v. εἰκώς.

Ion. οἰκός, -ότος, τό, neut. part. of ἔοικα, like truth, i.e.
likely, probable, reasonable, εἰ. (with or without ἐστί), c. inf. pres., aor., or fut., S. El. 1026, A. Ag. 575, Is. 4.18; οὐ γὰρ εἰ., c. inf., S. Ph. 230; οἷς εἰ. (sc. δοῦναι) ib. 973; ὥσπερ εἰ. ἦν Ar. Fr. 621, etc. ; also pl., ἐοικότα γάρ… τυχεῖν Pi. P. 1.34. neut. Subst., εἰκός, τό, likelihood, probability, τὰ οἰκότα likelihoods, Hdt. 1.155, etc. ; τὸ οὐκ εἰ. Th. 2.89; κατὰ τὸ εἰ. in all likelihood, Id. 1.121; ἐκ τοῦ εἰκότος Id. 4.17; τῷ εἰκότι Id. 6.18; παντὶ τῷ οἰκότι Hdt. 7.103; τοῦ εἰκότος πέρα S. OT 74; τῷ εἰκότι χρῆσθαι, opp. ἀπόδειξιν λέγειν, Pl. Tht. 162e; in Poets without Art., λέγεις μὲν εἰκότα S. Ph. 1373; εἰκὸς πέπονθα E. IA 501; ἤν γ’ ἐρωτᾷς εἰκότ΄, εἰκότα κλύεις ib. 1134. in Logic, probable proposition, opp. positive fact, Arist. APr. 70a4, Rh. 1357a34.
reasonable, fair, equitable, Th. 2.74, Isoc. 3.53, etc. ; τὰ εἰ. καὶ δίκαια Th. 5.90; παρὰ τὸ εἰ. unreasonably, 2.62; Comp. εἰκότερον Antipho 2.2.3.

ότος, τό (= ἐοικός, s. ἔοικα, ion. οἰκός), das Gleichende, bes. dem Wahren, also Wahrscheinliche ; διὰ τῶν εἰκότων τὰς ἀποδείξεις ποιεῖσθαι Plat. Phaed. 92b, u. öfter ähnl., vgl. Symp. 200a σκόπει ἀντὶ τοῦ εἰκότος εἰ ἀνάγκη. – Das Natürliche, Schickliche ; bes. κατὰ τὸ εἰκός, Thuc. 1.121, öfter ; ἐκ τοῦ εἰκότος, 4.17 ; ἐκ τῶν εἰκότων, Plat. Legg. VI.755d ; auch τῷ εἰκότι, 6.19, wahrscheinlicher- oder natürlicherweise, wie es zu erwarten ist ; das Gegenteil παρὰ τὸ εἰκός, 2.62 ; τὰ εἰκότα καὶ δίκαια 5.90. – Einen Kompar. εἰκότερον hat Antiph. II β 3 u. öfter.