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εἰκών

eikon

representation, picture, resemblance

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Where it lives

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What it meant

1. εἰκών · eikōn — Beekes

εἰκών, -όνος [f.] ‘representation, picture, resemblance’ (IA). 41Ὲ *ueik- ‘resemble’> ΑΚ Cypr. feikova, Ion. also εἰκώ, -οὖς [f.]. *COMP As a first member in εἰκονολογία ‘speaking in resemblances, figuratively’ (PL). *DER Diminutive εἰκόνιον (Hell.) and -idtov (late); εἰκονικός ‘picturing’ (Hell.), εἰκονώδης (gloss.). Denominative verb (ἐξ-)εἰκονίζω ‘imitate, record in documents’ (LXX, pap., Plu; cf. Mayser … — [Beekes, s.v. εἰκών, p. 429]

2. εἰκών · eikōn — Chantraine

1. εἰκών, -όνος f. (ion.-att., accusatif βεωκόνα en chypriote, Masson, ICS, n° 276), les acc. sg. εἰκώ, pl. elxobs parfois attestés chez Hdt. et poésie att. sont des réfections d'après ἀμείνω, etc., plutôt que l'attestation d'un vieux thème en 8. Sens : «image, représentation », notamment une statue ou une peinture, parfois «image, comparaison » {ion.-att.), le mot désigne dans les papyrus un signalement. Dérivés … — [Chantraine, s.v. εἰκών, p. 369]

3. εἰκών · eikōn — Frisk

εἰκών, -ὄνος f. (ion. att., Feixöva kypr.), ion. poet. auch eixo&, -oüc f. “Abbild, Bild, Gleichnis’. Als Vorderglied u.a. in eixovoλογία "das Reden in Bildern’ (Pl.). — Ableitungen: Deminutiva εἰκόνιον (hell. u. sp.) und -ἔδιον (sp.); eixovızöz "abbildend, bildlich’ (hell. u. sp.), εὐκονώδης (Gloss.). Denominatives Verb (ἐξ- )εϊκονίξω “nachbilden, kopieren, urkundlich beschreiben’ (LXX, Pap., Plu. usw.; vgl. Mayser … — [Frisk, s.v. εἰκών, p. 486]

4. εἰκών · eikōn — LSJ

likeness, image, bust

likeness, image, whether picture or statue, Hdt. 2.130, 143, A. Th. 559, etc.; εἰ. γεγραμμένη Plu. Col. 2.1117c; εἰ. γραπτά IG 4.940.23, cf. 3.1330; of needlework, E. IT 223 (anap.); bust, Luc. Alex. 18; εἰ. βασιλικαί, = Lat. imagines imperatorum, Lib. Or. 56.13: generally, εἰ. τοῦ νοητοῦ θεὸς αἰσθητός Pl. Ti. 92c.

2 image in a mirror

image in a mirror, E. Med. 1162, Pl. R. 402b.

3 personal description

personal description, PTeb. 32.21 (ii B. C.), etc.

4 living image, representation

metaph., living image, representation, εἰ. ζῶσα τοῦ Διός OGI 90.3 (Rosetta, ii B. C.); τοῦ θεοῦ 2 Ep.Cor. 4.4.

II semblance, phantom, imaginary form, image in the mind, counterparts

semblance, phantom, E. HF 1002; οὐ γὰρ ἐκεῖνος τέθνηκεν, ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ ἡ εἰ. αὐτοῦ Luc. DMort. 11[16].1; imaginary form, Pl. R. 588b; image in the mind, εἰκοὺς πατρός E. Tr. 1178; δοξῶν καὶ λόγων Pl. Phlb. 39c, etc.; εἰκόνας σῆς ἀρετῆς thy virtueʼs counterparts, of children, Epigr.Gr. 435.4; περίβολον ἔχειν δεσμωτηρίου εἰκόνα Pl. Cra. 400c; ἐν εἰκόνι βασιλείας Hdn. 7.9.10.

III similitude, comparison

similitude, comparison, Ar. Nu. 559, Ra. 906, Pl. Phd. 87b, Men. 80c, Men. 536.1; διʼ εἰκόνος λέγεσθαι Pl. R. 487e, cf. Arist. Rh. 1407a11, Lib. Ep. 8.1.

IV pattern, archetype

pattern, archetype, ποτὶ τὰν εἰκόνα [κόσμος] ἀπειργασμένος Ti.Locr. 99d.

In the wild

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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. εἰκών (scan p. 429; entry #1913). Root candidates: *ueik-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. εἰκών (scan p. 369; entry #2575).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. εἰκών (scan pp. 486-487; entry #1761).

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