- ἴκελος
- ἴκελοςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `comparable, resembling' (Il.).Other forms: also εἴκελος (after εἰκών, εἰκάζω etc.; orig. perh. for metr. lengthened ἴ̄κελος, Leumann Hom. Wörter 306 A. 76)Compounds: As 2. member a. o. in θεο-(ε)ίκελος `god-like' (Il.) and in ἐπι-, προσ-(ε)ίκελος `resembling' (Hom., Hdt.) from ἐπι-, προσ-έοικα; cf. also on ἐπιεικής.Derivatives: ἰκελόω `make identical' (AP).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1129] *ueik- `resemble'Etymology: Old formation on the basis of the zero grade of ἔοικα (s. v.) with λο-suffix (Chantr. Form. 243); cf. ἀ-ϊκής beside ἀ-εικής.Page in Frisk: 1,716
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.