attain

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

reach: P. and V. ἀφικνεῖσθαι (εἰς, acc., or V. acc. alone), εἰσαφικνεῖσθαι (εἰς, acc., or V. acc. alone), Ar. and V. ἱκνεῖσθαι (εἰς, acc., or acc. alone), V. ἐξικνεῖσθαι (εἰς, acc., or acc. alone); see reach.

have attained, have reached: P. and V. ἥκειν (εἰς, acc., or V. acc. alone); see reach.

attain an object: P. and V. ἐξικνεῖσθαι (gen. or acc.), τυγχάνειν (gen.), ἐφάπτεσθαι (gen.), P. ἐφικνεῖσθαι (gen.); see also acquire, accomplish, gain.

those in Sicily attained to the greatest power: P. οἱ ἐν Σικελίᾳ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἐχώρησαν δυνάμεως (Thuc.).