ἱκανός: Difference between revisions

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