- εἰκών
- εἰκών, -όνοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `representation, picture, resemblance'.Other forms: (Ion.-Att., Ϝεικόνα Cypr.), Ion. also εἰκώ, -οῦς f.Compounds: As 1. member a. o. in εἰκονολογία `speaking in pictures' (Pl.).Derivatives: Dimin. εἰκόνιον (hell.) and -ίδιον (late); εἰκονικός `picturing' (hell.), εἰκονώδης (gloss.). Denomin. verb (ἐξ-)εἰκονίζω `imitate, describe in documents' (LXX, pap., Plu.; cf. Mayser Pap. 1 : 3, 146) with εἰκόνισμα = εἰκών (S. Fr. 573; cf. Chantr. Form. 188), εἰκονισμός `picture, personal description' (pap., Plu.), εἰκονιστής name of an official, `registrator' (pap.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1129] *u̯eik- `resemble'Etymology: Formation in -ών (Chantraine 159f.), as agent noun directly to ἔοικα (s. v.) with the same vocalisation as in εἰκώς, -ός, εἴκελος. - On the innovation εἰκώ s. Schwyzer 479 n. 4.Page in Frisk: 1,454-455
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.