291a

εὐδοκῐμ-έω, [tense] impf.

A

ηὐδοκίμουν Pl.Grg. 515e

: [tense] aor.

ηὐδοκίμησα X. Cyr.7.1.46

, D.7.20: [tense] pf.

ηὐδοκίμηκα Ar.Nu. 1031

: the augm. is omitted in [dialect] Ion., Hdt.3.131, 7.227, and freq. in codd. of [dialect] Att., etc., as Ar. l.c., X.HG6.1.2, etc.:—to be of good repute, highly esteemed, popular, Thgn.587, E.Fr. 546 (lyr.), Ar. l.c., Pl.Grg. l.c., etc.; εὐ. ἐνθυμήματι gain credit by.., X.HG4.5.4; εὐ. ἔν τινι to be distinguished in a thing, Hdt.1.59, Th.2.37;

ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς Ἕλλησιν Pl.Hp.Ma. 291a

, cf. Isoc.3.30;

ἐπὶ τῶν λόγων D. Prooem9

;

τὰ ἄλλα D.C.60.8

;

περί τι Pl.R. 368a

, etc.;

παρὰ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἔκ τινος Isoc.11.28

, cf. Plu. Dio34;

ἀπό τινων Eus.Mynd.55

; ἀπ' ἀρετῆς ἐκ γένους ἀλλ' οὐκ ἐκ τοῦ προστυχόντος εὐ. D.C. Fr.57.48;

ἐς φήμην Id.Fr.54.7

;

εὐ. μάλιστα τῶν Πρωταγόρου μαθητῶν Pl.Prt. 315a

;

διὰ πάντων τῶν βασιλέων Hdt. 6.63

; εὐ. παρὰ βασιλέϊ to have influence with him, Id.8.87, cf. Lys. 25.24, etc.:—later in [voice] Med., Com.Adesp.110.4.

2 of wine, meats, etc., to be highly esteemed, popular,

εὐ. σφόδρα Alex.282

, cf. Philem. 122; σκῶπες σφόδρα εὐ., i.e. their flesh, Arist.HA 618a3; so of things generally,

θεάματα κατὰ τὰς τέχνας -οῦντα Isoc.4.45

, cf. 9.11;

παρὰ τοῖς Ἕλλησι -δοκιμῶν νόμος D.21.50

, cf. Arist.EN 1181a16; of popular arguments, Id.Rh. 1400b25; of physicians and medical treatments, Gal.10.390, Herod. [voice] Med. in Rh.Mus.58.112;

ἐκ τούτων ἡ νῦν εὐ. σοφία AP11.157

(Ammian.):—also in [voice] Pass.,

ἀκρόαμα-ούμενον Plu. Galb.16

; to be recognized, approved, PTeb.25.16 (ii B.C.).

3 of money, to be genuine, LXX Ge.43.23.

II in [voice] Med., hold in honour, D.S.4.24 codd. [suff] εὐδοκῐμ-ησις, εως, ἡ, good repute, reputation, credit, mostly in pl., Pl.R. 358a, 363a, Luc.Pisc.25: sg., Them.Or.29.347c.

κληρ-ωτός, ή, όν,

A appointed by lot,

δύναμις Pl.Lg. 692a

;

βασιλεῖς Id.Plt. 291a

; τὰ κ., opp. τὰ αἱρετά, Id.Lg. 759b, cf. Isoc.12.153, etc.; ἀρχὴ κ., opp. χειροτονητή, Lex ap.Aeschin.1.21, cf. SIG589.38 (Magn. Mae., ii B.C.);

δημοκρατικὸν μὲν.. τὸ κληρωτὰς εἶναι τὰς ἀρχάς, τὸ δ' αἱρετὰς ὀλιγαρχικόν Arist. Pol. 1294b8

, cf. 1266a9, al.

κρείσσων, ον, gen. ονος, as always in [dialect] Ep. and old [dialect] Att.; later [dialect] Att. [full] κρείττων; [dialect] Ion. [full] κρέσσων Hp.Fract.3, al., v.l. in Dionys.Trag. (v. infr. 11); [dialect] Dor. [full] κάρρων (q.v.); Cret. [full] κάρτων Leg.Gort.1.15:—[comp] Comp. of κρατύς (v. κράτιστος),

A stronger, mightier,

κ. βασιλεύς, ὅτε χώσεται ἀνδρὶ χέρηϊ Il.1.80

; esp. in battle,

κρείσσοσιν ἶφι μάχεσθαι 21.486

;

Διὸς κ. νόος ἠέ περ ἀνδρῶν 16.688

;

κεραυνοῦ κρέσσον.. βέλος Pi.I.8(7).36

, cf. Hdt.7.172, Hp.l.c., etc.;

κρείσσων χεῖρας Antipho 4.4.7

;

τὸ τοῦ κ. συμφέρον Pl.R. 338c

, cf. Democr.267: hence, having the upper hand, superior,

ὁππότερος δέ κε νικήσῃ κ. τε γένηται Il.3.71

;

κ. ἀρετῇ τε βίῃ τε 23.578

: as Law-term, of witnesses,

κάρτονανς ἦμεν

prevail,

Leg.Gort.

l.c.

2 freq. as [comp] Comp. of ἀγαθός, better, κρέσσονες one's betters, esp. in point of rank, Pi.O.10(11).39, N.10.72 (but also, the stronger, more powerful, E.Or. 710, Th.1.8, etc.);

ἐς τοὺς τοκέας καὶ ἐς τοὺς κρέσσονας τεθυμῶσθαι Hdt.3.52

, cf. SIG685.134 (Magn. Mae., ii B. C.); οἱ κ. corps of guards at Thebes, Plu.2.598e; κρείσσονες θεοί, of the greater gods, as opp. to Oceanus, A.Pr. 902 (lyr.);

ὁ κ. Ζεύς Id.Ag.60

(anap.); οἱ κ. the Higher Powers, Id.Fr.10, Pl.Sph. 216b, Euthd. 291a, etc.; τὰ κρείσσω, = τὰ θεῖα, E. Ion 973; τὸ κ. the Almighty, Providence, Corp.Herm.18.11, Jul.Ep. 204, Agath.1.16, Procop.Gaz. Pan.p.492; τὰ κρείσσονα one's advantages,

τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἡμῖν κρείσσω καταπροδοῦναι Th.4.10

.

3 c. inf., οὔ τις ἐμεῖο κρείσσων.. δόμεναι no one has a better right to.., Od.21.345;

οὐκ ἄλλος κ. παραμυθεῖσθαι Pl. Plt. 268b

; κρεῖσσόν ἐστι c. inf., 'tis better to..,

κ. γάρ ἐστιν εἰσάπαξ θανεῖν ἢ.. πάσχειν κακῶς A.Pr. 750

, cf. 624, Hdt.3.52, etc.;

τὸ μὴ εἶναι κ. ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς S.Fr. 488

, cf. Apollod.Com.6; also κρείσσων εἰμί c. part., κ. γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός thou wert better not alive, than living blind, S.OT 1368, cf. Aj. 635 (lyr.);

κ. ἦν ὁ ἀγὼν μὴ γεγενημένος Aeschin.1.192

, cf. D.H.6.9.

II c. gen. or ἤ, too great for, surpassing, beyond,

ὕψος κ. ἐκπηδήματος A.Ag. 1376

; of evil deeds, κρείσσον' ἀγχόνης too bad for hanging, S.OT 1374; κρεῖσσον δεργμάτων too bad to look on, E.Hipp. 1217;

θαυμάτων Id.Ba. 667

; λέγετι σιγῆς κρεῖσσον (

κρέσσον PSI9.1093

)

ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε Dionys.Trag. 6

;

κρείσσον' ἢ λέξαι λόγῳ τολμήματα E.Supp. 844

; κ. ἢ λόγοισιν (sc. εἰπεῖν) Id.IT 837;

ἀναρχία κ. πυρός Id.Hec. 608

; πρᾶγμα ἐλπίδος κ. γεγενημένον worse than one expected, Th.2.64;

κ. λόγου τὸ κάλλος X.Mem.3.11.1

;

κ. τῆς ἡμετέρας δυνάμεως Id.Cyr.7.5.9

.

III having control over, master of, esp. of desires and passions,

τῶν ἡδονῶν Democr.214

;

τοῦ ἔρωτος X.Cyr.6.1.34

; γαστρὸς καὶ κερδέων ib.4.2.45; αὑτῶν over themselves, Pl.Phdr. 232a, al.; κ. χρημάτων superior to the influence of money, Th.2.60, Isoc.1.19;

τῶν συμμάχων κ. X. Ath.2.1

; also, putting oneself above,

κ. τοῦ δικαίου Th.3.84

; κρείσσους ὄντες.. τῷ λογισμῷ ἐς τὸ ἀνέλπιστον τοῦ βεβαίου having reasoned themselves into an absolute belief of the hopelessness of certainty, ib.83; φαύλους καὶ κρείττους τῆς παιδείας, = οὓς παιδευθῆναι ἀδύνατον (just below), Arist.Pol. 1316a9.

IV better, more excellent,

ἁρμονίη ἀφανὴς φανερῆς κ. Heraclit.54

;

κ. ἐπ' ἀρετήν Democr.181

; ὁ κρείττων λόγος (opp. ὁ ἥσσων) Ar.Nu. 113; κατὰ τὸ κ. in a higher sense, opp. κατὰ τὸ χεῖρον, Dam.Pr.7.

V Adv.

κρεισσόνως Antipho 4.4.6

, Iamb.Myst.7.4; also

κρεῖσσον S.OT 176

(lyr.), OGI90.31 (Rosetta, ii B. C.). ( κρέσσων from κρέτ-ψων, cf. κρέτος; κάρτων and κάρρων from κάρτ-ψων, cf. κάρτος; κρείσσων (like μείζων) prob. took ει from ὀλείζων.)

νυκτέλιος, ον, ([etym.] νύξ)

A nightly, epith. of Dionysus, from his nightly festivals, AP9.524.14, Plu.2.389a, Paus.1.40.6.

2 νυκτέλιον, τό, night-festival,

Ἴσιδος POxy. 525

(ii A.D.): in pl., festival of Dionysus Νυκτέλιος, Plu.2.291a.

πάμ-φῡλος, ον, ([etym.] φυλή, φῦλον)

A of mingled tribes or races,

γένος Pl. Plt. 291a

;

πόλις Poll.9.21

;

π. θῆρες Ar.Av. 1063

.

II Πάμφυλοι, οἱ, one of the three Dorian tribes, Hdt.5.68, IG42(1).71.49 (Epid.), SIG1025.8 ([place name] Cos), etc.: gen. pl.

Παμφυλᾶν IG4.598

([place name] Argos);

Παμφύλεων SIG1027.4

(Cos.).

III Pamphylian, Hdt.1.28, al., Pl.R. 614b, etc.

φύρω [pron. full] [ῡ], Hes.Op.61, Pl.Phd. 97b: [tense] impf.

A

ἔφῡρον Il.24.162

, A.Pr. 450: [tense] fut.

φύρσω Pi.Pae.2.73

, Hsch.: [tense] aor. subj.

φύρσω Od.18.21

, inf.

φύρσαι A.R.2.59

; later

ἔφῡρα AP7.476

(Mel.), Luc.Prom.13:— [voice] Med., [tense] aor. part.

φυρσάμενος Nic.Th. 507

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

πεφύρσομαι Pi.N.1.68

codd.; later φῠρήσομαι ([etym.] συμ-) Sch. ad loc.: [tense] aor.

ἐφύρθην A.Ag. 732

(lyr.); later [tense] aor. 2 ἐφύρην [pron. full] [ῠ] ([etym.] συναν-) Luc.Ep.Sat.28: [tense] pf. πέφυρμαι (v. infr.):— mix something dry with something wet, mostly with a sense of mixing so as to spoil or defile,

γαῖαν ὕδει φ. Hes.Op.61

; esp. of tears or blood, δάκρυσιν εἵματ' ἔφυρον they wetted, sullied their garments with tears, Il.24.162: c. gen. pro dat.,

μή σε.. στῆθος καὶ χείλεα φύρσω αἵματος Od.18.21

:—[voice] Pass.,

δάκρυσι πεφυρμένη 17.103

, etc.;

ὄμμα δακρύοις πεφυρμένοι E.Or. 1411

(lyr.);

πεφυρμένος αἵματι Od.9.397

;

γῆ αἵματι πεφ. X.Ages.2.14

;

αἵματι δ' οἶκος ἐφύρθη A.

l.c. (lyr.);

μητρὸς.. ἐν αἵμασι πεφυρμένοι E.El. 1173

;

πάντα βορβόρῳ πεφυρμένα Semon.7.3

;

ἱστίον.. πεφυρμένον πρινὸς ἄνθεϊ

stained, dyed,

Simon.54

: dub. in signf. of φυράω, ἐλαίῳ ἄλφιτα πεφυρμένα, v.l. for πεφυραμένα in Th.3.49; τέφρᾳ πεφυρμένῃ ὄξει, v.l. for πεφυραμένῃ in Gp.5.39.2.

2 of dry things,

κόνει φύρουσα.. κάρα E.Hec. 496

; γαίᾳ πεφύρσεσθαι κόμαν to be doomed to have one's hair defiled with earth, Pi. l.c.;

ἄνθος ἔφυρε κόνις AP7.476

(Mel.).

II metaph., jumble together, confound, confuse, ἔφυρον εἰκῇ πάντα they mingled all things up together, did all at random, A.Pr. 450, cf. Ar.Ra. 945, Pl.Phd. 97b; ([voice] Med., οὐκ ἂν φύροιο would not jumble your arguments, ib. 101e);

φύρουσι δ' αὐτὰ θεοὶ πάλιν τε καὶ πρόσω ταραγμὸν ἐντιθέντες E.Hec. 958

; ἐν ταῖς ὁμιλίαις φύρειν to speak confusedly among themselves, M.Ant.8.51:—[voice] Pass., to be mixed up,

ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ Pl.Grg. 465c

, cf. d; βίοτον ἐκ πεφυρμένου καὶ θηριώδους διεσταθμήσατο from a confused and savage state, E.Supp. 201.

2 [voice] Med., mix with others, mingle in society, Pl.Lg. 950a; φύρεσθαι πρὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον associate, have dealings with him, Id.Hp. Ma.291a; φυρομένοισιν ἀεὶ περὶ γαστέρος ὁρμήν wallowing in the lusts of the belly, Opp.H.3.440, and cf.

μείγνυμι B.

3 confound, Pi.Pae.2.73 (expld. by Sch. as = ἀποκτενεῖ).

4 [voice] Pass., metaph., to be mutually befouled by abuse, Plu.2.89d. (Prob. cogn. with πορφύρω.)

Ἀγριώνιος, ὁ, epith. of Dionysus, transferred to Antony, Plu.Ant. 24. [full] Ἀγριώνια, τά, festival in honour of Dionysus, Id.2.291a, 299f, etc.

ἄρτι [pron. full] [ῐ], Adv.

A just, exactly, of coincidence of Time, just now (not in Hom.):

1 mostly of the present, with [tense] pres. tense, Thgn.998, Pi.P.4.158, A.Th. 534; opp. πάλαι, with [tense] pf.,

τέθνηκεν ἄ. S.Ant. 1283

;

βεβᾶσιν ἄ. Id.El. 1386

; ἄ. ἥκεις ἢ πάλαι; Pl.Cri. 43a; more fully

ἄ. νυνί Ar.Lys. 1008

; ἄ... νῦν or

νῦν.. ἄ., Pl.Plt. 291a

, 291b; later, = νῦν, Theoc.23.26, Ep.Gal.1.9, J.AJ1.6.1; ἄ. καὶ πρώην to-day and yesterday, i. e. very lately, Plu.Brut.I, etc.; ἕως ἄ. till now, Ev.Matt.11.12, POxy.936.23 (iii A. D.): with Subst.,

ὁ ἄ. λόγος Pl.Tht. 153e

; ἡλικίαν

.. τὴν ἄ. ἐκ παίδων X.HG5.4.25

;

ἡ ἄ. ὥρα 1 Ep.Cor.4.11

, PMag.Lond.1.121.373; ἄ. μὲν.. ἄ. δὲ .. now.. now.., at one time.. at another.., Luc.Nigr.4.

2 of the past, just now, with [tense] impf., ἄ. βλάστεσκε dub.in S.Fr. 546, cf.E.Ba. 677, Pl.Grg. 454b: with [tense] aor.,

λέξας ἄ. S.Aj. 1272

;

καθῃμάτωσεν ἄ. E.Ph. 1160

; opp. νῦν, ὃ ἄ. ἐρρήθη.. νῦν δὲ .. Pl.Alc.1.130d, cf. 127c; ἐν τῷ ἄ., opp. ἐν τῷ νῦν καὶ ἐν τῷ ἔπειτα, Id.Men. 89c.

3 in Antiph.26.7 (s.v.l.) and later also of the future, just now, presently, Luc.Sol.1, App.Mith.69, Astramps.Orac. 94.2; condemned by Phryn.12; also, just at present,

πλεύσεις, ἄ. δὲ οὔ Astramps.Orac.92.7

: with imper., Nonn.D.20.277, etc. (Perh. cogn. with Skt. ṛtám 'ordinance', ṛtás 'correct'.)

ἔοικα,

A as, ε, etc., [tense] pf. with [tense] pres. sense, to be like: rarely in other tenses, [ per.] 3sg. [tense] impf.

εἶκε

it was opportune,

Il.18.520

(unless fr.

εἴκω 111

): [tense] fut.

εἴξω

will be like,

Ar.Nu. 1001

; [tense] pf. [ per.] 3 dual

ἔϊκτον Od.4.27

; [ per.] 1pl.

ἔοιγμεν S.Aj. 1239

, Ichn.95, E.Cyc.99;

ἐοίκαμεν Pl.La. 193d

; [ per.] 3pl.

εἴξασι E.Hel. 497

, Ar.Av.96, Pl.Plt. 291a, Sph. 230a, Pl.Com.22, 153, Eub.98.8;

ἐοίκασι Pl.R. 584d

; inf.

εἰκέναι E.Fr. 167

, Ar.Nu. 185 (cf. προσέοικα); part. εἰκώς (also

ἐϊκώς Il.21.254

, v. sub εἰκός)

; εἰοικυῖαι 18.418

: [dialect] Ion. (not [dialect] Ep.) οἶκα, ας, ε, Hdt.4.82,5.20, 106, part.

οἰκώς Id.6.125

; but ἔοκια, ἐοικώς are found in other Ionic writers, as Semon. 7.41, Anacr.84, Heraclit.1, Hp.Aër.6, Democr.266, and codd. of Hdt. vary; [ per.] 2sg. εἶκας (v.l. οἶκας) Alcm.80: [tense] plpf. ἐῴκειν, εις, ει, Od. 1.411, etc.; [ per.] 3pl.

ἐῴκεσαν Th.7.75

, etc., [dialect] Ep.

ἐοίκεσαν Il.13.102

; [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3 dual

ἐΐκτην 1.104

, Od.4.662, Hes.Sc. 390 codd.: [dialect] Att. [tense] plpf.

ᾔκειν Ar. Av. 1298

(Dawes from Sch.):—[voice] Pass., [ per.] 3sg. [tense] pf.

ἤϊκται Nic.Th. 658

: [tense] plpf.

ἤϊκτο Od.20.31

, al.,

ἔϊκτο Il.23.107

.

I to be like, look like, c. dat., Il.14.474, etc.;

Μαχάονι πάντα ἔοικε 11.613

;

κεφαλήν τε καὶ ὄμματα καλὰ ἔοικας κείνῳ Od.1.208

; so εἶδός τε μέγεθός τε, δέμας, etc., Il.2.58, 21.285, etc.; εἰς ὦπα ἔοικεν, ἄντα ἐῴκει, 3.158, 24.630, al.; μελαίνῃ κηρὶ ἔοικε is considered like, i.e. hated like, death, Od.17.500: c. part., αἰεὶ γὰρ δίφρου ἐπιβησομένοισιν ἐΐκτην seemed always just about to set foot upon the chariot, Il.23.379; ἔοικε σημαίνοντι seems to indicate, Pl.Cra. 437a; τοὐναντίον ἔοικεν σπεύδοντι seems to urge the opposite, Id.Prt. 361b, cf. X.Mem.1.6.10,4.3.8, Arist.Sens. 437b24; ἔοικεν τοῦτο ἀτόπῳ this is like an absurdity, seems absurd, Pl.Phd. 62d;

δαιμονίᾳ ἔοικεν εὐεργεσίᾳ D.2.1

: used by A. in this sense only in part. εἰκώς like, c. dat., Ag. 760 (lyr.), Ch. 560 (cf. IV.1).

2

ἐοικέναι κατά τι

to be analogous to,

Plot.4.4.39

.

II seem, c. inf. (where we make the Verb impersonal): c. inf. [tense] pres., methinks, ἔοικα δέ τοι παραείδειν ὥς τε θεῷ I seem to sing (i. e. methinks I sing) to thee, as to a god, Od.22.348; χλιδᾶν ἔοικας methinks thou art delicate, A.Pr. 971;

ἔοικα θρηνεῖν μάτην Id.Ch. 926

, cf. 730;

ἔοικα.. οὐκ εἰδέναι S.OT 744

;

ἔοικα.. ἐποικτίρειν σε Id.Ph. 317

: c. [tense] fut. inf., θέλξειν μ' ἔοικας it seems likely that thou wilt.., A.Eu. 900;

ἐρεῖν ἔοικας Id.Pr. 984

;

ἔοικα θεσπιῳδήσειν Id.Ag. 1161

;

κτενεῖν ἔοικας Id.Ch. 922

;

τὸν ἄνδρ' ἔοικεν ὕπνος ἔξειν S.Ph. 821

;

ἔοικα πράξειν οὐδέν E.Hec. 813

, cf. Cyc.99: c. [tense] aor. inf., πικροὺς ἔοιγμεν.. ἀγῶνας κηρῦξαι methinks we proclaimed, S.Aj. 1239: c. [tense] pf. inf.,

ἔοικεν ἐπωνομάσθαι Pl.Cra. 419c

: c. part., ἔοικε κεκλημένη seems to be called, ibid.;

ἐοίκατε ἡδόμενοι X.HG6.3.8

;

κατακεκομμένη ἔοικεν ἡ σύνθεσις καὶ εὐκαταφρόνητος Demetr.Eloc.4

.

2 impers., ἔοικε it seems: ὡς ἔοικε as it seems, S.Ant. 576, 740, El. 772, 1341, E.Andr. 551, etc., used by Pl. merely to modify a statement, probably, I believe, Phd.61c, R. 332b, al.; ἔοικεν in answers, so it seems, ib. 334a, 346c, al.

3 personal in the same sense,

ὡς ἔοικας S.El. 516

, Tr. 1241;

ὡς εἴξασιν E.Hel. 497

.

III beseem, befit, c. dat. pers.,

τὸ μὲν ἀπιέναι.. οὐδενὶ καλῷ ἔοικε X.An.6.5.17

(unless οὐδενὶ κ. is neut.);

ἀνδράσι ἔοικεν τὰ τῆς γεωργίας POxy. 899.18

( 200 A.D.): c. dat. et inf.,

τὰ μὲν οὔ τι καταθνητοῖσιν ἔοικεν ἄνδρεσσιν φορέειν Il.10.440

; cf. 111.2 fin.

2 most freq. impers., ἔοικε it is fitting, reasonable, mostly with neg. and folld. by inf.,

οὐκ ἔστ' οὐδὲ ἔοικε τεὸν ἔπος ἀρνήσασθαι Il.14.212

;

οὐ γὰρ ἔοικ' ὀτρυνέμεν 4.286

: freq. c. acc. et inf., 12.212, al.; in Od.22.196 an inf. must be supplied, εὐνῇ ἔνι μαλακῇ καταλέγμενος, ὥς σε ἔοικεν (sc. καταλέξασθαι) ; ἐπεὶ οὐδὲ ἔοικε (sc. εἶναι) Il.1.119:—rare in [dialect] Att.,

ἔοικεν νέῳ.. ὀργὴν ὑποφέρειν Pl.Lg. 879c

.

IV part. ἐοικώς, εἰκώς, [dialect] Ion. οἰκώς, υῖα, ός,

1 seeming like, like, Il.3.449, etc.:—the longer form is found in [dialect] Att. Prose,

φόβος οὐδενὶ ἐοικώς Th.7.71

;

εἰκώς A.Ag. 760

(lyr.), Ch. 560, E.Cyc. 376, Ar.V. 1321.

2 fitting, seemly, μῦθοί γε ἐοικότες.., ὧδε ἐοικότα μυθήσασθαι, Od.3.124, 125, cf. 4.239;

ἐοικότι κεῖται ὀλέθρῳ 1.46

; ἐϊκυῖαν ἄκοιτιν a suitable wife, 'a help meet for him', Il.9.399.

3 likely, probable, εἰκός ἐστι, = ἔοικε, S.El. 659, 1488, etc.; esp. ὡς εἰκός, [dialect] Ion. ὡς οἰκός, = ὡς ἔοικε, Hdt.1.45 (sc. ἦν), S.Ph. 498, etc.;

οἷον εἰκός Pl.R. 406c

;

καθάπερ εἰκός Id.Ti. 24d

; also

ὡς τὸ εἰκός Id.Phd. 67a

, R. 407d, etc.; οἱ εἰκότες λόγοι, μῦθοι, Id.Ti. 48d, 59c; ἀδύνατα εἰκότα plausible miracles, opp. δυνατὰ ἀπίθανα, Arist.Po. 1460a27.

4 καὶ τὰ ἐοικότα and the like,

αἶγες, αἴλουροι, καὶ τὰ ἐ. S.E.P.1.47

, cf. 3.180;

ἄρτιον, περιττόν, τέλειον, τὰ ἐ. Nicom. Ar.1.3

.

5 neut. Subst. εἰκός (q.v.).

ὑψηλολογ-έομαι,

A speak proudly, Pl.R. 545e, Them.Or. 23.291a:— [voice] Act., ib.31.354c.

διάκονος, ου, ὁ, ἡ (s. διακονέω, διακονία; Trag., Hdt. et al.; ins, pap, LXX; TestSol 6:10 L, for δράκοντας; TestJud 14:2; Philo, Joseph., Just., Tat., Iren., Hippol.) gener. one who is busy with someth. in a manner that is of assistance to someone

① one who serves as an intermediary in a transaction, agent, intermediary, courier (cp. Jos., Ant. 1, 298 of Rachel who brought Jacob to Laban; s. also Ant. 7, 201; 224 al.; Jos., Ant. 8, 354 Elisha is Ἠλίου καὶ μαθητὴς καὶ δ.; Epigonos is δ. καὶ μαθητής of Noetus in Hippol., Ref. 9, 7, 1). Of a deity’s intermediaries: gener. θεοῦ δ. (Epict. 3, 24, 65 Diogenes as τοῦ Διὸς διάκονος; Achilles Tat. 3, 18, 5 δ. θεῶν; cp. Philo, De Jos. 241; Jos., Bell. 3, 354) 2 Cor 6:4; 1 Th 3:2 (cp. 1 Cor 3:5) s. below; Tit 1:9b v.l.; Hs 9, 15, 4; δ. Χριστοῦ 2 Cor 11:23; Col 1:7; 1 Ti 4:6 (cp. Tat. 13, 3 δ. τοῦ πεπονθότος θεοῦ); of officials understood collectively as a political system agent ἡ ἐξουσία the (governmental) authorities as θεοῦ δ. Ro 13:4, here understood as a fem. noun (Heraclit. Sto. 28 p. 43, 15; of abstractions Epict. 2, 23, 8; 3, 7, 28). W. specific ref. to an aspect of the divine message: of apostles and other prominent Christians charged with its transmission (δ. τῆς διδασκαλίας Orig., C. Cels. 1, 62, 30) Col 1:23; Eph 3:7; δ. καινῆς διαθήκης 2 Cor 3:6; δ. δικαιοσύνης (opp. δ. τοῦ σατανᾶ) 2 Cor 11:15. δ. τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τ. εὐαγγελίῳ God’s agent in the interest of the gospel 1 Th 3:2 v.l. (for συνεργός); cp. δ. χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ (if Timothy provides proper instruction he will be considered an admirable transmitter of the gospel tradition) 1 Ti 4:6; δ. ἐν κυρίῳ Eph 6:21; Col 1:25 indirectly as δ. ἐκκλησίας; of Christ as God’s agent δ. περιτομῆς for the circumcision=for descendants of Abraham, Ro 15:8. Cp. Phoebe Ro 16:1 and subscr. v.l.; of Tychicus as faithful courier Col 4:7 (Pla., Rep. 370e ‘intermediary, courier’; of Hermes, s. G Elderkin, Two Curse Inscriptions: Hesperia 6, ’37. 389, table 3, ln. 8; Jos., Ant. 7, 201; 224 al.).

② one who gets someth. done, at the behest of a superior, assistant to someone (the context determines whether the term, with or without the article ὁ, οἱ is used inclusively of women or exclusively) Mt 20:26; 23:11; Mk 10:43; of all 9:35; Pol 5:2. Of table attendants (X., Mem. 1, 5, 2; Polyb. 31, 4, 5; Lucian, Merc. Cond. 26; Athen. 7, 291a; 10, 420e; Jos., Ant. 6, 52) J 2:5, 9. Of a king’s retinue Mt 22:13.—Of Jesus’ adherents gener.: those in the service of Jesus J 12:26. Satirically, ἁμαρτίας δ. agent for sin Gal 2:17 (cp. the genitival constructions in 1 above; cp. Tat. 19, 2 of divination as instrument or medium for immoderate cravings πλεονεξιῶν … δ.). One who serves as assistant in a cultic context (Hdt. 4, 71, 4 ‘aide, retainer’; Pausanias 9, 82, 2 ‘attendants’) attendant, assistant, aide (the Eng. derivatives ‘deacon’ and ‘deaconess’ are technical terms, whose mng. varies in ecclesiastical history and are therefore inadequate for rendering NT usage of δ.) as one identified for special ministerial service in a Christian community (s. Just., A I, 65, 5; 67, 5; Iren. 1, 13, 5 [Harv. I 121, 6]; Hippol., Ref. 9, 12, 22) esp. of males (the δ. as holder of a religious office outside Christianity: IMagnMai 109 [c. 100 B.C.]; IG IV, 474, 12; 824, 6; IX, 486, 18; CIG II, 1800, 1; 3037, 4; II addenda 1793b, 18 p. 982; Thieme 17f; MAI 27, 1902, p. 333f no. 8, 22) Phil 1:1 (EBest, Bishops and Deacons, TU 102, ’68, 371–76); 1 Ti 3:8, 12; 4:6; Tit 1:9a v.l.; Phlm subscr. v.l.; 1 Cl 42:4f (Is 60:17); Hv 3, 5, 1; Hs 9, 26, 2; IEph 2:1; IMg 2; 6:1; 13:1; ITr 2:3; 3:1; 7:2; IPhld: ins; 4; 7:1; 10:1f; 11:1; ISm 8:1; 10:1; 12:2; IPol 6:1; Pol 5:3; D 15:1.—Harnack, D. Lehre d. Zwölf Apostel: TU II 1; 2, 1884, 140ff, Entstehung u. Entwicklung d. Kirchenverfassung 1910, 40ff; FHort, The Christian Ecclesia 1898, 202–8; Ltzm., ZWT 55, 1913, 106–13=Kleine Schriften I, ’58, 148–53; HLauerer, D. ‘Diakonie’ im NT: NKZ 42, ’31, 315–26; WBrandt, Dienst u. Duienen im NT ’31 (diss. Münster: Diakonie u. das NT, 1923); RAC III, 888–99; JCollins, Diakonia ’90 (p. 254: ‘Care, concern, and love—those elements of meaning introduced into the interpretation of this word and its cognates by Wilhelm Brandt—are just not part of their field of meaning’.) Further lit. s.v. ἐπίσκοπος and πρεσβύτερος.—Since the responsibilities of Phoebe as διάκονος Ro 16:1 and subscr. v.l. seem to go beyond those of cultic attendants, male or female (for females in cultic settings: ministra, s. Pliny, Ep. 10, 96, 8; cp. CIG II 3037 διάκονος Τύχη; ἡ δ. Marcus Diaconus, Vi. Porphyr. p. 81, 6; MAI [s. above] 14, 1889, p. 210; Pel.-Leg. 11, 18; many documentary reff. in New Docs 4, 239f), the reff. in Ro are better classified 1, above (but s. DArchea, Bible Translator 39, ’88, 401–9). For the idea of woman’s service cp. Hv 2, 4, 3; hence Hs 9, 26, 2 may include women. Further lit. s.v. χήρα b.—Thieme 17f. B. 1334. DELG. M-M. TW. Sv.