Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Nasal-suffixed form of ἵκω (híkō).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ῐ̔κνέομαι (hiknéomai)

  1. to come, reach, arrive at
  2. (impersonal, in present and imperfect) to be appropriate, fitting, proper [with accusative ‘for someone, something’ and infinitive ‘to do something’]

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • ἱκνέομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἱκνέομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἱκνέομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἱκνέομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ἱκνέομαι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
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