ἥκω

English (LSJ)

Il.5.478: impf. ἧκον (v. infr.): fut. ἥξω (v. infr.); Dor.

   A ἡξῶ Theoc.4.47, Call.Fr.1.65 P. (in Dor. and Hom. more commonly ἵκω): all other tenses late; aor. 1 part. ἥξας Paus.2.11.5, Gal.6.56, 10.609: pf. ἧκα Philostr.VA3.24, Scymn.62, 1pl. ἥκαμεν UPZ72.9 (ii B.C.), CIG4762 (Egypt, i A.D.), Dor. ἥκαμες f.l. in Plu.2.225b, 2pl. ἥκατε PGrenf.2.36.18 (i B.C.), 3pl. ἥκασι LXX4 Ki.20.14, Ev.Marc.8.3; inf. ἡκέναι UPZ6.30 (ii B.C.): plpf. ἥκεσαν J.AJ19.1.14: —Med., pres. subj. ἥκηται Aret.SD2.1: fut. ἥξομαι v.l. in M.Ant. 2.4:—to have come, be present, prop. in a pf. sense, with impf. ἧκον as plpf., I had come, and fut. ἥξω as fut. pf., I shall have come, μάλα τηλόθεν ἥκω Il.5.478, cf. Od.13.325, Pi.O.4.12 (ἵκω codd. vett.): impf. ἧκον A.Pr.661, Th.1.91, al., Pl.R.327c, Hdt.8.50, etc.: fut. ἥξω A.Pr. 103, al., E.Andr.738, Ar.Pax265, Orac. ap. Th.2.54, etc.; ἧκε imper., S.Aj.1116, Ar.Pax275, X.Cyr.4.5.25; ἡκέτω E.Rh.337:—Constr. mostly with εἰς, Hdt.8.50, A.Ch.3, etc.; παρά τινα Hdt.7.157, Th.1.137; πρός τινα A.Ch.659; πρὸς δαίμονα S.Fr.770; esp. in worship, ἥκω πρὸς τὴν κυρίαν Ἶσιν OGI186.6 (Egypt, i B.C.), cf. Ev.Jo.6.37; πρὸς πόλιν S.OC734; ἐπί τινα to set upon, attack, Pl.R.336b, Aeschin. 2.178; but ἥ. ἐπὶ τὸ στράτευμα to have come to fetch the army, X. An.7.6.2; οἱ ἐπὶ ταῦθ' ἥκοντες D.18.28; ἐπ' ὀλέθρῳ E.IA886 (troch.); περὶ σπονδῶν X.An.2.3.4: c. acc., ἥξεις ποταμόν A.Pr.717, cf. 724, 730; ἥ. δῆμον τὸν Λυρκείου S.Fr.271.6, cf. E.Ba.1; ἥκουσιν αὐτῷ ἄγγελοι X.Cyr.5.3.26; ἐς ταὐτὸν ἥ. to have come to the same point, to agree, E.Hec.748, Hipp.273: with Adv. of motion, ἥ. ἐνθάδε, δεῦρο, S.Ph.377, D.19.58; βῆναι κεῖθεν ὅθενπερ ἥκει S.OC1227: c. neut. Pron., αὐτὰ ταῦτα ἥκω παρά σε Pl.Prt.310e; ἐρωτώμενοι ὅ τι ἥκοιεν for what they had come, X.HG4.5.9: c. acc. cogn., ὁδὸν μακρὰν ἥκειν Id.Cyr.5.5.42: c.inf., μανθάνειν γὰρ ἥκομεν we are here to learn, S. OC12.    2 to have reached a point, ἐς τοσήνδ' ὕβριν ib.1030; εἰς τοῦτο ἀμαθίας E.Andr.170; εἰς τοσοῦτον ἀμαθίας Pl.Ap.25e; εἰς ὅσον ἡλικίας Id.Chrm.157d, etc.; πρὸς γάμων ἀκμάς S.OT1492; ὁρᾷς ἵν' ἥκεις; ib.687, etc.; Geom., pass through a point, διὰ τῶν πόλων Autol.Sph.10, cf. Archim.Con.Sph.9.    b διὰ μάχης, δι' ὀργῆς ἥκειν, A.Supp.475, S.OC905; cf. διά A. IV.    c with an Adv. folld. by gen., οὕτω πόρρω σοφίας ἥκεις Pl.Euthd.294e; εὖ ἥκειν τινός to be well off for a thing, have plenty of it, τοῦ βίου, χρημάτων, Hdt.1.30, 5.62; ἑωυτῶν Id.1.102; θεῶν χρηστῶν Id.8.111; πιθανότητος Demetr.Magn. ap.D.H.Din.1; οὐκ ὁμοίως ἥ. τινός not to be equally well off in respect of... Hdt.1.149; πῶς ἀγῶνος ἥκομεν; how have we sped in the contest? E.El.751; ὧδε γένους ἥ. τινί to be this degree of kin to him, Id.Heracl.213; ὡς δυνάμεως ἥκεις Paus.4.21.10; ἐς μῆκος εὖ ἥκων Ael.NA4.34: abs., εὖ ἥκειν to be flourishing, Hdt.1.30: rarely c. gen. only, σὺ δὲ δυνάμιος ἥκεις μεγάλης thou art in great power, Id.7.157 (nisi leg. μεγάλως).    3 to have come back, returned, D.20.73; from exile, And.2.13; αὐτίκα ἥξω I shall be back in a moment, X.An.2.1.9; ἧκέ νυν ταχύ come back soon, Ar.Pax275; ἄψορρον ἥξεις A.Pr. 1021; ἄψορρον ἥξομεν πάλιν S.El.53.    4 c. part., ἥκω φέρων I have come bringing (i.e. with), Id.OC579, cf. 357, Ar.Pax265, Eup.22 D., Pl.Grg.518d; ἧκεν ἄγων Id.Phd.117a; ἕτερόν τι ἥκεις ἕχων Id.Grg. 491c, etc.: c. fut. part., like ἔρχομαι, ἥκω φράσων, ἀγγελῶν, etc., I am going, I intend to say, E.Ph.706, 1075, etc.    5 to have come to be, θεοῖς ἔχθιστος ἥκω S.OT1519 (troch.), cf.Aj.636(lyr.), El.1201, etc.; take one's origin, ἀπὸ πολιτειῶν τοιούτων ἥκετε, ἐν αἷς . . Th.4.126.    II of things, in various uses: of meats, to have come to table, Alex.132; ὡς τὰ περιφερόμενα ἧκε πρὸς ἡμᾶς X.Cyr.2.2.3; of reports, ἐμοὶ ἀγγελίη ἥκει παρὰ βασιλέος Hdt.8.140.ά, cf. S.OC1177; of events, πῆμα ἥκει τινί A.Pr.103, cf. Ar.Ra.606, etc.; ἐπ' ἀνδρὶ ἥκει βίον τελευτή S. OC1472; ἵν' ἥκειτὰ μαντεύματα what they have come to, Id.OT953; ὡς αὐτὸν ἥξοι μοῖρα ib.713 codd.; ἥξει πόλεμος Orac. ap. Th.2.54; ἐς αὐτὸν ἥξει τὸ δεινόν Id.6.77; of Time, ἥκει ἦμαρ, νύξ, A.Ag.1301, E.IT42; ἥκει ὑμῖν ὁ καιρός Lys.12.79; τὸ μέλλον ἥξει A.Ag.1240.    2 concern, relate to, ποῖ λόγος ἥκει; to what do the words relate? E.Tr.154 (lyr.); εἰς ἔμ' ἥκει . . τὰ πράγματα Ar.Pl.919; εἰς ἐμὲ τὸ ἐλλεῖπον ἥξει will fall upon me, X.Cyr.1.5.13: freq. in part., τὰ εἰς τοὺς κινδύνους ἥκοντα Antipho 5.81; τὰ εἰς πλοῦτον ἥ. Pl.Erx.392d; τὰ πρὸς ἔπαινον, εἰς φιλανθρωπίαν ἥ., Plb.12.15.9,28.17.2, etc.    3 depend upon, ὅσα τῆς Φωκέων σωτηρίας ἐπὶ τὴν πρεσβείαν ἧκε D.19.30; τό γε ἐπ' αὐτοὺς ἧκον μέρος Ph.2.21; ὅσα γ' εἰς βούλησιν ἥκειν τὴν ἐμήν Hld.4.7.    4 c. inf., ἧκέ μοι γένει . . πενθεῖν it has come to me by birth... my birth lays it on me... S.OC738, cf. Ichn.356; καλῶς αὐτοῖς κατθανεῖν ἧκον βίου it being well for them at their age to die, E.Alc.291.    5 c. part., ὃ καὶ νῦν ἥκει γινόμενον which commonly happens even now, Plb.24.9.11 codd. (v.l. γενόμενον). (Prob. from same root as ἵκω.)