ἀρκέω

ἀρκέω, impf. 3sg. ἤρκει Il. 13.440, A. Pers. 278: fut. ἀρκέσω: aor. ἤρκεσα, Dor. ἄρκεσα Pi. O. 9.3:—Med., aor. ἠρκεσάμην, 2sg. ἠρκέσω dub. in A. Eu. 213 (s.v.l.):—Pass., inf. ἀρκέεσθαι Hdt. 9.33, ἀρκεῖσθαι Poet. ap. Greg.Cor.p.425 S.: pf. ἤρκεσμαι Sthenid. ap. Stob. 4.7.63: aor. ἠρκέσθην Plu. Pel. 35, Luc. Salt. 83: fut. ἀρκεσθήσομαι D.H. 6.94, D.S. 1.8, etc.:—Α. ward off, keep off, c. dat. pers. et acc. rei, σάκος τό οἱ ἤρκεσε λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον Il. 20.289, cf. 6.16; πατρίδι δουλοσύνην Simon. 101; κῆρας μελάθροις E. El. 1300 (lyr.); ὅς οἱ ἀπὸ χροὸς ἤρκει ὄλεθρον Il. 13.440, cf. 15.534; τοῦτό γʼ ἀρκέσαι S. Aj. 535; ὡς οὐκ ἀρκέσοι τὸ μὴ οὐ . . θανεῖν would not keep off death, ib.727. 2. c. dat. only, defend, πυκινὸς δέ οἱ ἤρκεσε θώρηξ Il. 15.529; οὐδʼ ἤρκεσε θώρηξ, without dat., 13.371. 3. assist, succour, 21.131, Od. 16.261, S. Aj. 824, El. 322, E. Hec. 1164. II. c. acc. cogn., make good, achieve, οὐδʼ ἔργα μείω χειρὸς ἀρκέσας ἐμῆς S. Aj. 439. III. mostly in Trag., and always in Prose, to be strong enough, suffice, c. inf., first in Pi. O. 9.3; ἀρκῶ σοι σαφηνίσαι (-σας Linwood) A. Pr. 621 codd., cf. S. OT 1209 (lyr.): c. part., ἀρκέσω θνῄσκουσʼ ἐγώ my death will suffice, Id. Ant. 547; cf. ἀρκοῦμεν ἡμεῖς οἱ προθνῄσκοντές σεθεν E. Alc. 383; ἔνδον ἀρκείτω μένων let him be content to stay within, S. Aj. 76; ἀρκεῖν γὰρ οἶμαι μίαν ψυχὴν τάδʼ ἐκτίνουσαν Id. OC 498; οὔτε ἰατροὶ ἤρκουν θεραπεύοντες Th. 2.47; ellipt., σοφοὺς ὥσπερ σύ, μηδὲν μᾶλλον· ἀρκέσουσι γάρ [σοφοὶ ὄντες] E. Heracl. 576; ἀ. εἴς τι X. Cyr. 8.2.5; πῶς ἡ πόλις ἀρκέσει ἐπὶ τοιαύτην παρασκευήν; Pl. R. 369d; ταὐτὸν ἀρκεῖ σκῶμμα ἐπὶ πάντας holds equally for all, Id. Tht. 174a; ὅτʼ οὐκέτʼ ἀρκεῖ [ἡ μάθησις] when it avails no more, S. Tr. 711. 2. c. dat., suffice for, satisfy, οὐδὲ ταῦτά τοι μοῦνα ἤρκεσε Hdt. 2.115, cf. S. Ant. 308, etc. 3. to be a match for, c. dat., ψιλὸς ἀρκέσαιμι σοί γʼ ὡπλισμένῳ Id. Aj. 1123; πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους Th. 6.84. 4. abs., to be enough, avail, endure, ἀρκείτω βίος A. Ag. 1314; οὐδὲν γὰρ ἤρκει τόξα Id. Pers. 278; holdout, last, ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἀρκεῖν Th. 1.71, X. Cyr. 6.2.31; οὐδʼ ἔτʼ ἀρκῶ I can hold out no longer, S. El. 186 (lyr.); ὥστε ἀρκεῖν πλοῖα to be sufficient in number, X. An. 5.1.13: freq. in part., ἀρκῶν, οῦσα, οῦν, sufficient, enough, βίος ἀρκέων ὑπῆν Hdt. 1.31, cf. 7.28; τἀρκοῦντα a sufficiency, E. Supp. 865; ἀρκοῦσα ἀπολογία Antipho 2.4.10; ἀρκοῦντα or τἀρκοῦντα ἔχειν, X. Mem. 1.2.1, Smp. 4.35; τῶν ἀρκούντων περιττὰ κτᾶσθαι Id. Cyr. 8.2.21. 5. impers., ἀρκεῖ μοι ʼtis enough for me, I am well content, c. inf., οὐκ ἀρκέσει ποθʼ ὑμὶν . . εἴκειν S. Aj. 1242, cf. X. An. 5.8.13: c. acc. et inf., ἐμοὶ μὲν ἀρκεῖ τοῦτον ἐν δόμοις μένειν S. Aj. 80; ἀρκεῖ ἢν . . , ὅτι . . , X. Cyr. 8.1.14, Mem. 4.4.9; ἔμʼ ἀρκεῖ βουλεύειν ʼtis enough that I . . , A. Th. 248; οὐκ ἀρκοῦν μοί ἐστι, c. acc. et inf., Antipho 2.2.2; ἀρκεῖν δοκεῖ μοι it seems enough, seems good, S. El. 1364. IV. in Pass., to be satisfied with, c. dat. rei, Poet. ap. Greg.Cor.l.c.; ἔφη οὐκέτι ἀρκέεσθαι τούτοισι Hdt. 9.33, cf. Pl. Ax. 369e, Arist. EN 1107b15, AP 6.329 (Leon.), Plot. 5.5.3: abs., ib.3.6, etc. 2. later, c. inf., to be contented to do, Plb. 1.20.1, Ps.-Luc. Philopatr. 29, etc.