εἰκών, ἡ,
genitive όνος, accusative όνα, etc.: poetry and Ionic dialect nominative εἰκώ is implied (though not found) in genitive εἰκοῦς [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 77, _accusative_ εἰκώ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 559, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1162, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.69 (but εἰκόνα 2.143, both εἰκόνα and εἰκώ in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 37d), 3rd c.BC: Maiistas Epicus 15: _accusative_ _plural_ εἰκούς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1178, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 559: (Εἴκω, ἔοικα, ϝεικ- “Inscription Cyprian dialect” 151 H.)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—likeness, image, whether picture or statue, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.130, 143, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 559, etc.; εἰ. γεγραμμένη 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1117c; εἰ. γραπτά “IG” 4.940.23, compare 3.1330 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of needlework, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 223 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; bust, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 18 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; εἰ. βασιλικαί, = Latin imagines imperatorum, [[ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 56.13: generally, εἰ. τοῦ νοητοῦ θεὸς αἰσθητός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 92c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 image in a mirror, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1162, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 402b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 personal description, [[ PTeb. 32.21 (2nd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__4 metaphorically, living image, representation, εἰ. ζῶσα τοῦ Διός [[ “OGI” 90.3 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τοῦ θεοῦ [[ NT.2Cor.4.4. ] NT]