ἱκᾰν-ός [ῐ], ή, όν,
(ἱκνέομαι) sufficing, becoming, befitting; prose adjective, used two or three times by Trag. (see. below):
__I of persons, sufficient, competent to do a thing, with infinitive, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.45, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.15, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. τεκμηριῶσαι sufficient to prove a point, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.9; -ώτατος [εἰπεῖν] καὶ γνῶναι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.42 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίς σοῦ -ώτερος πεῖσα; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. ζημιοῦν with sufficient power to punish, [[ [prev. author] “Lac.” 8.4; ἱ. βοηθεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 277a, compare “R.” 365a; ἱ. ὥστε γνῶναι [prev. author] “Lg.” 875a, compare “Phdr.” 258b; ἱ. κατὰ τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 25.3.6, +others:] Refs 5th c.BC+] with accusative _of things_, ἀνὴρ γνώμην ἱ. a man of sufficient prudence, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. τὴν ἰατρικήν sufficiently versed in medicine, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.15: with _dative_ _of things_, ἱ. ἐμπειρίᾳ καὶ ἡλικίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 467d; οἱ τοῖς χρήμασιν -ώτατοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 2.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative person, a match for, equivalent to, εἷς ἔχων ἰατρικὴν πολλοῖς ἱ. ἰδιώταις [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 322c, compare “Tht.” 169a: _absolutely_, ἱ. Ἁπόλλων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 377; οἱ -ώτατοι τῶν πολιτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.132; κριτὴς -ώτερος [prev. author] 10.38; ἱ. σοφιστής 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 204a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐληταὶ ἱ. ὡς πρὸς ἰδιώτας very tolerable in comparison with.., [[ [prev. author] “Prt.” 327c; γυνὴ ἱ. μέν, ἄγροικος δέ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 20.3 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὁ Ἱ. the Almighty, [[ LXX.Ruth.1.21. ] LXX]