ἐξικνέομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=poet. aor. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἐξῐκόμην <span class="bibl">Il.9.479</span>, augm. <b class="b3">ἐξίκοντο [ῑ</b>] Sapph. 1.13:—[[reach]], [[arrive at]] a place, Hom. always in aor. and mostly c. acc. loci, ἄλλων ἐξίκετο δῆμον <span class="bibl">Il.24.481</span>, etc.; Φθιην δ' ἐξῐκόμην ἐριβώλακα . . ἐς Πηλῆα ἄνακτα <span class="bibl">9.479</span>; δεῦρο <span class="bibl">Simon. 171</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.76</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>810</span>: abs., Sapph. l.c.: with Preps., ἐ. ἐς βυσσόν <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.28</span>; ἐς ἥβην <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Fr.</span>583.6</span>; ἐπ' ὄρος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>303</span>; πρὸς πεδία <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pr.</span>792</span>; μέχρι γάμου καὶ γενεᾶς Plu.2.149d. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[come to]] as a suppliant, c. acc. pers., <span class="bibl">Od. 13.206</span>, <span class="bibl">20.223</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>11.35</span>; πρός τινα <span class="bibl">Ant.Lib.38.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. rei, [[arrive at]], [[reach]] an object, σοφίας ἄωτον ἄκρον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>7(6).19</span>; ἔργῳ οὐδὲ τἀναγκαῖα ἐ. [[complete]], [[accomplish]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.70</span>; <b class="b3">τεθνηκόσιν γὰρ ἔλεγεν, οἷς οὐδὲ τρὶς λέγοντες ἐξικνούμεθα</b> (by attract. for [[οὕς]]) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1176</span>, cf. Plu.2.347e: c. gen., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>612</span>; ἀλλήλων <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>7.5.17</span>; also πρός τι <span class="bibl">Plb.1.3.10</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> abs., [[reach]] to a distance, of an arrow, ὅσον τόξευμα ἐξικνέεται <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.139</span>; of sight, ἐπὶ πολλὰ στάδια ἐ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span> 1.4.17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.3.19</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>1060</span>; of mental operations, <b class="b3">ὅσον δυνατός εἰμι &lt;ἐπὶ&gt; μακρότατον ἐξικέσθαι ἀκοῇ</b> so far as I can [[get]] by inquiry, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.171</span>; ἐπ' ὅσον μακρότατον ἱστορεῦντα ἦν ἐξικέσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.2.34</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.16</span>, <span class="bibl">192</span>; ἐ. φρονήσει ἐπ' ἀμφότερα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hp.Ma.</span>281d</span>; περαιτέρω τῆς χρείας ἐ. τῇ θεωρίᾳ <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sol.</span>3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[suffice]], of persons, πρὸς τὸν προκείμενον ἄεθλον <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.10</span>; ἐπί τι <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>39</span>; of things, ἂν ἐξικνῆται τὰ ἡμέτερα χρήματα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>311d</span>: [[proverb|prov.]], ἂν μὴ λεοντῆ γ' ἐξίκητ', ἀλωπεκῆν πρόσαψον <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>49D.</span>