A. that which is seen: form, shape, freq. in Hom. , of the humanformorfigure, esp. abs. in acc. with Adjs.,εἶδος ἄριστος, ἀγητός, κακός, Il. 3.39 , 5.787 , 10.316 ; ἀλίγκιος ἀθανάτοισιν
, cf. 17 ;decorative patternorfigure, Plu. Them. 29 (pl.); of a musical scale, τοῦ διὰ τεσσάρων τρία εἰδη
Aristox. Harm. p.74
M. (identified withσχῆμα, ibid.): in pl.,shapes, i.e.various kinds of atoms(cf.ἰδέα), Democr. ap. Thphr. Sens. 51 .
b. Geom.,δύο εἴδη τῷ εἴδει δεδομέναtwofiguresgivenin species, Euc. Dat. 53 , etc.; esp. in central conics,rectangle formed by a transverse diameter and the corresponding parameter, Apollon.Perg. Con. 1.14 , 21 , al.; also,speciesof numbers, of the terms in an algebraical expression involving different powers of the unknown quantity, Dioph. Def. 11 .
II. form, kind, ornature, τῶν ἀλλέων παιγνιέων τὰ εἴδεα
Hdt. 1.94
; τὸ εἶ. τῆς νόσου
Th. 2.50
, etc.;ἐν ἁρμονίας εἴδει εἶναι, γενέσθαι, to be or becomelike. . , Pl. Phd. 91d , cf. Cra. 394d ;ὡς ἐν φαρμάκου εἴδειbywayof medicine, Id. R. 389b ;νόμων ἔχει εἶδοςis inthe provinceof law, Arist. Pol. 1286a3 ;situation, stateof things, σκέψασθε ἐν οἵῳ εἴδει . . τοῦτο ἔπραξαν
Th. 3.62
;plan of action, policy, ἐπὶ εἶδος τρέπεσθαι
Id. 6.77
, 8.56 ;ἐπ' ἄλλ' εἶδος τρέπεσθαιtake up anotherline, Ar. Pl. 317 ;specific notion, meaning, idea, ἂν παρέχῃ τὸ ἓν εἶ. δύο ὀνόματα . . , περὶ ἑνὸς εἴδεος δύο ὀνόματα οὐ τὰ αὐτά
