εἰκον-ικός (eikonikos)

What it meant

εἰκον-ικός · eikon-ikos — LSJ

representing a figure, copied from it, a portrait, with, portrait

representing a figure, copied from it, εἰ. ἄγαλμά τινος a portrait statue, Callix. 1; πίνακες IG 2(2).995.8, cf. Plu. Lys. 1; ὅπλον εἰ. shield with embossed portrait, IGRom. 4.144; of actorʼs masks, Poll. 4.148.

II counterfeited, pretended

counterfeited, pretended, AP 11.233 (Lucill.).

III belonging to, employing images

belonging to or employing images, φαντασία Plot. 3.6.18; διάκοσμος Dam. Pr. 284, cf. 423 (Comp.). Adv. -κῶς Procl. Inst. 65, in Euc. p.16 F., Dam. Pr. 330, Simp. in Ph. 160.24.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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