The corpus record

εἰκ-αστικός

eikastikos

able to represent

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Where it lives

Sophist 5 · 3.12/10k
Laws 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

εἰκ-αστικός · eik-astikos — LSJ

able to represent, copying, portraying

able to represent: ἡ -κὴ τέχνη the art of copying or portraying, Pl. Sph. 235d, etc.

II able, liable to conjecture, the faculty of conjecturing, conjecturally

able or liable to conjecture, ψευδῶν Ph. 1.160; τὸ εἰ. the faculty of conjecturing, Luc. Alex. 22. Adv. -κῶς conjecturally, Phld. Rh. 2.91 S. (dub.), Procl. in Alc. p.23 C.

2 matter of conjecture

τὸ εἰ. matter of conjecture, Vett.Val. 312.32.

In the wild

εἰκαστικαί · eikastikai Plato, Laws 667
εἰκαστικήν · eikastikēn Plato, Laws 668
εἰκαστικὴν · eikastikēn Plato, Sophist 235
εἰκαστικήν · eikastikēn Plato, Sophist 236
εἰκαστικὴν · eikastikēn Plato, Sophist 236
εἰκαστικήν · eikastikēn Plato, Sophist 264

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Where it came from

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