ἐφικνέομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[ἐπ]]-, fut. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἐφίξυμαι <span class="bibl">Xenoph.6.3</span>: aor. 2 [[ἐφῑκόμην]], Ep. -ῐκόμην <span class="bibl">Il.13.613</span>: pf. ἐφῖγμαι <span class="bibl">D.25.101</span>: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> [[reach at]], [[aim at]], c. gen., of two combatants, ἅμα δ' ἀλλήλων ἐφίκοντο <span class="bibl">Il.13.613</span>; simply, [[reach]] or [[hit]] with a stick, εὐ μάλα μου ἐφικέσθαι πειράσεται <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hp.Ma.</span>292a</span>; ὅσων ἂν ἐφικέσθαι δυνηθῶσιν <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.227</span>; ἐφῖκται πάντων ἡ τούτου κακοπραγμοσύνη <span class="bibl">D.25.101</span>, cf. Plu.2.267c, etc.; σφενδόνῃ οὐκ ἂν ἐφικοίμην αὐτόσε <span class="bibl">Antiph.55.20</span>; τὰ βέλη ἐ. ἄχρι πρὸς τὸν σκοπόν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nigr.</span>36</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[reach]], [[extend]], ὅσον ὁ ἥλιος ἐ. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1</span>. <span class="bibl">7.1</span>, etc.; ἐφ' ὅσον ἀνθρώπων μνήμη ἐ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.5.8</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. ἐπὶ τοσαύτην γῆν τῷ ἀφ' ἑαυτοῦ φόβῳ</b> [[to reach]] by the terror of his name over... ib.<span class="bibl">1.1.5</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. ἐς τὸ λεπτότατον</b> [[to reach]] to the smallest matter, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">JConf.</span>19</span>; ὅπου μὴ ἐ. ἡ λεοντῆ, προσραπτέον . . τὴν ἀλωπεκῆν Plu.2.190e; c. part., ἐ. φθεγγόμενον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">TG</span>18</span>; ἐ. βλέποντα μέχρι τινός <span class="bibl">D.Chr.62.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[hit]], [[touch the right points]], ἐ. ἐξαριθμούμενος <span class="bibl">Plb.1.57.3</span>; τὰ ἄλλα λέγων ἐπίκεο ἀληθέστατα <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[reach]], [[attain to]], τῆς ἀρετῆς <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.5</span>; ἀνδραγαθίας <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.189</span>; τοῦ τριηραρχεῖν <span class="bibl">D.20.28</span>, cf. 122; τῷ λόγῳ τῶν ἐκεῖ κακῶν <span class="bibl">Id.19.65</span>: c. inf., <b class="b3">ἐ. τῷ λόγῳ διελθεῖν</b> to [[be able to]]... Plu.2.338c, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.1.4.11</span>, <span class="title">Inscr.Prien.</span>105.47 (i B. C.): abs., [[succeed in one's projects]], <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">Mith.</span>102</span>; of a poison, [[reach]] a vital part, [[take effect]], ib.''111''. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> c. acc., [[to come upon]], like [[ἐφικάνω]], εἴ σε μοῖρ' ἐφίκοιτο <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>5(4).15</span>: c. dupl. acc., <b class="b3">ἐπικέσθαι μάστιγι πληγὰς τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον</b> [[to visit]] it [[with]] blows, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.35</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> c. acc., [[befit]], [[be suitable to]] (cf. ἱκνέομαι ''111''), <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span>17</span>.</span>