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|Definition=fut. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -ίξομαι <span class="bibl">Plb.5.93.5</span>, etc., dub. in <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).4.13 (Tegea, iv B.C.): aor. <b class="b3">-ῑκόμην</b> (v. infr.): pf. part. καθιγμένον Hsch.:— <b class="b2">come down to</b>: in Hom. only metaph., <b class="b2">reach, touch</b>, με μάλιστα καθίκετο πένθος ἄλαστον <span class="bibl">Od.1.342</span>, <b class="b3">μάλα πώς με καθίκεο θυμὸν ἐνιπῇ</b> thou <b class="b2">hast touched</b> me <b class="b2">nearly</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.14.104</span>; later, of any down-stroke, <b class="b3">κάρα . . κέντροισί μου καθίκετο</b> <b class="b2">came down upon</b> my head, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>809</span>; εἰς ὅλμους κ. ὑπέροις <span class="bibl">Paus.5.18.2</span>: abs., ἐπανατεινάμενος τὸ ξίφος καθικνεῖται <span class="bibl">Parth.8.9</span>: generally, <b class="b2">take effect</b>, Phld.<span class="title">Mus.</span>p.85K.; <b class="b2">attack, affect</b>, τῆς ὀπτήσεως καθικνουμένης καὶ ἐξατμιζούσης τὸ τροφῶδες Ath.Med. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.1.9.1</span>: freq. in Prose, c. gen., κ. τῆς πηγῆς <span class="bibl">Paus.7.21.12</span>; <b class="b3">κ. τῆς ψυχῆς</b> <b class="b2">reach</b> or <b class="b2">touch</b> it, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>369e</span>; ἡμῶν ὁ λόγος καθίκετο <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Nigr.</span>35</span>; ἡ ὕβρις οὐ μετρίως μου καθίκετο <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tox.</span>46</span>; κ. τινὸς πικρότατα <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>14.3</span>; <b class="b3">κ. τινὸς σκύτεσι, κονδύλῳ</b>, <b class="b2">strike</b> one with a strap, etc., <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Ant.</span>12</span>,<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Alc.</span>7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">κ. τῆς ἐπιβολῆς</b> <b class="b2">attain</b> one's purpose, <span class="bibl">Plb.2.38.8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.50.10</span>; <b class="b3">ποιεῖν</b> [<b class="b3">πόλιν</b>] <b class="b3">τηλικαύτην ἡλίκην καὶ τειχίζειν ἐπιβαλλόμενοι καθίξονται</b> <b class="b2">they will succeed</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.5.93.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">κατικόμενον, τό</b>, <b class="b2">that which comes to one</b>, one's share of an inheritance, <span class="title">IG</span>9 (1).334.30 (Locr., v. B.C.).</span>