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εἰκότως

eikotos

suitably, in keeping with

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What it meant

εἰκότως · eikotōs — LSJ

suitably, in keeping with, fairly, reasonably, reasonable

suitably, in keeping with, ἀπουσίᾳ .. εἶπας εἰ. ἐμῇ, A. Ag. 915; fairly, reasonably, Id. Supp. 403 (lyr.), S. OC 432, 977, αὐτοὶ οὐκ εἰ. πολεμοῦνται Th. 1.37, Th. 2.93.1, Isoc. 12.101, And. 1.142, Pl. Epin. 979d, X. Cyr. 8.8.20, Plu. 2.409f; at the end of sentences, Th. 1.77.5, D. 1.10, Pl. La. 183b; in constr. w. acc. and inf., σθένειν τὸ θεῖον μᾶλλον εἰ. ἔχει ʼtis reasonable, E. IT 911, cf. Or. 737 (troch.); τοῦτʼ εἰ. δὴ δοκεῖ ἀνδρῶν ἀγαθῶν ἔργον εἶναι And. 1.140.

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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