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ἐφικνέομαι

ἐφικνέομαι, to reach at, aim at

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ἐφικνούμεθα present middle indicative 1st plural, imperfect middle indicative 1st plural of ἐφικνέομαι

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ἐφικνέομαι, Ion. ἐπ-, fut. ἐφίξυμαι Xenoph. 6.3: aor. 2 ἐφῑκόμην, Ep. -ῐκόμην Il. 13.613: pf. ἐφῖγμαι D. 25.101:
    • I reach at, aim at, c. gen., of two combatants, ἅμα δʼ ἀλλήλων ἐφίκοντο Il. 13.613; simply, reach or hit with a stick, εὖ μάλα μου ἐφικέσθαι πειράσεται Pl. Hp.Ma. 292a; ὅσων ἂν ἐφικέσθαι δυνηθῶσιν Isoc. 12.227; ἐφῖκται πάντων ἡ τούτου κακοπραγμοσύνη D. 25.101, cf. Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.267c, etc.; σφενδόνῃ οὐκ ἂν ἐφικοίμην αὐτόσε Antiph. 55.20; τὰ βέλη ἐ. ἄχρι πρὸς τὸν σκοπόν Luc. Nigr. 36.
      • 2 reach, extend, ὅσον ὁ ἥλιος ἐ. Thphr. HP 1. 7.1, etc.; ἐφʼ ὅσον ἀνθρώπων μνήμη ἐ. X. Cyr. 5.5.8; ἐ. ἐπὶ τοσαύτην γῆν τῷ ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ φόβῳ to reach by the terror of his name over . ., ib. 1.1.5; ἐ. ἐς τὸ λεπτότατον to reach to the smallest matter, Luc. JConf. 19; ὅπου μὴ ἐ. ἡ λεοντῆ, προσραπτέον . . τὴν ἀλωπεκῆν Plu. Apophth.reg. 2.190e; c. part., ἐ. φθεγγόμενον Id. TG 18; ἐ. βλέποντα μέχρι τινός D.Chr. 62.1.
      • 3 metaph., hit, touch the right points, ἐ. ἐξαριθμούμενος Plb. 1.57.3; τὰ ἄλλα λέγων ἐπίκεο ἀληθέστατα Hdt. 7.9.
      • 4 reach, attain to, τῆς ἀρετῆς Isoc. 1.5; ἀνδραγαθίας Aeschin. 3.189; τοῦ τριηραρχεῖν D. 20.28, cf. 122; τῷ λόγῳ τῶν ἐκεῖ κακῶν Id. 19.65: c. inf., ἐ. τῷ λόγῳ διελθεῖν to be able to . ., Plu. Alex. fort. 2.338c, cf. Plb. 1.4.11, Inscr.Prien. 105.47 (i B. C.): abs., succeed in oneʼs projects, App. Mith. 102; of a poison, reach a vital part, take effect, ib. 111.
    • II c. acc., to come upon, like ἐφικάνω, εἴ σε μοῖρʼ ἐφίκοιτο Pi. I. 5(4).15: c. dupl. acc., ἐπικέσθαι μάστιγι πληγὰς τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον to visit it with blows, Hdt. 7.35.
    • III c. acc., befit, be suitable to (cf. ἱκνέομαι III), Hp. Fract. 17.

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