ἐφικνέομαι

English (LSJ)

Ion. ἐπ-, fut.

   A ἐφίξυμαι Xenoph.6.3: aor. 2 ἐφῑκόμην, Ep. -ῐκόμην Il.13.613: pf. ἐφῖγμαι D.25.101:    I reach at, aim at, c. gen., of two combatants, ἅμα δ' ἀλλήλων ἐφίκοντο Il.13.613; simply, reach or hit with a stick, εὐ μάλα μου ἐφικέσθαι πειράσεται Pl.Hp.Ma.292a; ὅσων ἂν ἐφικέσθαι δυνηθῶσιν Isoc.12.227; ἐφῖκται πάντων ἡ τούτου κακοπραγμοσύνη D.25.101, cf. Plu.2.267c, etc.; σφενδόνῃ οὐκ ἂν ἐφικοίμην αὐτόσε Antiph.55.20; τὰ βέλη ἐ. ἄχρι πρὸς τὸν σκοπόν Luc.Nigr.36.    2 reach, extend, ὅσον ὁ ἥλιος ἐ. Thphr.HP1. 7.1, etc.; ἐφ' ὅσον ἀνθρώπων μνήμη ἐ. X.Cyr.5.5.8; ἐ. ἐπὶ τοσαύτην γῆν τῷ ἀφ' ἑαυτοῦ φόβῳ to reach by the terror of his name over... ib.1.1.5; ἐ. ἐς τὸ λεπτότατον to reach to the smallest matter, Luc.JConf.19; ὅπου μὴ ἐ. ἡ λεοντῆ, προσραπτέον . . τὴν ἀλωπεκῆν Plu.2.190e; c. part., ἐ. φθεγγόμενον Id.TG18; ἐ. βλέποντα μέχρι τινός D.Chr.62.1.    3 metaph., hit, touch the right points, ἐ. ἐξαριθμούμενος Plb.1.57.3; τὰ ἄλλα λέγων ἐπίκεο ἀληθέστατα Hdt.7.9.    4 reach, attain to, τῆς ἀρετῆς Isoc.1.5; ἀνδραγαθίας Aeschin.3.189; τοῦ τριηραρχεῖν D.20.28, cf. 122; τῷ λόγῳ τῶν ἐκεῖ κακῶν Id.19.65: c. inf., ἐ. τῷ λόγῳ διελθεῖν to be able to... Plu.2.338c, cf. Plb.1.4.11, Inscr.Prien.105.47 (i B. C.): abs., succeed in one's projects, App.Mith.102; of a poison, reach a vital part, take effect, ib.111.    II c. acc., to come upon, like ἐφικάνω, εἴ σε μοῖρ' ἐφίκοιτο Pi.I.5(4).15: c. dupl. acc., ἐπικέσθαι μάστιγι πληγὰς τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον to visit it with blows, Hdt.7.35.    III c. acc., befit, be suitable to (cf. ἱκνέομαι 111), Hp.Fract.17.