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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

  • γενομένησ δὲ καρτερᾶσ μάχησ καὶ τῶν πραγμάτων μᾶλλον ἐρρωμένων τῷ Ἀντιόχῳ, ἱκανῶσ ἡ Ἀρσινόη ἐπιπορευσαμένη τὰσ δυνάμεισ παρεκάλει, μετὰ οἴκτου καὶ δακρύων τοὺσ πλοκάμουσ λελυμένη, βοηθεῖν ἑαυτοῖσ τε καὶ τοῖσ τέκνοισ καὶ γυναιξὶ θαρραλέωσ, ἐπαγγελλομένη δώσειν νικήσασιν ἑκάστῳ δύο μνᾶσ χρυσίου. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 1:4)
  • ἱκανῶσ ἐν ρύπῳ με ἔβαψασ, ἐβδελύξατο δέ με ἡ στολή. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 9:31)
  • ἀλλ’ ἔνδυθι ἤδη καὶ ἐπίθου τὴν κόρυν ἱκανῶσ γὰρ εἶδον. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 12:9)
  • ὧν δὲ ἄπειροσ εἰή, κρῖναι ἱκανῶσ οὐκ ἀπήλλακτο· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 16 1:6)
  • ἱκανῶσ πεπαίδευσαι, ἅλισ σοι τῆσ σοφίασ. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 26:2)

Synonyms

  1. satisfactory

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