ἐφικνέομαι

A. ἐφίξυμαι Xenoph. 6.3: aor. 2 ἐφικόμην, Ep. -ικόμην Il. 13.613: pf. ἐφῖγμαι D. 25.101:

I. reach at, aim at, c. gen., of two combatants, ἅμα δ’ ἀλλήλων ἐφίκοντο Il. 13.613; simply, reach or hit with a stick, εὐ μάλα μου ἐφικέσθαι πειράσεται Pl. Hp.Ma. 292a; ὅσων ἂν ἐφικέσθαι δυνηθῶσιν Isoc. 12.227; ἐφῖκται πάντων ἡ τούτου κακοπραγμοσύνη D. 25.101, cf. Plu. 2.267c, etc.; σφενδόνῃ οὐκ ἂν ἐφικοίμην αὐτόσε Antiph. 55.20; τὰ βέλη ἐ. ἄχρι πρὸς τὸν σκοπόν Luc. Nigr. 36.

2. reach, extend, ὅσον ὁ ἥλιος ἐ. Thphr. HP 1. 7.1, etc.; ἐφ’ ὅσον ἀνθρώπων μνήμη ἐ. X. Cyr. 5.5.8; ἐ. ἐπὶ τοσαύτην γῆν τῷ ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ φόβῳ to reach by the terror of his name over . . , ib.1.1.5; ἐ. ἐς τὸ λεπτότατον to reach to the smallest matter, Luc. JConf. 19; ὅπου μὴ ἐ. ἡ λεοντῆ, προσραπτέον . . τὴν ἀλωπεκῆν Plu. 2.190e; c. part., ἐ. φθεγγόμενον Id. TG 18; ἐ. βλέποντα μέχρι τινός D.Chr. 62.1.

3. metaph., hit, touch the right points, ἐ. ἐξαριθμούμενος Plb. 1.57.3; τὰ ἄλλα λέγων ἐπίκεο ἀληθέστατα Hdt. 7.9.

4. reach, attain to, τῆς ἀρετῆς Isoc. 1.5; ἀνδραγαθίας Aeschin. 3.189; τοῦ τριηραρχεῖν D. 20.28, cf. 122; τῷ λόγῳ τῶν ἐκεῖ κακῶν Id. 19.65: c. inf., ἐ. τῷ λόγῳ διελθεῖν to be able to . . , Plu. 2.338c, cf. Plb. 1.4.11, Inscr.Prien. 105.47 (i B. C.): abs., succeed in one's projects, App. Mith. 102; of a poison, reach a vital part, take effect, ib.111.

II. c. acc., to come upon, like ἐφικάνω, εἴ σε μοῖρ’ ἐφίκοιτο Pi. I. 5(4).15: c. dupl. acc., ἐπικέσθαι μάστιγι πληγὰς τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον to visit it with blows, Hdt. 7.35.

III. c. acc., befit, be suitable to (cf. ἱκνέομαι 111), Hp. Fract. 17.