ἵκω
hiko
come
Appears 54 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἵκω [v. sub fin.], chiefly Ep., Lyr., and Dor., never in or Trag. (in Supp. 176 Pors. restored ἥκετε); cf. ἱκάνω, ἱκνέομαι; Dor., ἵκω IG 4.329 (Corinth), 952.16(Epid.), Schwyzer 323C 37 (Delph.), IG 5(2).3.12 (Tegea), written εἵκω in 35.13 codd., but ἵκει correctly in Lys. 87; 3pl. ἵκαντι,= ἥκουσιν, (cf. παρίκω): impf. ἷκον Il. 1.317: poet. fut. inf. ἱξέμεν Pae. 6.116; Dor. fut. ἱξῶ Megar. in Ach. 742: Ep. aor. ἷξον (v. infr.); also aor. 1 ἷξα 12.461 (v.l.): for ἵξομαι, ἷγμαι, v. ἱκνέομαι:—A. come, of persons, ἐς δόμον ἵκει Od. 18.353; ἷξεν δʼ ἐς Πριάμοιο Il. 24.160, cf. 122; εἰ δέ κεν οἴκαδʼ ἵκωμι φίλην ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν 9.414; ἐς Ῥόδον ἷξεν ἀλώμενος 2.667; ἐπὶ Θρῃκῶν . . τέλος ἷξον ἰόντες 10.470; ἷξε δʼ ἐπʼ ἐσχατιήν 20.328; ποταμοῖο κατὰ στόμα . . ἷξε νέων Od. 5.442: in freq. c. acc., come to, δόμον Il. 18.406, etc.; Μαλειάων ὄρος Od. 3.288; εἰ Θεμίστιον ἵκεις ὥστʼ ἀείδειν N. 5.50, cf. O. 5.9; αἴ κʼ αὐτὸς ἵκη, ἀνελέσθω prob. in IG 5(2).159.2 (Class.Phil. 20.134). 2. of things, Φρυγίην . . κτήματα περνάμενʼ ἵκει come or are brought to . . , Il. 18.292; also ὁπότε χρόνος ἷξε δικασπόλος 52. 3. attain to, reach, κνίση δʼ οὐρανὸν ἷκεν Il. 1.317, cf. 2.153, 14.60; αἴγλη διʼ αἰθέρος οὐρανὸν ἷκε 2.458; ὀρυμαγδὸς . . οὐρανὸν ἷκε διʼ αἰθέρος 17.425; κλέος οὐρανὸν ἵκει Od. 9.20; ὕβρις τε βίη τε . . οὐρανὸν ἵκει 15.329; Ἰθάκης γε καὶ ἐς Τροίην ὄνομʼ ἵκει 13.248; ἵκῃ τʼ ἐς ἄκρον ἀνδρείας 58.6. 4. of sufferings, feelings, etc., ὅτε κέν τινα . . χόλος ἵκοι come upon him, Il. 9.525; τοι πινυτὴ φρένας ἵκει Od. 20.228; χρειὼ ἵκει τινά 2.28, 5.189: abs., χρειὼ τόσον ἵκει Il. 10.142. [In ἵκω, ῑ always; in ἱκάνω, and the unaugmented moods of ἱκόμην, ῐ always.—ἵκοντʼ is prob. for ἵκοντο [ῐ] in P. 2.36.] (Prob. cogn. with ἥκω.)
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