ἐξικνέομαι

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ὑπὸ δὲ οἴστρου ἀεὶ ἑλκομένη ψυχή → a soul always dragged along by the fury of passion

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Transliteration A: exiknéomai Transliteration B: exikneomai Transliteration C: eksikneomai Beta Code: e)cikne/omai

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poet. aor.

   A ἐξῐκόμην Il.9.479, augm. ἐξίκοντο [ῑ] Sapph. 1.13:—reach, arrive at a place, Hom. always in aor. and mostly c. acc. loci, ἄλλων ἐξίκετο δῆμον Il.24.481, etc.; Φθιην δ' ἐξῐκόμην ἐριβώλακα . . ἐς Πηλῆα ἄνακτα 9.479; δεῦρο Simon. 171, cf. Pi.P.3.76, A.Pr.810: abs., Sapph. l.c.: with Preps., ἐ. ἐς βυσσόν Hdt.2.28; ἐς ἥβην S. Fr.583.6; ἐπ' ὄρος A.Ag.303; πρὸς πεδία Id.Pr.792; μέχρι γάμου καὶ γενεᾶς Plu.2.149d.    II come to as a suppliant, c. acc. pers., Od. 13.206, 20.223, Pi.P.11.35; πρός τινα Ant.Lib.38.2.    2 c. acc. rei, arrive at, reach an object, σοφίας ἄωτον ἄκρον Pi.I.7(6).19; ἔργῳ οὐδὲ τἀναγκαῖα ἐ. complete, accomplish, Th.1.70; τεθνηκόσιν γὰρ ἔλεγεν, οἷς οὐδὲ τρὶς λέγοντες ἐξικνούμεθα (by attract. for οὕς) Ar.Ra.1176, cf. Plu.2.347e: c. gen., E.El.612; ἀλλήλων X.HG7.5.17; also πρός τι Plb.1.3.10, etc.    3 abs., reach to a distance, of an arrow, ὅσον τόξευμα ἐξικνέεται Hdt.4.139; of sight, ἐπὶ πολλὰ στάδια ἐ. X.Mem. 1.4.17, cf. 2.3.19, E.Ba.1060; of mental operations, ὅσον δυνατός εἰμι <ἐπὶ> μακρότατον ἐξικέσθαι ἀκοῇ so far as I can get by inquiry, Hdt. 1.171; ἐπ' ὅσον μακρότατον ἱστορεῦντα ἦν ἐξικέσθαι Id.2.34, cf. 4.16, 192; ἐ. φρονήσει ἐπ' ἀμφότερα Pl.Hp.Ma.281d; περαιτέρω τῆς χρείας ἐ. τῇ θεωρίᾳ Plu.Sol.3.    b suffice, of persons, πρὸς τὸν προκείμενον ἄεθλον Hdt.4.10; ἐπί τι Plu.Pomp.39; of things, ἂν ἐξικνῆται τὰ ἡμέτερα χρήματα Pl.Prt.311d: prov., ἂν μὴ λεοντῆ γ' ἐξίκητ', ἀλωπεκῆν πρόσαψον Com.Adesp.49D.