ἐφικτός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[easy to reach]], [[accessible]], [[attainable]], v.l. for [[ἀνυστόν]] in <span class="bibl">Parm.4.7</span>; οὐκ . . ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἐφικτόν <span class="bibl">Emp.133.1</span>; οὔτε τέχνη οὔτε σοφίη ἐφικτόν, ἢν μὴ μάθῃ τις <span class="bibl">Democr.59</span>; ἐλπίδες ἐφικταί <span class="bibl">Id.58</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.12.25i</span>.<span class="bibl">9</span>, Phld.<span class="title">Herc.</span>1457.11; τὸ μέσον ἐπίπαν ἐ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>666a15</span>; ἐφικτὸς εἰκότι λόγῳ <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Thes.</span>1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἐφικτόν ἐστι</b> it is [[possible]], c. inf., <span class="bibl">Plb.9.24.5</span>; <b class="b3">καθόσον ἐφικτόν</b> to the best of one's [[power]], <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Mu.</span>391b3</span>; ὡς οὐκ ἦν ἐφικτὰ αὐτοῖς <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>5.7</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ἐν ἐφικτῷ τόποι</b> [[within reach]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Lap.</span>25</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ign.</span>70</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ἐφικτῷ τῆς ἐλπίδος, τοῦ φιλῆσαι</b>, Plu.2.494e, 496c; <b class="b3">εἰς ἐφικτὸν προελθοῦσα</b> coming [[within reach]], <span class="bibl">D.H.2.38</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Act., [[attacking]], Ποιναί <span class="title">Trag.Adesp.</span>256.</span>