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|mdlsjtxt=ἱ˘κᾰνός, ή, όν [ἵκω, [[ἱκάνω]]<br />[[becoming]], [[befitting]], sufficing:<br /><b class="num">I.</b> of persons, [[sufficient]], [[competent]], c. inf., Hdt.; ἱκ. τεκμηριῶσαι [[sufficient]] to [[prove]] a [[point]], Thuc.; ἱκ. ζημιοῦν with [[sufficient]] [[power]] to [[punish]], Xen.; c. acc. rei, ἀνὴρ γνώμην [[ἱκανός]] a man of [[sufficient]] [[prudence]], Hdt.; ἱκ. τὴν ἰατρικήν [[sufficiently]] versed in [[medicine]], Xen.:—c. dat. pers. a [[match]] for, equivalent to, εἷς πολλοῖς [[ἱκανός]] Plat.:—absol., ἱκανὸς [[Ἀπόλλων]] Soph.; ἱκ. ἂν γένοιο σύ Eur.; ἱκανοὶ ὡς πρὸς ἰδιώτας [[very]] [[tolerable]] in [[comparison]] with [[common]] men, Plat.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> of things, [[sufficient]], [[adequate]], [[enough]], Eur.; ἱκανὰ τοῖς πολεμίοις εὐτύχηται they [[have]] had successes [[enough]], Thuc.:—of [[size]], [[large]] [[enough]], οὐχ ἱκανῆς οὔσης τῆς Ἀττικῆς Thuc.; ἱκανά σοι μέλαθρα ἐγκαθυβρίζειν [[large]] [[enough]] to [[riot]] in, Eur.:—of [[Time]], [[considerable]], [[long]], Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[sufficient]], [[satisfactory]], ἱκανὴ [[μαρτυρία]] Plat.:— τὸ ἱκανὸν λαμβάνειν to [[take]] [[security]], NTest.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> adv. -νῶς, [[sufficiently]], [[adequately]], [[enough]], Thuc., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> ἱκ. ἔχειν to be [[sufficient]], to be far [[enough]] advanced, Thuc., Xen., etc.: —Sup. ἱκανώτατα Plat.