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ἱκανός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱκανός ἱκανή ἱκανόν

Structure: ἱκαν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: i(/kw, i(ka/nw

Sense

  1. becoming, befitting, sufficient, (of persons) competent, strong or skillful enough
  2. (of things) adequate, enough, considerable
  3. satisfactory

Examples

  • καὶ ἐγένετο ἡμέρα καὶ διέβη Ἑλισαιὲ εἰσ Σωμάν, καὶ ἐκεῖ γυνὴ μεγάλη καὶ ἐκράτησεν αὐτὸν φαγεῖν ἄρτον. καὶ ἐγένετο ἀφ̓ ἱκανοῦ τοῦ εἰσπορεύεσθαι αὐτὸν ἐξέκλινε τοῦ ἐκεῖ φαγεῖν. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 4:8)
  • καὶ τί ἐμέρισεν ὁ Θεὸσ ἄνωθεν καὶ κληρονομία ἱκανοῦ ἐξ ὑψίστων̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iob 31:2)
  • μὴ κρίσιν μετὰ ἱκανοῦ ἐκκλινεῖ, ἐλέγχων δὲ Θεὸν ἀποκριθήσεται αὐτήν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iob 40:2)
  • ἀλλὰ μικρὸν πρὸ τῆσ τελευτῆσ, πρὸ ἐννέα σχεδόν που ἡμερῶν, πλεῖον, οἶμαι, τοῦ ἱκανοῦ ἐμφαγὼν ἤμεσέν τε τῆσ νυκτὸσ καὶ ἑάλω πυρετῷ μάλα σφοδρῷ. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 23:3)
  • σὺ δ’ ὑπ’ ἀηθείασ πλέον τοῦ ἱκανοῦ ἐμπιὼν οἴνου λεπτοῦ καὶ δριμέοσ, πάλαι τῆσ γαστρὸσ ἐπειγούσησ, πονηρῶσ ἔχεισ, καὶ οὔτε προεξαναστῆναί σοι καλὸν οὔτε μένειν ἀσφαλέσ. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 18:2)

Synonyms

  1. satisfactory

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