ἱκάνω

ἱκάνω [ῐκᾱ], impf. ἵκᾱνον [ῑ by the augm.], used only in these tenses, the fut., aor., and pf. being supplied by ἱκνέομαι:—lengthd. form of ἵκω, found in Ep. and Lyr., sts. in Trag.,

• come, ἐς Χρύσην, ἐς Σκαιὰς . . πύλας, Il. 1.431, 9.354; ἐπὶ νῆας 2.17; ἐνθάδε Od. 15.492; so οἴκαδε A. Ag. 1337 (anap.); οἷ ἱκάνομεν S. El. 8; πρὸς ἐσχατιάν Pi. O. 3.43, cf. B. 10.96: in Hom. mostly c. acc., to come to, ἱκάνω νῆας Ἁχαιῶν Il. 24.501; ἱκανέμεν ἡμέτερον δῶ Od. 4.139; later ἱ. δόμους A. Pers. 159 (troch.): abs., ἦ φίλοι ἄνδρες ἱκάνετον Il. 9.197; εὖ ἱκάνεις S. El. 1102.
• • • 2 reach, attain to, [ἐλάτη] διʼ ἠέρος αἰθέρʼ ἵκανεν Il. 14.288; φωνὴ δέ οἱ αἰθέρʼ ἵκανεν 15.686; [ἄνεμος] αἰπὺν ἱ. οὐρανόν Sol. 13.21; ἥβης μέτρον ἱ. Od. 18.217, 19.532.
  • II c. acc. pers., esp. of grief, hardship, etc.; με πένθος ἱκάνει Od. 6.169; μέγα πένθος Ἁχαιΐδα γαῖαν ἱκάνει Il. 1.254; τάφος δέ οἱ ἦτορ ἵ. Od. 23.93; ἄλγος, γῆρας, δύη, κάματος, κῆδος, ὀϊζύς, μόρος, ἱκάνει τινά, 2.41, Il. 4.321 (v.l.), Od. 18.81, 5.457, Il. 15.245, Od. 5.289, Il. 18.465; ὅτε μιν γλυκὺς ὕπνος ἱκάνοι 1.610; με παλαίφατα θέσφαθʼ ἱκάνει they are fulfilled upon me, Od. 9.507: c. dupl. acc., μιν ἄχος κραδίην καὶ θυμὸν ἱ. Il. 2.171: rarely c. dat., σφῶϊν ἐελδομένοισιν ἱκάνω Od. 21.209.
  • • 2 of a suppliant, σόν τε πόσιν σά τε γούναθʼ ἱκάνω 7.147, al.
  • III Med., in signf. I.1, οἶκον ἱκάνεται 23.7; in signf. II.1, χρειὼ γὰρ ἱκάνεται Il. 10.118; in signf. II.2, τὰ σὰ γούναθʼ ἱκάνομαι 18.457, Od. 3.92, 4.322. (Fr. ἱκ-ᾰνϝ-ω, ἱκ-ṇϝ-ω (cf. ἱκνέομαι); Aeol. ἴ̄κᾰνε dub. in Alc. Supp. 34, [ἴ̆κᾱ]νε prob. in Sapph. Oxy. 2076.16; ἵκᾰνον f.l. in Od. 15.101.)

ἱκάνω, ep. = ἵκω, ankommen, hingelangen ; absol., Il. 9.197 ; c. acc. des Ortes, νῆας Ἀχαιῶν, zu den Schiffen, 24.501 ; σόν τε πόσιν, σά τε γούναθʼ ἱκ. Od. 7.147, öfter, wie auch Aesch. δόμους Pers. 155 ; οἴκαδε Ag. 1310 ; ἐνθάδε Od. 15.492 ; auch oft von Sachen, bes. Zuständen, Stimmungen, die Einen treffen, anwandeln, μέγα πένθος Ἀχαιΐδα γαῖαν ἱκάνει Il. 1.254, ἐπεί μιν ἄχος κραδίην καὶ θυμὸν ἵκανεν 2.171, ὅτε μιν γλυκὺς ὕπνος ἱκάνοι 1.610. – Mit praeposit., ἐς Χρύσην Il. 1.431, ἐπὶ νῆας 2.17 ; πρὸς ἐσχατιάν Pind. Ol. 3.45. – Von Tragg. außer Aesch. a.a.O. nur Soph. El. 8 οἷ ἱκάνομεν. – Eben so braucht Hom. auch das med., Il. 10.118, 18.457, Od. 3.92, 4.322, 23.7 u. öfter. – Vgl. ἱκνέομαι u. ἵκω.

ἱκάνω

[ἱκ- as in ἱκνέομαι, ἵκω.]

(ἀφ-, εἰσαφ-.)

• • 1

    To present oneself to: ἦ ἄλλον πέμπωμεν ἱκανέμεν Od. 4.29.

  • 2

    To approach as a suppliant: ἱκάνω σε Od. 5.445. Cf. Od. 5.449, Od. 7.147, Od. 13.231.

    In mid. Il. 18.457: = Od. 3.92 = Od. 4.322.

  • 3

    To extend to, reach: σκόπελος οὐρανὸν ἱκάνει Od. 12.73. Cf. Il. 13.547, Il. 14.288, Il. 19.406.

    Sim.: σέλας αἰθέρʼ ἵκανεν Il. 18.214, Il. 19.379. Cf. Il. 15.686: κλέος σευ οὐρανὸν ἱκάνει Od. 19.108. Cf. Od. 8.74.

  • 4
  • • a

      To be in the condition of having come to, arrived at, reached, to find oneself at, be at, a specified place (in impf. in sense arrived at, reached, found himself at): ἵκανον ὅθι . . . Il. 3.145, Il. 4.210, Il. 5.780, Il. 10.526, Il. 18.520: Od. 15.101. Cf. Il. 13.449: Od. 6.206, Od. 7.24, Od. 11.160, Od. 13.278, Od. 15.492, Od. 16.31, Od. 24.328.

      Absol., to have come, present oneself: φίλοι ἄνδρες ἱκάνετον Il. 9.197. Cf. Od. 21.209.

      With advbl. acc. defining the action of the vb.: πῇ μεμαυῖα τόδʼ ἱκάνεις; (hast come thus) Il. 14.298. Cf. Il. 14.309, Il. 24.172: Od. 1.409, Od. 10.75, Od. 19.407.

    • b

      With preps.

    • • α

        ἐπί: ἐπὶ νῆας Il. 2.17 = 168.

      • β

        ἐς: ἐς Χρύσην ἵκανεν Il. 1.431 (here prob. in proper impf. sense, was approaching), ὅσον ἐς σκαιὰς πύλας ἵκανεν Il. 9.354 (in iterative sense, used to come so far). Cf. Il. 19.3: τέων βροτῶν ἐς γαῖαν ἱκάνω; Od. 6.119 = Od. 13.200. Cf. Od. 8.362, Od. 11.13, Od. 13.328, Od. 19.435.

      • γ

        ποτί: Διὸς ποτὶ δῶ Il. 21.505.

    • c

      With acc. of the place reached: ἵκανε θεῶν ἕδος Il. 5.868. Cf. Il. 6.237, 242, 297, 370 = 497, 392, Il. 8.47, Il. 13.240, Il. 15.151, Il. 18.369, 385 = 424, Il. 21.505, Il. 22.147, Il. 23.138, 214, Il. 24.346, 501: ἐπεὶ ἡμετέρην πόλιν ἱκάνεις Od. 6.191. Cf. Od. 4.139, Od. 7.3, Od. 8.362, Od. 15.216, Od. 17.28, 255, Od. 19.432, Od. 22.231, Od. 24.281.

      In mid.: οἶκον ἱκάνεται Od. 23.7, 27, 36, 108.

      Of a person using a weapon: οὐδὲ χρόʼ ἵκανεν Il. 23.819.

      Of coming up to a person: Πηλεΐωνα Il. 22.214.

      Of coming to or reaching a person in the course of making a round Il. 7.186.

      Sim. of an inanimate object: ὅτε χεῖρας ἵκανεν Ὀδυσσῆος τόξον Od. 24.172.

      Of attaining a period of life: ἥβης μέτρον Od. 18.217, Od. 19.532.

  • 5

    Of feelings or mental or bodily states, to have come upon or seized, affect (in impf. in sense had come upon): ἄχος μιν κραδίην ἵκανεν Il. 2.171, ἐμὲ κῆδος ἱκάνει Il. 16.516. Cf. Il. 1.254 = Il. 7.124, Il. 3.97, Il. 8.147 = Il. 15.208 = Il. 16.52, Il. 11.117, Il. 13.464, Il. 15.245, Il. 19.307: γῆρας ἱκάνει Od. 11.196, τάφος οἱ ἦτορ ἵκανεν Od. 23.93. Cf. Od. 2.41, Od. 5.289, 457, Od. 6.169, Od. 18.81, 274.

    Sim. of need: χρειὼ ἵκανεν Od. 6.136.

    So in mid.: χρειὼ ἱκάνεται Il. 10.118, Il. 11.610.

    Of sleep Il. 1.610, Il. 10.96: Od. 9.333, Od. 19.49.

    Of fate Il. 18.465: Od. 9.507 = Od. 13.172.

ἱ˘κᾱνω

• 1go, come πρὸς ἐσχατιὰν Θήρων ἀρεταῖσιν ἱκάνων O. 3.43 “Αἴσονος γὰρ παῖς ἐπιχώριος οὐ ξείναν ἱκάνω γαῖαν ἄλλων” (Madvig: ἱκόμαν codd. contra metr.: ἱκοίμαν Hermann) P. 4.118

ἱκάνω (ἵκω), mid. ἱκάνομαι: come to, arrive at, reach, w. acc. of person or thing attained to, less often with prep., Il. 1.431; freq. of supplication, γούναθʼ ἱκάνω, Od. 5.449; met., ‘come upon,’ ‘come home to,’ ὕπνος, θέσφατα, Il. 10.96, Od. 9.507, etc. Often with perf. signif., ‘am come to,’ Il. 9.197, Od. 6.119.

ἱκάνω lengthd. form of ἵκω tense other than present and imperfect are supplied by ἱκνέομαι

• • Ito come, arrive, Hom., Aesch.: c. acc. to come to, reach, ἱκάνω νῆας Ἀχαιῶν Il., etc.; of a tall tree, διʼ ἠέρος αἰθέρʼ ἵκανεν Il.; ἥβης μέτρον ἱκ. reached, attained to the age of youth, Od.
  • IIwith a person for the object, often of grief, hardship, and the like, ἄχος κραδίην καὶ θυμὸν ἱκάνει Il.; so, ἄλγος, γῆρας, κάματος, χόλος ἱκάνει τινά Hom.; παλαίφατα θέσφατʼ ἱκάνει με they are fulfilled upon me, Od.
  • • 2of a suppliant, σὰ γούνατʼ ἱκάνω Il.; cf. ἱκνέομαι ΙΙΙ.
  • IIIalso in Mid., χρειὼ γὰρ ἱκάνεται Il.; τὰ σὰ γούναθʼ ἱκάνομαι Hom.