ἐοικέναι (eoikenai)

ἐοικέναι is an Ancient Greek form of ἔοικα, meaning “to be like, seem; (impers.) it is fitting”. It is the perfect active infinitive.

Found 104 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 3.1.13: … αὶ πρὸς τούτοις ἀπαθές. [διὸ καί φησιν ἐν τῇ φύσει τὰς ἰδέας ἑστάναι καθάπερ παραδείγματα, τὰ δʼ ἄλλα ταύταις ἐοικέναι τούτων ὁμοιώματα καθεστῶτα.] ὁ τοίνυν Ἐπίχαρμος περί τε τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ καὶ περὶ τῶν ἰδεῶν οὕτω λέγει·

Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales 9.15.2·2: … τῶν σχημάτων καὶ τῶν ὀνομάτων μίμησιν ἀποτελοῦσι. δόξειε δʼ ἂν ὥσπερ ἐν γραφικῇ τὰ μὲν ποιήματα τοῖς χρώμασιν ἑοικέναι τὰ δʼ ὀρχήματα ταῖς γραμμαῖς, ὑφʼ ὧν ὁρίζεται τὰ εἴδη. δηλοῖ δʼ ὁ μάλιστα κατωρθωκέναι δόξας ἐν ὑπορχήμασι κα …

All forms of ἔοικα (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.