ἱκνέομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=lengthened form of [[ἵκω]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), [[ἱκάνω]], wh. are the Homeric forms of the pres. (exc. [[ἱκνεύμεναι]], [[ἱκνεύμεσθα]], Od.9.128, 24.339), first in Alc.98 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]): impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἱκνεῖτο S.''OC''970: fut. ἵξομαι Il.6.502, Parm. 3.2, A.''Supp.''159 (lyr.); Dor. [[ἱξοῦμαι]] ''AP''9.341 (Glauc.): aor. 2 ἱκόμην Il.8.149, etc.; inf. ἴκεσθαι Sapph.''Supp.''1.2 [ῐ, exc. when lengthened by the augm.]; for part. [[ἴκμενος]] v. sub voce: pf. ἷγμαι S.''Tr.''229, part. ἱγμένος Id.''Ph.''494: non-thematic aor. 2 ἷκτο Hes.''Th.''481, [Simon.] 179.4, Euph.2: ([[ἀφικνέομαι]] is used in early Prose, exc. in signf. ''III''; [[ἵκοντο]] is [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in Th.5.40, [[ἵκηται]] is a ''poet.'' reminiscence in Pl.''Phdr.''276d; but [[ἵκετο]] is found in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.216, ἵκηται Hp.''Loc.Hom.'' 47; also in later Prose, Luc.''Salt.''5, ''DDeor.''6.4, Procop.''Pers.''1.4, 2.21):—[[come]], αἶψα δ' ἵκοντο Il.18.532; <b class="b3">ὁπότε Κρήτηθεν ἵκοιτο</b> when he came to us... 3.233; <b class="b3">ὑπότροπον οἴκαδ' ἱ.</b> Od.22.35; ἐς χῶρον Il.4.446; ἐπὶ νῆας 6.69; κατὰ λειμῶνα Od.24.13; πρὸς γούνατα Hes.''Th.'' 460; ὑπὸ πτόλιν Il.11.182; εἰς ὁμόν Parm.8.46; πρὸς ὁμοῖον Emp.62.6; τυῖδ' ἴκεσθαι Sapph. [[l.c.]]: freq. in Hom., c. acc., [[arrive at]], ἵκετο νῆας Il.8.149; τέλος ἵκεο μύθων 9.56; οἶκον.. καὶ σὴν ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν Od.23.258; later ἱκέσθαι γαῖαν Pi.''P.''4.118 codd.; βένθος Emp.35.3; ἄλσος A.''Supp.''556 (lyr.); στέγας [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''534, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[reach]], [[attain]] to, <b class="b3">ποσὶν οὖδας ἱ.</b> Od.8.376; <b class="b3">οὐδ' ἵκετο χρόα καλόν</b>, of a spear, Il.11.352; οὐδ' ὀστέον ἵκετο Od.19.451 (v. [[ὑπερίημι]]); so of things, <b class="b3">ἠχή, καπνὸς αἰθέρ' ἱ.</b>, Il.13.837, 18.207; ἔμπης ἐς γαῖάν τε καὶ οὐρανὸν ἵκετ' ἀϋτμή 14.174; ἐς πόλιν ἵκετ' ἀϋτή Od.14.265; of [[time]], <b class="b3">ἥβης μέτρον</b> or <b class="b3">ἥβην ἱ.</b>, Il.11.225, 24.728, etc.; γήραος οὐδόν Od.15.246; so ἐπὶ [[γῆρας]] 8.227; <b class="b3">ἠῶ ἱ.</b> [[live]] [[till]] [[morn]], 17.497; also <b class="b3">ὀλέθρου πείραθ' ἱ.</b> Il.6.143; λέκτροιο παλαιοῦ θεσμὸν ἵκοντο Od.23.296, cf. 354; <b class="b3">θίλην ἐπὶ γένναν ἵ.</b> Emp. 110.9; ἐς ἄπειρον Xenoph.28; ἐς τὸ τυθῆναι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.216; εἰς τὸ λήθης γῆρας Pl.''Phdr.'' [[l.c.]]:—in various phrases, <b class="b3">ἱ. μετὰ κλέος</b> [[come]] in [[quest]] of [[glory]], Il.11.227; <b class="b3">ἐς χεῖρας ἱ.</b> [[come]] into one's [[power]], 10.448; <b class="b3">ὅ τι χεῖρας ἵκοιτο</b> whatever [[came]] to hand, Od.12.331; <b class="b3">ἱ. ἐς γενεάν τινος</b> into his family, Pi.''N.''10.14; <b class="b3">ἐς λόγους τοὺς σοὺς ἱ.</b> to [[speak]] with thee, S.''El.''315; <b class="b3">ἐνθάδ' ἵξομαι</b> [[shall]] [[come]] to this [[at last]], Id.''Aj.'' 1365; <b class="b3">ἤν ποτε δασμὸς ἵκηται</b> if ever a division [[come about]], Il.1.166.<br><span class="bld">II</span> with a person as object, τινα ib.139, etc.; ἔς τινα Od. 6.176; but also, [[come to]] his [[house]], 20.372; <b class="b3">Πηλεΐωνάδ' ἵ.</b> [[to the hut]] of the son of P., Il.24.338; <b class="b3">μετὰ Τρῶας ἱ.</b> 3.264: rarely c. dat., <b class="b3">ἐπειγομένοισι δ' ἵκοντο</b> came to them at [[need]], 12.374; cf. [[ἱκάνω]] ''ΙΙ''.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of suffering, desire, anger, etc., [[come upon]], Ἀχιλλῆος ποθὴ ἵξεται υἷας Ἀχαιῶν Il.1.240; <b class="b3">τί σε φρένας ἵκετο πένθος</b>; ib.362; ὅν τιν' ἵκηται ἄλη καὶ πῆμα καὶ ἄλγος Od.15.345; ὁππότε μιν κάματός τε καὶ ἱδρὼς γούναθ' ἵκοιτο Il.13.711; <b class="b3">ἅδος, σέβας ἵ. τινα θυμόν</b>, 11.88, 18.178; με ἵ. ἄχος κραδίην 23.47.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[approach as suppliant]], τὴν ἱκόμην φεύγων 14.260, cf. 22.123; τὰ σὰ γοῦνα ἱκόμεθ' Od.9.267; θεοὺς προστροπαῖς ἱκνουμένη A.''Pers.''216 (troch.); Ζῆνα.. ἱξόμεσθα σὺν κλάδοις Id.''Supp.''159 (lyr.); [θεὸν] θυέεσσιν ἱκνεῖσθαι [[approach]] a [[god]] with [[offering]]s and [[prayer]], Theoc.''Ep.''8.3.<br><span class="bld">b</span> Poet. in pres., [[supplicate]], [[beseech]], τάσδε τὰς θεὰς καλῶν ἱκνοῦμαι S.''OC''1011; καί σε πρὸς τοῦ σοῦ τέκνου καὶ θεῶν ἱκνοῦμαι μή.. Id.''Aj.''588, cf. ''OC''275, ''Ph.''470; <b class="b3">ταύτης ἱκνοῦμαί σ</b>' E.''Or.''671: c. inf., πάντες σ' ἱκνοῦνται.. θάψαι νεκρούς Id.''Supp.''130: freq. parenthetic, S.''Ph.''932, ''El.''136 (lyr.), Ar.''Ec.''958, Tim.''Pers.''139.<br><span class="bld">III</span> pres. and impf., [[it becomes]], [[it befits]], [[it pertains to]], c. acc. et inf., φαμὲν ἡμέας [[ἱκνέεσθαι]] [[ἡγεμονεύειν]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.26; <b class="b3">τοὺς μάλιστα ἱκνέεται</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[κεκάρθαι]]) Id.2.36; [[ἱκνέεται]] = [[it is usual]] that... Hp.''Art.''63; later, not impers., οὗ ἡ [[ἱερουργία]] ἱκνεῖτο D.C.''Fr.''25.5; ὅ[σα τᾶς δίκας ἱ]κνεῖται ''SIG''953.46 (Cnidos, ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">αὐτὸς καὶ ὧν ἱκνεῖται</b>, of a man and [[those]] to whom he [[belong]]s, i.e. his [[family]], ib.46.25, al. (Halic.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> freq. in part., [[τὸ ἱκνεύμενον]] = [[that which is fitting]], [[that which is proper]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.84; ὁ [[ἱκνούμενος]], with or without [[χρόνος]], the [[fit]], [[proper]] [[time]], Hp.Aër.7, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.86.ά; ἐν ἱκνουμένᾳ ἁμέρᾳ = on the [[appointed]] [[day]] Orac. ap. D.43.66; τὸ ἱκνούμενον [[ἀνάλωμα]] = the [[quota]] of [[expense]], Th.1.99; κατὰ τοὺς ἱκνουμένους χρόνους Arist.''GA''750b13 (also of the [[latter]] [[day]]s, D.H. 1.66); ἱ. καιροί [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 1.13.3; τὰ ἱκνούμενα μεγέθη Arist.''GA''772a8; ἡ ἱκνουμένη [[ἐπιστήμη]] Id.''Pol.''1288b16; <b class="b3">τῆς ἱκνουμένης ἡλικίας τυχεῖν</b> ib.1332b41; also <b class="b3">ἱκνούμεναι ἀποδείξεις</b> [[convincing]] [[proof]]s, Phld.''Piet.''79; <b class="b3">οὐδὲν εἴρηται ἱκνούμενον</b> S.E.''M.''1.205; [[λόγος]] τινὶ [[ἱκνούμενος]] = [[favourable]], ''SIG''679.77 (Magn. Mae., ii B.C.). Adv. [[ἱκνουμένως]], Ion. [[ἱκνευμένως]], [[fittingly]], [[aright]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 6.65, Hp.''Mul.''2.135, M.Ant.5.12.