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|Definition=[ῐ], ή, όν, ([[ἱκνέομαι]]) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[sufficing]], [[becoming]], [[befitting]]; prose Adj., used two or three times by Trag. (v. infr.): </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> of persons, [[sufficient]], [[competent]] to [[do]] a thing, c. inf., <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.45</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.15</span>, etc.; ἱκανὸς [[τεκμηριῶσαι]] [[sufficient]] to [[prove]] a [[point]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.9</span>; ἱκανώτατος [[εἰπεῖν]] καὶ [[γνῶναι]] <span class="bibl">Lys.2.42</span>; τίς σοῦ ἱκανώτερος πεῖσαι; <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.12</span>; ἱκανὸς [[ζημιοῦν]] = with [[sufficient]] [[power]] to [[punish]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lac.</span>8.4</span>; ἱκανὸς [[βοηθεῖν]] <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phdr.</span>277a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>365a</span>; ἱκανὸς ὥστε γνῶναι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>875a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phdr.</span>258b</span>; ἱκανὸς κατὰ τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν <span class="bibl">Plb.25.3.6</span>, al.: c. acc. rei, ἀνὴρ γνώμην ἱ. a man of [[sufficient]] [[prudence]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.4</span>; [[ἱκανὸς τὴν ἰατρικήν]] = [[sufficiently]] [[versed in]] [[medicine]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.15</span>: c. dat. rei, ἱκανὸς ἐμπειρίᾳ καὶ ἡλικίᾳ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 467d</span>; οἱ τοῖς χρήμασιν ἱκανώτατοι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>2.1</span>: c. dat. pers., [[a match for]], [[equivalent to]], εἷς ἔχων ἰατρικὴν πολλοῖς ἱ. ἰδιώταις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>322c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tht.</span>169a</span>: abs., ἱ. Ἁπόλλων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>377</span>; οἱ ἱκανώτατοι τῶν πολιτῶν <span class="bibl">Isoc. 12.132</span>; κριτὴς ἱκανώτερος <span class="bibl">Id.10.38</span>; ἱκανὸς σοφιστής <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>204a</span>; αὐληταὶ ἱ. ὡς πρὸς ἰδιώτας = very [[tolerable]] in comparison with... <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prt.</span>327c</span>; γυνὴ ἱ. μέν, [[ἄγροικος]] δέ <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DDeor.</span>20.3</span>; ὁ Ἱκανός = the [[Almighty]], <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ru.</span> 1.21</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in bad sense, [[capable]], ἱ. εἶ λαλῶν κατακόψαι πάντα <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Sam.</span>69</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of things, in amount, [[sufficient]], [[adequate]], τὰ ἀρκοῦνθ' ἱ. τοῖς γε σώφροσιν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>554</span>; ἱ. τὰ κακὰ καὶ τὰ παρακείμενα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>1047</span>; [[ἱκανὰ τοῖς πολεμίοις ηὐτύχηται]] = the enemies have had [[success]] [[enough]], <span class="bibl">Th.7.77</span>; ἱκανὸς [[εἴς]], [[ἐπί]], [[πρός τι]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Hier.</span>4.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 371e</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prt.</span>322b</span>; [πρόβατα] ἱ. ἐς φορβήν <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.121</span>; of size, [[large enough]], οὐχ ἱκανῆς οὔσης τῆς Ἁττικῆς <span class="bibl">Th.1.2</span>; οὐδ' ἦν ἱκανά σοι . . μέλαθρα . . [[ἐγκαθυβρίζειν]] = not [[large]] [[enough]] to [[riot]] in, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>996</span>; χώρα ἱ. τρέφειν τοὺς τότε <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>373d</span>, al.; of number or magnitude, [[considerable]], λῦπαι <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.2.2</span>; [[μέρος τῶν ὄντων]] ib.<span class="bibl">2.1.6</span>, etc.; of Time, [[considerable]], [[long]], ἱ. χρόνον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>354</span> (lyr.); ἱ. χρόνος τινὶ [[ἐπιλαθέσθαι]] <span class="bibl">Lys.3.10</span>; ἱκανόν ἐστί τινι <span class="bibl">Damox.1.1</span>: with personal constr., ἔφη ἱκανὸς αὐτὸς ἀτυχῶν εἶναι <span class="bibl">Is.2.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[sufficient]], [[satisfactory]], ἱ. μαρτυρίαν παρέχεσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>179b</span>; ἱ. λόγῳ ἀποδεῖξαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hp.Mi.</span>369c</span>; τὸ ἱκανὸν [[λαμβάνειν]] to [[take]] [[security]] or [[bail]], Act.Ap.17.9, <span class="title">OGI</span>629.100 (Palmyra, ii A.D.); τὸ ἱκανὸν [[ποιεῖν]] = give [[security]], <span class="bibl">Plb.32.3.13</span>, <span class="bibl">D.L.4.50</span>, <span class="bibl">Just.<span class="title">Nov.</span>86.4</span> (but simply, [[satisfy]], τῷ ὄχλῳ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span>15.15</span>); ἱ. δοῦναι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>6.554.23</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>294.23</span> (i A.D.); [[ἐφ' ἱκανόν]] = [[ἱκανῶς]], <span class="bibl">Plb.11.25.1</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.11.40</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[ἱκανῶς]] = [[sufficiently]], [[adequately]], <span class="bibl">Th.6.92</span>, etc.; λαγόνες λαπαραὶ ἱ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>5.30</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Phgn.</span> 807b26</span>; ἱ. εἴρηται περί τινος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1096a3</span>, al.; later, [[considerably]], [[amply]], <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>3.6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">VS</span>1.8.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Ant.Lib.7.7</span>; [[fully]], μιᾶς ὥρας ἱ. παρελθούσης Ptol.<span class="title">Alm.</span>4.6. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[excessively]], οὔτε γὰρ ἱ. ὑγρόν ἐστι = not [[too]] [[moist]], Gal.6.765, cf. 767,768; ἱ. βλαβερά <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Vict.Att.</span>8</span>; [[παχὺ ἱ. αἷμα]] ibid. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> ἱκανῶς [[ἔχειν]] to [[be sufficient]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.91</span>, etc.; ἱκανῶς ἐχέτω = let this be [[enough]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>245e</span>; ἱ. ἔχει πρός τι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>430c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.3.22</span>; περί τινος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>402a</span>; ἱ. ἔχειν τινί = to be [[sufficiently]] supplied with . ., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span>493c</span>; ἱ. ἔχειν τοῦ βάθους <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>194d</span>; ἐπιστήμης <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>62a</span>; ἱ. πεφυκέναι πρὸς τἆλλα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Chrm.</span>158b</span>: abs., <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.1.1</span>: Sup. [[ἱκανωτάτως]] <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">de Arte</span>12</span>; [[ἱκανώτατα]] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span> 67a</span>.</span>

|lstext='''ἱκανός''': ῐ, ή, όν, (ἵκω, [[ἱκάνω]]), ἐπίθ. τοῦ πεζοῦ λόγου ἐν χρήσει δὶς ἢ τρὶς καὶ παρὰ Τραγ., ἴδε κατωτ.· Ι. ἐπὶ προσώπων, ὡς καὶ νῦν, [[ἀρκούντως]] [[ἰσχυρός]], [[ἱκανός]], μετ᾿ ἀπαρεμφ., [[εἴπερ]] αὐτοὶ ἱκανοὶ ἦσαν Πολυκράτεα παραστήσασθαι Ἡρόδ. 3. 45, Ἀντιφῶν 113. 8, κτλ.· ἱκ. τεκμηριῶσαι, ἱκανὸς νὰ ἀποδείξῃ τι, Θουκ. 1. 9· ἱκ. πεῖσαι Ξεν. Κύρ. 1. 4, 12· ἱκ. ζημιοῦν, ἔχων ἐπαρκῆ ἰσχὺν [[ὅπως]] τιμωρήσῃ, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Λακ. 8, 4· ἱκ. βοηθεῖν, ἐρωτᾶν, κτλ., Πλάτ. Φαῖδρ. 276Ε, κτλ.· [[ὡσαύτως]], ἱκ. [[ὥστε]] γνῶναι ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Νόμ. 875Α, πρβλ. Φαῖδρ. 258Β: ― ἱκ. εἴς τι Ἡρόδ. 4. 121· κατά τι Πολύβ. 26. 5, 6, κ. ἀλλ.· μετ᾿ αἰτ. πράγμ., ἀνὴρ γνώμην [[ἱκανός]], [[ἄνθρωπος]] μεθ᾿ ἱκανῆς φρονήσεως, Ἡρόδ. 3. 4· ἱκ. τὴν ἰατρικὴν Ξεν. Κύρ. 1. 6. 15· καὶ [[μετὰ]] δοτ. πράγμ., ἱκ. ἐμπειρίᾳ καὶ ἡλικίᾳ Πλάτ. Πολ. 467D· οἱ τοῖς χρήμασιν ἱκανώτατοι Ξεν. Ἱππ. 2, 1· ― [[μετὰ]] δοτ., [[ἰσόπαλος]] πρὸς.., [[ἰσοδύναμος]], εἷς πολλοῖς ἱκανὸς ἰδιώταις Πλάτ. Πρωτ. 322C, πρβλ. Θεαίτ 169Α: ― ἀπολ., ἱκανὸς [[Ἀπόλλων]] Σοφ. Ο. Τ. 377· ἱκ. ἂν γένοιο σὺ Εὐρ. Ἡρ. Μαιν. 495· οἱ ἱκανώτατοι τῶν πολιτῶν Ἰσοκρ. 260Α, πρβλ. 215D· εὐφυεῖς καὶ ἱκ. Πλάτ. Πολ. 365Α ἱκανὸς σοφιστὴς ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Λυσ. 204Α· αὐληταὶ ἱκανοὶ πρὸς ἰδιώτας, [[ἀρκούντως]] ἱκανοὶ ἐν συγκρίσει πρὸς ἰδιώτας, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Πρωτ. 327C· γυνὴ ἱκανὴ μεν, [[ἄγροικος]] δὲ Λουκ. Θεῶν Διάλ. 20. 3. ΙΙ. ἐπὶ πραγμάτων πρὸς ἔκφρασιν τοῦ ποσοῦ, ὡς καὶ νῦν, [[ἱκανός]], [[ἐπαρκής]], «[[ἀρκετός]]», τὰ ἀρκοῦνθ᾿ ἱκανὰ τοῖς σώφροσιν, τὰ ἀρκοῦντα [[εἶναι]] ἀρκετὰ εἰς τοὺς φρονίμους, Εὐρ. Φοίν. 554, πρβλ. Τρῳ. 996· ἱκ. κακὰ Ἀριστοφ. Λυσ. 1047· ἱκανὰ τοῖς πολεμίοις εὐτύχηται, ἀρκούσας ἐπιτυχίας [[ἔσχον]], Θουκ. 7. 77· ἱκ. [[τεκμήριον]] Πλάτ., κτλ.· ἱκ. εἴς, ἐπί, [[πρός]] τι Ξεν. Ἱέρ. 4, 9, Πλάτ. Πολ. 371Ε, Πρωτ. 322Β. ― ἐπὶ μεγέθους, [[ἀρκούντως]] [[μέγας]], οὐχ ἱκανῆς οὔσης τῆς Ἀττικῆς Θουκ. 1. 2· οὐδ᾿ ἦν ἱκανά σοι... μέλαθρα... ἐγκαθυβρίζειν Εὐρ. Τρῳ. 997, πρβλ. Πλάτ. Πολ. 373D, κ. ἀλλ.· λῦπαι Ἀντιφῶν 116. 29· [[μέρος]] τῶν ὄντων [[αὐτόθι]] 115. 25, κτλ.· ― ἐπὶ χρόνου, ὡς καὶ νῦν, [[ἱκανός]], «[[ἀρκετός]]», ἱκ. χρόνον Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 354· ἱκ. [[χρόνος]] τινὶ Λυσ. 97. 20. 2) [[ἐπαρκής]], ἱκανὴν μαρτυρίαν παρέχεσθαι Πλάτ. Συμπ. 179Β· ἱκανῷ λόγῳ ἀποδεῖξαι ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἱππ. Ἐλάττ. 369C· ― τὸ ἱκανὸν λαμβάνειν, λαμβάνειν ἐγγύησιν ([[εἴτε]] χρηματικὴν [[εἴτε]] [[ἄλλην]]), Λατ. satis accipere, καὶ λαβόντες τὸ ἱκανὸν παρὰ τοῦ Ἰάσονος... ἀπέλυσαν αὐτοὺς Πράξ. Ἀποστ. ιζ΄, 9· τὸ ἱκ. ποιῶ τινι, ἱκανοποιῶ ἀπαίτησίν τινος, «πρὸς τὸν ἀδολέσχην λιπαροῦντα συλλαβέσθαι αὐτῷ, τὸ ἱκανόν σοι ποιήσω, φησίν, ἐὰν παρακλήτους πέμψῃς, καὶ αὐτὸς μὴ ἔλθῃς» Διογ. Λ. 4. 50: ― ἐφ᾿ ἱκανόν, = ἱκανῶς, Πολύβ. 11. 25, 1. ΙΙΙ. Ἐπίρρ. -νῶς, [[ἀρκούντως]], ἀρκετά, [[προσηκόντως]], Θουκ. 6. 92, κτλ.· λαγόνες λαπαραὶ ἱκανῶς Ξεν. Κυν. 5. 30. 2) ἀγγέλοντες ἱκανῶς ἔχειν τὶ [[τεῖχος]], ὅτι προεχώρησεν ἡ οἰκοδομὴ [[αὐτοῦ]] [[ἀρκούντως]], ὅτι ἔλαβεν ἐπαρκὲς [[ὕψος]], Θουκ. 1. 91, Ξεν., κλ.· ἱκ. ἐχέτω, ἂς [[εἶναι]] τοῦτο ἀρκετόν, Πλάτ. Σοφιστ. 245Ε· ἱκ. ἔχει [[πρός]] τι ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Πολ. 430C, πρβλ. Ξεν. Κύρ. 6. 3, 22· [[περί]] τι Πλάτ. Πολ. 402Α· ἱκ. ἔχειν τινὶ ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Γοργ. 493C· ἱκ. ἔχειν τοῦ βάθους ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Θεαίτ. 194D, πρβλ. Φίληβ. 62Α: ― οὕτω καί, ἱκ. πεφυκέναι [[πρός]] τι ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Χαρμ. 158Β, πρβλ. Ἀντιφῶντα 115. 2· ― Ὑπερθ. ἱκανωτάτως Ἱππ. 7. 37· ἱκανώτατα Πλάτ. ἐν Φιλήβ. 67Α.