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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

  • ἡ δὲ δύναμισ ἐν ἀθυμίᾳ καθειστήκει, τῶν μὲν πολεμίων προσδοκωμένων ταχέωσ συνάψειν, τοῦ δ’ ἱκανωτάτου τῶν στρατηγῶν ὑπὸ τῆσ νόσου πιεζουμένου. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 19, chapter 24 5:3)

Synonyms

  1. satisfactory

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