barrett 1964: 297. — [Beekes, s.v. εἴδωλον, p. 427]

2. εἴδωλον · eidōlon — LSJ

phantom

phantom, Il. 5.451, Od. 4.796, Hdt. 5.92.ηʹ, Pl. Lg. 959b; βροτῶν εἴδωλα καμόντων, of ghosts, Od. 11.476, etc.; ψυχῶν Procl. Inst. 64.

2 any unsubstantial form, form

any unsubstantial form, εἴδωλον σκιᾶς A. Ag. 839, S. Fr. 659.6, Chaerem. 14.15; οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν εἴδωλα . . ἢ κούφην σκιάν S. Aj. 126; εἴ. ἄλλως a mere form, Id. Ph. 947; αἰῶνος εἴ. Pi. Fr. 131.3.

3 image reflected

image reflected in a mirror or in water, Pl. Sph. 266b, Arist. Div.Somn. 464b9.

4 film

in the system of Epicurus, film given off by any object and conveying an impression to the eye, Epicur. Ep. 1p.10U., Nat. 2.1, al., Cic. Fam. 15.16.1, etc.

II image in the mind, idea, phantom of the mind, fancy

image in the mind, idea, X. Smp. 4.21; phantom of the mind, fancy, Pl. Phd. 66c; εἴ. καὶ ψεῦδος Id. Tht. 150c.

III image, likeness

image, likeness, γυναικὸς εἴ. χρύσεον Hdt. 1.51, cf. 6.58: metaph., λόγος εἴ. ψυχῆς Isoc. 3.7.

IV image of a god, idol

later, image of a god, idol, LXX 4 Ki. 17.12, 1 Ep.Cor. 12.2, OGI 201.8 (Silco, vi A.D.), etc.

V constellations

εἴ. οὐράνια constellations, A.R. 3.1004, cf. Max. 56.

In the wild

εἴδωλον · eidōlon Aeschylus, Agamemnon 838–840
εἴδωλον · eidōlon Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 566–567
εἴδωλα · eidōla Aristotle, De Divinatione per Somnum (DIORISIS sentence 19)
εἴδωλα · eidōla Aristotle, De Divinatione per Somnum (DIORISIS sentence 20)
εἰδώλοις · eidōlois Aristotle, De Divinatione per Somnum (DIORISIS sentence 28)
εἴδωλα · eidōla Aristotle, De Divinatione per Somnum (DIORISIS sentence 29)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. εἴδωλον (scan p. 427; entry #1905).

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