ἱκάνω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἱκάνω
Structure:
ἱκάν
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: lengthd. form of i(/kw
Sense
- to come, arrive, to come to, reach, reached, attained to
- are fulfilled
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἔλθοισ, καὶ ξενίων γε τυχὼν πάλιν οἴκαδ’ ἱκάνοισ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 36)
- ἀλλ’ ἵνα μὴ μακρότεροσ τοῦ δέοντοσ ὁ λόγοσ γένοιτό μοι, τούτοισ ἀρκεσθεὶσ ἱκανοῖσ οὖσι βεβαιῶσαι τὸ προκείμενον οὐκ ἂν ὀκνήσαιμι τοῖσ ἀσκοῦσι τοὺσ πολιτικοὺσ λόγουσ ὑποτίθεσθαι τοῖσ γε δὴ τὰσ κρίσεισ ἀδιαστρόφουσ ἔτι φυλάσσουσι, Δημοσθένει συμβούλῳ χρησαμένουσ, ὃν ἁπάντων ῥητόρων κράτιστον γεγενῆσθαι πειθόμεθα, ταύτασ μιμεῖσθαι τὰσ κατασκευάσ, ἐν αἷσ ἥ τε βραχύτησ καὶ ἡ δεινότησ καὶ ἡ ἰσχὺσ καὶ ὁ τόνοσ καὶ ἡ μεγαλοπρέπεια καὶ αἱ συγγενεῖσ ταύταισ ἀρεταὶ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποισ εἰσὶ φανεραί· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 552)
- "Γόργοσ ὁ ὁπλοφύλαξ Ἀλέξανδρον Ἄμμωνοσ υἱὸν στεφανοῖ χρυσοῖσ τρισχιλίοισ, καὶ ὅταν Ἀθήνασ πολιορκῇ, μυρίαισ πανοπλίαισ καὶ τοῖσ ἴσοισ καταπέλταισ καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ ἄλλοισ βέλεσιν εἰσ τὸν πόλεμον ἱκανοῖσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 53 5:1)
- συμβούλουσ δὲ παραλαμβάνομεν εἰσ τὰ μεγάλα, ἀπιστοῦντεσ ἡμῖν αὐτοῖσ ὡσ οὐχ ἱκανοῖσ διαγνῶναι. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3 47:1)
- πολλοῖσ δὲ ἄλλοισ αὖ τῶν ζῴων οὐδ’ εἰσ αὐτὸ τοῦθ’ ἡ φύσισ παραγέγονεν, ὥστε μαθεῖν δυνατοῖσ εἶναι παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸσ ἀριθμεῖν, παρὰ δ’ ἡμῖν τοῦτ’ αὐτὸ πρῶτον ἐνῴκισεν ὁ θεόσ, ὥστε ἱκανοῖσ εἶναι δεικνύμενον συννοεῖν, ἔπειτ’ ἔδειξεν καὶ δείκνυσιν· (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 41:1)
Synonyms
-
to come
- εἰσαφικνέομαι (to come into or to, reach or arrive at)
- ἐξικνέομαι (to reach, arrive at)
- ἀφικνέομαι (to come to, from, to arrive at)
- ἐφικνέομαι (to reach, gain, attain to)
- ἐπιτυγχάνω (to attain to, reach, gain)
- προσκυρέω (to reach, touch, arrive at)
- προσήκω (to have arrived at, to have come, be near at hand)
- ἀφικάνω (to arrive at, to have come to)
-
are fulfilled
