give way, retire
εἴκω, Il. 12.48 , etc.:impf.
A.
εἶκον
16.305
(ὑπό-), Hdt. 8.3 :fut.
εἴξω
Th. 1.141
, etc.:aor. 1
εἶξα
Il. 24.718
, etc., poet.ἔειξαor ἔϝειξα
Alcm. 31
, Ion.
εἴξασκε
Od. 5.332
:pf. part. ἐεικώς Chron.Lind.
D. 96 :—give way, retire, ὀπίσσω εἴκετε
Il. 5.606
; ὅππῃ τ' ἰθύσῃ τῇ τ' εἴκουσι στίχες ἀνδρῶν
12.48
: c. dat.,make way for, οὐρεῦσι
24.716
;yieldto pressure, Gal. 18(1).97 .
2. c. dat. pers. et gen. loci,μηδ' εἴκετε χάρμης Ἀργείοις shrinknotfromthe fight for them, 4.509 ; εἴκειν τινὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ
Hdt. 2.80
; εἴξατέ μοι νίκης
Coluth. 171
: c. gen. only,εἴκειν πολέμου καὶ δηϊοτῆτος withdraw fromwar and strife, Il. 5.348 ;εἶκε, γέρον, προθύρου retire fromthe door, Od. 18.10 , cf. Jul. Or. 2.67b .
3. give way, as a mark of honour, Il. 24.100 , Od. 2.14 ; τῇ πατρίδι
Jul. Or. 8.246a
.
4. give way toany passion or impulse, ᾧ θυμῷ εἴξας
Il. 9.598
; ὄκνῳ καὶ ἀφραδίῃσι
10.122
; ὕβρει
Od. 14.262
;βίῃ καὶ κάρτεϊ εἴκειν give full play toone's might and strength, 13.143 ; ὀργῇ δ' εἶξα μᾶλλον ἤ μ' ἐχρῆν
E. Hel. 80
; τῇ ἡλικίῃ εἴκειν
Hdt. 7.18
; of circumstances, πενίῃ εἴκων
Od. 14.157
; κακοῖς
A. Pr. 322
; ἀνάγκῃ
Id. Ag. 1071
; ξυμφοραῖς
Th. 1.84
;ζημίαις to the force ofpunishment, X. Cyr. 1.6.21 :—in S. Ant. 718
θυμοῦshd. prob. be read forθυμῷ.
5. εἴκειν τινί τι yield toanotherina thing,τὸ ὃν μένος οὐδενὶ εἴκων inferior tononein. . , Il. 22.459 , Od. 11.515 : c. acc. cogn.,εἴκοντας ἃ δεῖ yieldingin . . , S. OC 172 (lyr.), cf. Aj. 1243 : also c. dupl. dat.,ἕλεσκον ἀνδρῶν . . ὅ τέ μοι εἴξειε πόδεσσιwhoeverwas inferior tomeinswiftness of foot, Od. 14.221 .
6. c. gen.,retire from,ἰερατείας Chron.Lind.l.c.
II. trans.,yield up, give up,εἶξαί τέ οἱ ἡνία give[the horse] the rein, Il. 23.337 ;Εὖρος Ζεφύρῳ εἴξασκε διώκειν gave up[the ship] to Zephyrus to chase, Od. 5.332 .
2. grant, allow, ὁπηνίκ' ἂν θεὸς πλοῦν ἡμὶν εἴκῃ
S. Ph. 465
.
III. impers.,it is allowableorpossible, ὅπῃ εἴξειε μάλιστα
Il. 22.321
: c.inf., ὅθι σφίσιν εἶκε λοχῆσαι
18.520
; φώναις' οὐδὲν ἔτ' εἴκει
Sapph. 2.8
;φερόμενοι πρὸς τὸ εἶκονattacking on theline of least resistance, Plu. Fab. 16 .
