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ἐξικνέομαι

exikneomai

reach, arrive at

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐξικνέομαι, poet. aor. ἐξῐκόμην Il. 9.479, augm. ἐξίκοντο [ῑ] Sapph. 1.13:—Α. reach, arrive at a place, Hom. always in aor. and mostly c. acc. loci, ἄλλων ἐξίκετο δῆμον Il. 24.481, etc.; Φθιην δʼ ἐξῐκόμην ἐριβώλακα . . ἐς Πηλῆα ἄνακτα 9.479; δεῦρο Simon. 171, cf. Pi. P. 3.76, A. Pr. 810: abs., Sapph. l.c.: with Preps., ἐ. ἐς βυσσόν Hdt. 2.28; ἐς ἥβην S. Fr. 583.6; ἐπʼ ὄρος A. Ag. 303; πρὸς πεδία Id. Pr. 792; μέχρι γάμου καὶ γενεᾶς Plu. 2.149d. II. come to as a suppliant, c. acc. pers., Od. 13.206, 20.223, Pi. P. 11.35; πρός τινα Ant.Lib. 38.2. 2. c. acc. rei, arrive at, reach an object, σοφίας ἄωτον ἄκρον Pi. I. 7(6).19; ἔργῳ οὐδὲ τἀναγκαῖα ἐ. complete, accomplish, Th. 1.70; τεθνηκόσιν γὰρ ἔλεγεν, οἷς οὐδὲ τρὶς λέγοντες ἐξικνούμεθα (by attract. for οὕς) Ar. Ra. 1176, cf. Plu. 2.347e: c. gen., E. El. 612; ἀλλήλων X. HG 7.5.17; also πρός τι Plb. 1.3.10, etc. 3. abs., reach to a distance, of an arrow, ὅσον τόξευμα ἐξικνέεται Hdt. 4.139; of sight, ἐπὶ πολλὰ στάδια ἐ. X. Mem. 1.4.17, cf. 2.3.19, E. Ba. 1060; of mental operations, ὅσον δυνατός εἰμι <ἐπὶ> μακρότατον ἐξικέσθαι ἀκοῇ so far as I can get by inquiry, Hdt. 1.171; ἐπʼ ὅσον μακρότατον ἱστορεῦντα ἦν ἐξικέσθαι Id. 2.34, cf. 4.16, 192; ἐ. φρονήσει ἐπʼ ἀμφότερα Pl. Hp.Ma. 281d; περαιτέρω τῆς χρείας ἐ. τῇ θεωρίᾳ Plu. Sol. 3. b. suffice, of persons, πρὸς τὸν προκείμενον ἄεθλον Hdt. 4.10; ἐπί τι Plu. Pomp. 39; of things, ἂν ἐξικνῆται τὰ ἡμέτερα χρήματα Pl. Prt. 311d: prov., ἂν μὴ λεοντῆ γʼ ἐξίκητʼ, ἀλωπεκῆν πρόσαψον Com.Adesp. 49D.
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