__III mostly in Trag., and always in Prose, to be strong enough, suffice, with infinitive, first in [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.3] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀρκῶ σοι σαφηνίσαι (-σας Linwood) [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 621 codices, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1209 (Lyric poetry): with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]participle, ἀρκέσω θνῄσκουσ᾽ ἐγώ my death will suffice, [[ [prev. author] “Ant.” 547; compare ἀρκοῦμεν ἡμεῖς οἱ προθνῄσκοντές σεθεν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 383] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔνδον ἀρκείτω μένων let him be content to stay within, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 76; ἀρκεῖν γὰρ οἶμαι μίαν ψυχὴν τάδ᾽ ἐκτίνουσαν [prev. author] “OC” 498; οὔτε ἰατροὶ ἤρκουν θεραπεύοντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.47] Refs 5th c.BC+]; elliptically, σοφοὺς ὥσπερ σύ, μηδὲν μᾶλλον· ἀρκέσουσι γάρ [σοφοὶ ὄντες] [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 576; ἀ. εἴς τι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.5; πῶς ἡ πόλις ἀρκέσει ἐπὶ τοιαύτην παρασκευή; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 369d] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταὐτὸν ἀρκεῖ σκῶμμα ἐπὶ πάντας holds equally for all, [[ [prev. author] “Tht.” 174a] Refs]; ὅτ᾽ οὐκέτ᾽ ἀρκεῖ [ἡ μάθησις] when it avails no more, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 711. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 with dative, suffice for, satisfy, οὐδὲ ταῦτά τοι μοῦνα ἤρκεσε[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.115, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 308, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.3 to be a match for, with dative, ψιλὸς ἀρκέσαιμι σοί γ᾽ ὡπλισμένῳ[[ [prev. author] “Aj.” 1123; πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.84. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
