ἱκανός

English (LSJ)

[ῐ], ή, όν, (ἱκνέομαι)

   A sufficing, becoming, befitting; prose Adj., used two or three times by Trag. (v. infr.):    I of persons, sufficient, competent to do a thing, c. inf., Hdt.3.45, Antipho 1.15, etc.; ἱ. τεκμηριῶσαι sufficient to prove a point, Th.1.9; -ώτατος [εἰπεῖν] καὶ γνῶναι Lys.2.42; τίς σοῦ -ώτερος πεῖσαι; X.Cyr.1.4.12; ἱ. ζημιοῦν with sufficient power to punish, Id.Lac.8.4; ἱ. βοηθεῖν Pl. Phdr.277a, cf. R.365a; ἱ. ὥστε γνῶναι Id.Lg.875a, cf. Phdr.258b; ἱ. κατὰ τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν Plb.25.3.6, al.: c. acc. rei, ἀνὴρ γνώμην ἱ. a man of sufficient prudence, Hdt.3.4; ἱ. τὴν ἰατρικήν sufficiently versed in medicine, X.Cyr.1.6.15: c. dat. rei, ἱ. ἐμπειρίᾳ καὶ ἡλικίᾳ Pl.R. 467d; οἱ τοῖς χρήμασιν -ώτατοι X.Eq.2.1: c. dat. pers., a match for, equivalent to, εἷς ἔχων ἰατρικὴν πολλοῖς ἱ. ἰδιώταις Pl.Prt.322c, cf. Tht.169a: abs., ἱ. Ἁπόλλων S.OT377; οἱ -ώτατοι τῶν πολιτῶν Isoc. 12.132; κριτὴς -ώτερος Id.10.38; ἱ. σοφιστής Pl.Ly.204a; αὐληταὶ ἱ. ὡς πρὸς ἰδιώτας very tolerable in comparison with... Id.Prt.327c; γυνὴ ἱ. μέν, ἄγροικος δέ Luc.DDeor.20.3; ὁ Ἱ. the Almighty, LXXRu. 1.21.    2 in bad sense, capable, ἱ. εἶ λαλῶν κατακόψαι πάντα Men.Sam.69.    II of things, in amount, sufficient, adequate, τὰ ἀρκοῦνθ' ἱ. τοῖς γε σώφροσιν E.Ph.554; ἱ. τὰ κακὰ καὶ τὰ παρακείμενα Ar.Lys.1047; ἱκανὰ τοῖς πολεμίοις ηὐτύχηται they have had successes enough, Th.7.77; ἱ. εἴς, ἐπί, πρός τι, X.Hier.4.9, Pl.R. 371e, Prt.322b; [πρόβατα] ἱ. ἐς φορβήν Hdt.4.121; of size, large enough, οὐχ ἱκανῆς οὔσης τῆς Ἁττικῆς Th.1.2; οὐδ' ἦν ἱκανά σοι . . μέλαθρα . . ἐγκαθυβρίζειν not large enough to riot in, E.Tr.996; χώρα ἱ. τρέφειν τοὺς τότε Pl.R.373d, al.; of number or magnitude, considerable, λῦπαι Antipho 2.2.2; μέρος τῶν ὄντων ib.2.1.6, etc.; of Time, considerable, long, ἱ. χρόνον Ar.Pax354 (lyr.); ἱ. χρόνος τινὶ ἐπιλαθέσθαι Lys.3.10; ἱκανόν ἐστί τινι Damox.1.1: with personal constr., ἔφη ἱκανὸς αὐτὸς ἀτυχῶν εἶναι Is.2.7.    2 sufficient, satisfactory, ἱ. μαρτυρίαν παρέχεσθαι Pl.Smp.179b; ἱ. λόγῳ ἀποδεῖξαι Id.Hp.Mi.369c; τὸ ἱ. λαμβάνειν to take security or bail, Act.Ap.17.9, OGI629.100 (Palmyra, ii A.D.); τὸ ἱ. ποιεῖν give security, Plb.32.3.13, D.L.4.50, Just.Nov.86.4 (but simply, satisfy, τῷ ὄχλῳ Ev.Marc.15.15); ἱ. δοῦναι PSI6.554.23 (iii B.C.), POxy.294.23 (i A.D.); ἐφ' ἱκανόν,= ἱκανῶς, Plb.11.25.1, D.S.11.40.    III Adv. -νῶς sufficiently, adequately, Th.6.92, etc.; λαγόνες λαπαραὶ ἱ. X.Cyn.5.30, cf. Arist.Phgn. 807b26; ἱ. εἴρηται περί τινος Id.EN1096a3, al.; later, considerably, amply, Philostr.VA3.6, VS1.8.3, Ant.Lib.7.7; fully, μιᾶς ὥρας ἱ. παρελθούσης Ptol.Alm.4.6.    b excessively, οὔτε γὰρ ἱ. ὑγρόν ἐστι not too moist, Gal.6.765, cf. 767,768; ἱ. βλαβερά Id.Vict.Att.8; παχὺ ἱ. αἷμα ibid.    2 ἱ. ἔχειν to be sufficient, Th.1.91, etc.; ἱ. ἐχέτω let this be enough, Pl.Sph.245e; ἱ. ἔχει πρός τι Id.R.430c, cf. X.Cyr.6.3.22; περί τινος Pl.R.402a; ἱ. ἔχειν τινί to be sufficiently supplied with . ., Id.Grg.493c; ἱ. ἔχειν τοῦ βάθους Id.Tht.194d; ἐπιστήμης Id.Phlb.62a; ἱ. πεφυκέναι πρὸς τἆλλα Id.Chrm.158b: abs., Antipho 2.1.1: Sup. -ωτάτως Hp.de Arte12; -ώτατα Pl.Phlb. 67a.