ἱκᾰν-ός [ῐ], ή, όν,
(ἱκνέομαι)
sufficing, becoming, befitting; prose
adjective, used two or three times by Trag. (see. below):
I of persons,
sufficient, competent to do a thing, with
infinitive, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. τεκμηριῶσαι
sufficient to prove a point, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίς σοῦ -ώτερος πεῖσα; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. ζημιοῦν
with sufficient power to punish, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] with
accusative _of things_, ἀνὴρ γνώμην ἱ. a man of
sufficient prudence, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. τὴν ἰατρικήν
sufficiently versed in medicine, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with
dative person,
a match for, equivalent to, εἷς ἔχων ἰατρικὴν πολλοῖς ἱ. ἰδιώταις [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐληταὶ ἱ. ὡς πρὸς ἰδιώτας
very tolerable in comparison with.., [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὁ Ἱ.
the Almighty, [
LXX]
I.2 in bad sense,
capable, ἱ. εἶ λαλῶν κατακόψαι πάντα [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II of things, in amount,
sufficient, adequate, τὰ ἀρκοῦνθ᾽ ἱ. τοῖς γε σώφροσιν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱκανὰ τοῖς πολεμίοις ηὐτύχηται they have had successes
enough, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. εἴς, ἐπί, πρός τι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of size,
large enough, οὐχ ἱκανῆς οὔσης τῆς Ἁττικῆς [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδ᾽ ἦν ἱκανά σοι.. μέλαθρα.. ἐγκαθυβρίζειν not
large enough to riot in, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of number or magnitude,
considerable, λῦπαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; of Time,
considerable, long, ἱ. χρόνον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with personal
construction, ἔφη ἱκανὸς αὐτὸς ἀτυχῶν εἶναι [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2 sufficient, satisfactory, ἱ. μαρτυρίαν παρέχεσθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἱ. λαμβάνειν to take
security or
bail, [
NT+2nd c.AD+]; τὸ ἱ. ποιεῖν give
security, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+] (but simply,
satisfy, τῷ ὄχλῳ [
NT+3rd c.BC+]; ἐφ᾽ ἱκανόν,= ἱκανῶς, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
III adverb -νῶς
sufficiently, adequately, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαγόνες λαπαραὶ ἱ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; later,
considerably, amply, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+];
fully, μιᾶς ὥρας ἱ. παρελθούσης [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
III.b excessively, οὔτε γὰρ ἱ. ὑγρόν ἐστι not
too moist, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III.2 ἱ. ἔχειν to be
sufficient, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. ἐχέτω let this be
enough, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. ἔχειν τινί to be
sufficiently supplied
with.. , [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
superlative -ωτάτως[
Refs 5th c.BC+];
-ώτατα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
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