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ἱκανός

ἱκανός, ἱκανός, ἱκανή, ἱκανόν, sufficient, capable

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ἱκανωτέρα feminine nominative dual comparative, feminine vocative dual comparative, feminine accusative dual comparative, feminine nominative singular comparative, feminine vocative singular comparative of ἱκανός

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ἱκᾰν-ός [ῐ], ή, όν, (ἱκνέομαι)
  • sufficing, becoming, befitting; prose Adj., used two or three times by Trag. (v. infr.):
    • I of persons, sufficient, competent to do a thing, c. inf., Hdt. 3.45, Antipho 1.15, etc.; ἱ. τεκμηριῶσαι sufficient to prove a point, Th. 1.9; -ώτατος [εἰπεῖν] καὶ γνῶναι Lys. 2.42; τίς σοῦ -ώτερος πεῖσαι; X. Cyr. 1.4.12; ἱ. ζημιοῦν with sufficient power to punish, Id. Lac. 8.4; ἱ. βοηθεῖν Pl. Phdr. 277a, cf. R. 365a; ἱ. ὥστε γνῶναι Id. Lg. 875a, cf. Phdr. 258b; ἱ. κατὰ τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν Plb. 25.3.6, al.: c. acc. rei, ἀνὴρ γνώμην ἱ. a man of sufficient prudence, Hdt. 3.4; ἱ. τὴν ἰατρικήν sufficiently versed in medicine, X. Cyr. 1.6.15: c. dat. rei, ἱ. ἐμπειρίᾳ καὶ ἡλικίᾳ Pl. R. 467d; οἱ τοῖς χρήμασιν -ώτατοι X. Eq. 2.1: c. dat. pers., a match for, equivalent to, εἷς ἔχων ἰατρικὴν πολλοῖς ἱ. ἰδιώταις Pl. Prt. 322c, cf. Tht. 169a: abs., ἱ. Ἀπόλλων S. OT 377; οἱ -ώτατοι τῶν πολιτῶν Isoc. 12.132; κριτὴς -ώτερος Id. 10.38; ἱ. σοφιστής Pl. Ly. 204a; αὐληταὶ ἱ. ὡς πρὸς ἰδιώτας very tolerable in comparison with . ., Id. Prt. 327c; γυνὴ ἱ. μέν, ἄγροικος δέ Luc. Dear.Iud. [DDeor. 20.]3; ὁ Ἱ. the Almighty, LXX Ru. 1.21.
      • 2 in bad sense, capable, ἱ. εἶ λαλῶν κατακόψαι πάντα Men. Sam. 69.
    • II of things, in amount, sufficient, adequate, τὰ ἀρκοῦνθʼ ἱ. τοῖς γε σώφροσιν E. Ph. 554; ἱ. τὰ κακὰ καὶ τὰ παρακείμενα Ar. Lys. 1047; ἱκανὰ τοῖς πολεμίοις ηὐτύχηται they have had successes enough, Th. 7.77; ἱ. εἴς, ἐπί, πρός τι, X. Hier. 4.9, Pl. R. 371e, Prt. 322b; [πρόβατα] ἱ. ἐς φορβήν Hdt. 4.121; of size, large enough, οὐχ ἱκανῆς οὔσης τῆς Ἁττικῆς Th. 1.2; οὐδʼ ἦν ἱκανά σοι . . μέλαθρα . . ἐγκαθυβρίζειν not large enough to riot in, E. Tr. 996; χώρα ἱ. τρέφειν τοὺς τότε Pl. R. 373d, al.; of number or magnitude, considerable, λῦπαι Antipho 2.2.2; μέρος τῶν ὄντων ib. 2.1.6, etc.; of Time, considerable, long, ἱ. χρόνον Ar. Pax 354 (lyr.); ἱ. χρόνος τινὶ ἐπιλαθέσθαι Lys. 3.10; ἱκανόν ἐστί τινι Damox. 1.1: with personal constr., ἔφη ἱκανὸς αὐτὸς ἀτυχῶν εἶναι Is. 2.7.
      • 2 sufficient, satisfactory, ἱ. μαρτυρίαν παρέχεσθαι Pl. Smp. 179b; ἱ. λόγῳ ἀποδεῖξαι Id. Hp.Mi. 369c; τὸ ἱ. λαμβάνειν to take security or bail, Act.Ap. 17.9, OGI 629.100 (Palmyra, ii A.D.); τὸ ἱ. ποιεῖν give security, Plb. 32.3.13, D.L. 4.50, Just. Nov. 86.4 (but simply, satisfy, τῷ ὄχλῳ Ev.Marc. 15.15); ἱ. δοῦναι PSI 6.554.23 (iii B.C.), POxy. 294.23 (i A.D.); ἐφʼ ἱκανόν,= ἱκανῶς, Plb. 11.25.1, D.S. 11.40.
    • III Adv. -νῶς sufficiently, adequately, Th. 6.92, etc.; λαγόνες λαπαραὶ ἱ. X. Cyn. 5.30, cf. Arist. Phgn. 807b26; ἱ. εἴρηται περί τινος Id. EN 1096a3, al.; later, considerably, amply, Philostr. VA 3.6, VS 1.8.3, Ant.Lib. 7.7; fully, μιᾶς ὥρας ἱ. παρελθούσης Ptol. Alm. 4.6.
        • b excessively, οὔτε γὰρ ἱ. ὑγρόν ἐστι not too moist, Gal. 6.765, cf. 767,768; ἱ. βλαβερά Id. Vict.Att. 8; παχὺ ἱ. αἷμα ibid.
      • 2 ἱ. ἔχειν to be sufficient, Th. 1.91, etc.; ἱ. ἐχέτω let this be enough, Pl. Sph. 245e; ἱ. ἔχει πρός τι Id. R. 430c, cf. X. Cyr. 6.3.22; περί τινος Pl. R. 402a; ἱ. ἔχειν τινί to be sufficiently supplied with . ., Id. Grg. 493c; ἱ. ἔχειν τοῦ βάθους Id. Tht. 194d; ἐπιστήμης Id. Phlb. 62a; ἱ. πεφυκέναι πρὸς τἆλλα Id. Chrm. 158b: abs., Antipho 2.1.1: Sup. -ωτάτως Hp. de Arte 12; -ώτατα Pl. Phlb. 67a.

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