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εἰκάς

eikas · ἡ

twentieth day of the month

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Where it lives

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What it meant

εἰκάς · eikas — LSJ

twentieth day of the month, the last ten days

twentieth day of the month (sc. ἡμέρα), Hes. Op. 792, 820, Plu. Suav. 2.1089c, etc.: pl., B. l.c., Epicur. Fr. 217; ἡ πρώτη, δευτέρα, etc., μετʼ εἰκάδα, εἰκάδας, the 21st, 22nd, etc., Men. 320.3, IG 2(2).890, etc.; τετάρτη ἐπὶ εἰκάδι IG 9(1).694.2 (Corc.): hence εἰκάδες, αἱ, the last ten days of the month, And. 1.121; σελήνην ἄγουσαν εἰκάδας Ar. Nu. 17; τρίτῃ εἰκάδι, i.e. the 23rd, Pl. Lg. 849b.

II

name of the sixth day of the Eleusinian mysteries ( = Boedromion 20), E. Ion 1076 (pl., lyr.), cf. Plu. Phoc. 28.

III

pl., divisions of a tribe, Hsch.

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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. εἰκάς (scan p. 428; entry #1909).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. εἰκάς (scan p. 485; entry #1757).

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