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|Definition=poet. aor.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἐξῐκόμην Il.9.479, augm. ἐξίκοντο [ῑ] Sapph. 1.13:—[[reach]], [[arrive at]] a place, Hom. always in aor. and mostly c. acc. loci, ἄλλων ἐξίκετο δῆμον Il.24.481, etc.; Φθιην δ' ἐξῐκόμην ἐριβώλακα.. ἐς Πηλῆα ἄνακτα 9.479; δεῦρο Simon. 171, cf. Pi.''P.''3.76, A.''Pr.''810: abs., Sapph. [[l.c.]]: with Preps., ἐ. ἐς βυσσόν Hdt.2.28; ἐς ἥβην S. ''Fr.''583.6; ἐπ' ὄρος A.''Ag.''303; πρὸς πεδία Id.''Pr.''792; μέχρι γάμου καὶ γενεᾶς Plu.2.149d.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[come to]] as a suppliant, c. acc. pers., Od. 13.206, 20.223, Pi.''P.''11.35; πρός τινα Ant.Lib.38.2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. rei, [[arrive at]], [[reach]] an object, σοφίας ἄωτον ἄκρον Pi.''I.''7(6).19; ἔργῳ οὐδὲ τἀναγκαῖα ἐ. [[complete]], [[accomplish]], Th.1.70; <b class="b3">τεθνηκόσιν γὰρ ἔλεγεν, οἷς οὐδὲ τρὶς λέγοντες ἐξικνούμεθα</b> (by attract. for [[οὕς]]) Ar.''Ra.''1176, cf. Plu.2.347e: c. gen., E.''El.''612; ἀλλήλων X.''HG''7.5.17; also [[πρός]] τι Plb.1.3.10, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> abs., [[reach]] to a distance, of an arrow, ὅσον τόξευμα ἐξικνέεται Hdt.4.139; of sight, ἐπὶ πολλὰ στάδια ἐ. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]'' 1.4.17, cf. 2.3.19, E.''Ba.''1060; of mental operations, <b class="b3">ὅσον δυνατός εἰμι μακρότατον ἐξικέσθαι ἀκοῇ</b> so far as I can [[get]] by inquiry, Hdt. 1.171; ἐπ' ὅσον μακρότατον ἱστορεῦντα ἦν ἐξικέσθαι Id.2.34, cf. 4.16, 192; ἐ. φρονήσει ἐπ' ἀμφότερα Pl.''Hp.Ma.''281d; περαιτέρω τῆς χρείας ἐ. τῇ θεωρίᾳ Plu.''Sol.''3.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[suffice]], of persons, πρὸς τὸν προκείμενον ἄεθλον Hdt.4.10; ἐπί τι Plu.''Pomp.''39; of things, ἂν ἐξικνῆται τὰ ἡμέτερα χρήματα [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 311d: [[proverb|prov.]], ἂν μὴ λεοντῆ γ' ἐξίκητ', ἀλωπεκῆν πρόσαψον ''Com.Adesp.''49D.