εἰκών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *weik-, although no certain cognates exist outside of Greek. Compare εἰκῇ (eikē) and ἔοικα (eoika).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /e͜ekɔ͜ɔ́n/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /iːkóːn/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ikón/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ikón/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ikón/

Noun

εἰκών (genitive εἰκόνος) f, third declension; (eikōn)

1. figure, image, likeness, portrait
2. image in a mirror, reflection
3. personal description
4. similitude, semblance, phantom
5. pattern, archetype

Inflection

Third declension of εἰκών, εἰκόνος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	εἰκών	εἰκόνε	εἰκόνες
Genitive	εἰκόνος	εἰκόνοιν	εἰκόνων
Dative	εἰκόνῐ	εἰκόνοιν	εἰκόσῐ(ν)
Accusative	εἰκόνᾰ	εἰκόνε	εἰκόνᾰς
Vocative	εἰκών	εἰκόνε	εἰκόνες

Ionic and poetic also have genitive singular εἰκοῦς (eikous) and accusative singular εἰκώ (eikō).

Descendansts

• Russian: икона (ikóna)

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Robert S. P. Beekes (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill Academic Publishers)
• Strong’s concordance number: G1504