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ἱκανότης?

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration: hikanotēs

Principal Part: ἱκανότης ἱκανότες

Structure: ἱκανοτη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from ἱκανός

Sense

  1. sufficiency, fitness
  2. a sufficiency, sufficient supply

Examples

  • νεωτέρα δ ἂν δοκῇ τοῦ δέοντος εἶναι πρὸς τὸ ζῆν αὖ ὑγιαίνουσα ἄνανδρος, οἱ προσήκοντες πρὸς τὰς τῶν γάμων ἐπιμελουμένας γυναῖκας κοινούμενοι, τὸ δοκοῦν αὑτοῖς τε καὶ ἐκείναις περὶ τῶν τοιούτων ποιούντων, ἐὰν δὲ ἐνδεεῖς τέκνων ὦσιν, καὶ παίδων ἕνεκα, παίδων δὲ ἱκανότης ἀκριβὴς ἄρρην καὶ θήλεια ἔστω τῷ νόμῳ. (Plato, Laws, book 11 115:2)

Synonyms

  1. sufficiency

  2. a sufficiency

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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