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Gloss sufficing, becoming, befitting
ἱκᾰν-ός[ῐ],ή,όν,(ἱκνέομαι)
A. sufficing, becoming, befitting; proseAdj., used two or three times by Trag. (v. infr.):
I. of persons,sufficient, competent to doa thing, c.inf., Hdt. 3.45 , Antipho 1.15 , etc.;ἱ. τεκμηριῶσαι sufficientto prove a point, Th. 1.9 ; -ώτατος [εἰπεῖν] καὶ γνῶναι
Lys. 2.42
;τίς σοῦ -ώτερος πεῖσαι; X. Cyr. 1.4.12 ;ἱ. ζημιοῦν with sufficient powerto punish, Id. Lac. 8.4 ; ἱ. βοηθεῖν
Pl. Phdr. 277a
, cf. R. 365a ; ἱ. ὥστε γνῶναι
Id. Lg. 875a
, cf. Phdr. 258b ; ἱ. κατὰ τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν
Plb. 25.3.6
, al.: c. acc. rei,ἀνὴρ γνώμην ἱ. a man ofsufficientprudence, Hdt. 3.4 ;ἱ. τὴν ἰατρικήν sufficiently versed inmedicine, X. Cyr. 1.6.15 : c. dat. rei, ἱ. ἐμπειρίᾳ καὶ ἡλικίᾳ
Pl. R. 467d
; οἱ τοῖς χρήμασιν -ώτατοι
Close Browse lexicon entries : c. dat. pers.,a match for, equivalent to, εἷς ἔχων ἰατρικὴν πολλοῖς ἱ. ἰδιώταις
, cf. Tht. 169a : abs., ἱ. Ἁπόλλων
;αὐληταὶ ἱ. ὡς πρὸς ἰδιώτας very tolerablein comparison with . . , Id. Prt. 327c ; γυνὴ ἱ. μέν, ἄγροικος δέ
;ὁ Ἱ.the Almighty, LXX Ru. 1.21 .
2. in bad sense,capable, ἱ. εἶ λαλῶν κατακόψαι πάντα
II. of things, in amount,sufficient, adequate, τὰ ἀρκοῦνθ' ἱ. τοῖς γε σώφροσιν
; ἱ. τὰ κακὰ καὶ τὰ παρακείμενα
;ἱκανὰ τοῖς πολεμίοις ηὐτύχηταιthey have had successesenough, Th. 7.77 ;ἱ. εἴς, ἐπί, πρός τι, X. Hier. 4.9 , Pl. R. 371e , Prt. 322b ; [ πρόβατα] ἱ. ἐς φορβήν
; of size,large enough, οὐχ ἱκανῆς οὔσης τῆς Ἁττικῆς
;οὐδ' ἦν ἱκανά σοι . . μέλαθρα . . ἐγκαθυβρίζεινnotlarge enoughto riot in, E. Tr. 996 ; χώρα ἱ. τρέφειν τοὺς τότε
, al.; of number or magnitude,considerable, λῦπαι
;μέρος τῶν ὄντωνib. 2.1.6 , etc.; of Time,considerable, long, ἱ. χρόνον
(lyr.); ἱ. χρόνος τινὶ ἐπιλαθέσθαι
: with personal constr., ἔφη ἱκανὸς αὐτὸς ἀτυχῶν εἶναι
2. sufficient, satisfactory, ἱ. μαρτυρίαν παρέχεσθαι
;τὸ ἱ. λαμβάνεινto takesecurityorbail,
Act.Ap. 17.9 , OGI 629.100 (Palmyra,ii A.D.);τὸ ἱ. ποιεῖνgivesecurity, Plb. 32.3.13 , D.L. 4.50 , Just. Nov. 86.4 (but simply,satisfy, τῷ ὄχλῳ
(i A.D.);ἐφ' ἱκανόν,=ἱκανῶς, Plb. 11.25.1 , D.S. 11.40 .
III. Adv. -νῶς sufficiently, adequately, Th. 6.92 , etc.;λαγόνες λαπαραὶ ἱ. X. Cyn. 5.30 , cf. Arist. Phgn. 807b26 ; ἱ. εἴρηται περί τινος
, al.; later,considerably, amply, Philostr. VA 3.6 , VS 1.8.3 , Ant.Lib. 7.7 ;fully, μιᾶς ὥρας ἱ. παρελθούσης
b. excessively,οὔτε γὰρ ἱ. ὑγρόν ἐστιnottoomoist, Gal. 6.765 , cf. 767 , 768 ; ἱ. βλαβερά
2. ἱ. ἔχεινto besufficient, Th. 1.91 , etc.;ἱ. ἐχέτωlet this beenough, Pl. Sph. 245e ; ἱ. ἔχει πρός τι
, cf. X. Cyr. 6.3.22 ; περί τινος
;ἱ. ἔχειν τινίto besufficientlysuppliedwith . ., Id. Grg. 493c ; ἱ. ἔχειν τοῦ βάθους
; ἱ. πεφυκέναι πρὸς τἆλλα
: abs., Antipho 2.1.1 : Sup.
References Hdt. 3.45 Antipho 1.15 Th. 1.9 Lys. 2.42 X. Cyr. 1.4.12 Id. Lac. 8.4 Pl. Phdr. 277a R. 365a Id. Lg. 875a Phdr. 258b Plb. 25.3.6 Hdt. 3.4 X. Cyr. 1.6.15 Pl. R. 467d X. Eq. 2.1 Pl. Prt. 322c Tht. 169a S. OT 377 Isoc. 12.132 Id. 10.38 Pl. Ly. 204a Id. Prt. 327c Luc. DDeor. 20.3 LXX Ru. 1.21 Men. Sam. 69 E. Ph. 554 Ar. Lys. 1047 Th. 7.77 X. Hier. 4.9 Pl. R. 371e Prt. 322b Hdt. 4.121 Th. 1.2 E. Tr. 996 Pl. R. 373d Antipho 2.2.2 2.1.6 Ar. Pax 354 Lys. 3.10 Damox. 1.1 Is. 2.7 Pl. Smp. 179b Id. Hp.Mi. 369c Act.Ap. 17.9 OGI 629.100 Plb. 32.3.13 D.L. 4.50 Just. Nov. 86.4 Ev.Marc. 15.15 PSI 6.554.23 POxy. 294.23 Plb. 11.25.1 D.S. 11.40 Th. 6.92 X. Cyn. 5.30 Arist. Phgn. 807b26 Id. EN 1096a3 Philostr. VA 3.6 VS 1.8.3 Ant.Lib. 7.7 Ptol. Alm. 4.6 Gal. 6.765 767 768 Id. Vict.Att. 8 Th. 1.91 Pl. Sph. 245e Id. R. 430c X. Cyr. 6.3.22 Pl. R. 402a Id. Grg. 493c Id. Tht. 194d Id. Phlb. 62a Id. Chrm. 158b Antipho 2.1.1 Hp. de Arte 12 Pl. Phlb. 67a Liddell–Scott–Jones — CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
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