ἥκω

A. ἡξῶ Theoc. 4.47, Call. Fr. 1.65 P. (in Dor. and Hom. more commonly ἵκω): all other tenses late; aor. 1 part. ἥξας Paus. 2.11.5, Gal. 6.56, 10.609: pf. ἧκα Philostr. VA 3.24, Scymn. 62, 1 pl. ἥκαμεν UPZ 72.9 (ii B.C.), CIG 4762 (Egypt, i A.D.), Dor. ἥκαμες f.l. in Plu. 2.225b, 2 pl. ἥκατε PGrenf. 2.36.18 (i B.C.), 3 pl. ἥκασι LXX 4 Ki. 20.14, Ev.Marc. 8.3; inf. ἡκέναι UPZ 6.30 (ii B.C.): plpf. ἥκεσαν J. AJ 19.1.14: —Med., pres. subj. ἥκηται Aret. SD 2.1: fut. ἥξομαι v.l. in M.Ant. 2.4:—to have come, be present, prop. in a pf. sense, with impf. ἧκον as plpf., I had come, and fut. ἥξω as fut. pf., I shall have come, μάλα τηλόθεν ἥκω Il. 5.478, cf. Od. 13.325, Pi. O. 4.12 (ἵκω codd. vett.): impf. ἧκον A. Pr. 661, Th. 1.91, al., Pl. R. 327c, Hdt. 8.50, etc.: fut. ἥξω A. Pr. 103, al., E. Andr. 738, Ar. Pax 265, Orac. ap. Th. 2.54, etc.; ἧκε imper., S. Aj. 1116, Ar. Pax 275, X. Cyr. 4.5.25; ἡκέτω E. Rh. 337:—Constr. mostly with εἰς, Hdt. 8.50, A. Ch. 3, etc.; παρά τινα Hdt. 7.157, Th. 1.137; πρός τινα A. Ch. 659; πρὸς δαίμονα S. Fr. 770; esp. in worship, ἥκω πρὸς τὴν κυρίαν Ἶσιν OGI 186.6 (Egypt, i B.C.), cf. Ev.Jo. 6.37; πρὸς πόλιν S. OC 734; ἐπί τινα to set upon, attack, Pl. R. 336b, Aeschin. 2.178; but ἥ. ἐπὶ τὸ στράτευμα to have come to fetch the army, X. An. 7.6.2; οἱ ἐπὶ ταῦθ’ ἥκοντες D. 18.28; ἐπ’ ὀλέθρῳ E. IA 886 (troch.); περὶ σπονδῶν X. An. 2.3.4: c. acc., ἥξεις ποταμόν A. Pr. 717, cf. 724, 730; ἥ. δῆμον τὸν Λυρκείου S. Fr. 271.6, cf. E. Ba. 1; ἥκουσιν αὐτῷ ἄγγελοι X. Cyr. 5.3.26; ἐς ταὐτὸν ἥ. to have come to the same point, to agree, E. Hec. 748, Hipp. 273: with Adv. of motion, ἥ. ἐνθάδε, δεῦρο, S. Ph. 377, D. 19.58; βῆναι κεῖθεν ὅθενπερ ἥκει S. OC 1227: c. neut. Pron., αὐτὰ ταῦτα ἥκω παρά σε Pl. Prt. 310e; ἐρωτώμενοι ὅ τι ἥκοιεν for what they had come, X. HG 4.5.9: c. acc. cogn., ὁδὸν μακρὰν ἥκειν Id. Cyr. 5.5.42: c.inf., μανθάνειν γὰρ ἥκομεν we are here to learn, S. OC 12.

2. to have reached a point, ἐς τοσήνδ’ ὕβριν ib.1030; εἰς τοῦτο ἀμαθίας E. Andr. 170; εἰς τοσοῦτον ἀμαθίας Pl. Ap. 25e; εἰς ὅσον ἡλικίας Id. Chrm. 157d, etc.; πρὸς γάμων ἀκμάς S. OT 1492; ὁρᾷς ἵν’ ἥκεις; ib.687, etc.; Geom., pass through a point, διὰ τῶν πόλων Autol. Sph. 10, cf. Archim. Con.Sph. 9.

b. διὰ μάχης, δῑ ὀργῆς ἥκειν, A. Supp. 475, S. OC 905; cf. διά A. IV.

c. with an Adv. folld. by gen., οὕτω πόρρω σοφίας ἥκεις Pl. Euthd. 294e; εὖ ἥκειν τινός to be well off for a thing, have plenty of it, τοῦ βίου, χρημάτων, Hdt. 1.30, 5.62; ἑωυτῶν Id. 1.102; θεῶν χρηστῶν Id. 8.111; πιθανότητος Demetr.Magn. ap.D.H. Din. 1; οὐκ ὁμοίως ἥ. τινός not to be equally well off in respect of . . , Hdt. 1.149; πῶς ἀγῶνος ἥκομεν; how have we sped in the contest? E. El. 751; ὧδε γένους ἥ. τινί to be this degree of kin to him, Id. Heracl. 213; ὡς δυνάμεως ἥκεις Paus. 4.21.10; ἐς μῆκος εὖ ἥκων Ael. NA 4.34: abs., εὖ ἥκειν to be flourishing, Hdt. 1.30: rarely c. gen. only, σὺ δὲ δυνάμιος ἥκεις μεγάλης thou art in great power, Id. 7.157 (nisi leg. μεγάλως).

3. to have come back, returned, D. 20.73; from exile, And. 2.13; αὐτίκα ἥξω I shall be back in a moment, X. An. 2.1.9; ἧκέ νυν ταχύ come back soon, Ar. Pax 275; ἄψορρον ἥξεις A. Pr. 1021; ἄψορρον ἥξομεν πάλιν S. El. 53.

4. c. part., ἥκω φέρων I have come bringing (i.e. with), Id. OC 579, cf. 357, Ar. Pax 265, Eup. 22 D., Pl. Grg. 518d; ἧκεν ἄγων Id. Phd. 117a; ἕτερόν τι ἥκεις ἕχων Id. Grg. 491c, etc.: c. fut. part., like ἔρχομαι, ἥκω φράσων, ἀγγελῶν, etc., I am going, I intend to say, E. Ph. 706, 1075, etc.

5. to have come to be, θεοῖς ἔχθιστος ἥκω S. OT 1519 (troch.), cf.Aj. 636(lyr.), El. 1201, etc.; take one's origin, ἀπὸ πολιτειῶν τοιούτων ἥκετε, ἐν αἷς . . Th. 4.126.

II. of things, in various uses: of meats, to have come to table, Alex. 132; ὡς τὰ περιφερόμενα ἧκε πρὸς ἡμᾶς X. Cyr. 2.2.3; of reports, ἐμοὶ ἀγγελίη ἥκει παρὰ βασιλέος Hdt. 8.140.ά, cf. S. OC 1177; of events, πῆμα ἥκει τινί A. Pr. 103, cf. Ar. Ra. 606, etc.; ἐπ’ ἀνδρὶ ἥκει βίον τελευτή S. OC 1472; ἵν’ ἥκειτὰ μαντ εύματα what they have come to, Id. OT 953; ὡς αὐτὸν ἥξοι μοῖρα ib.713 codd.; ἥξει πόλεμος Orac. ap. Th. 2.54; ἐς αὐτὸν ἥξει τὸ δεινόν Id. 6.77; of Time, ἥκει ἦμαρ, νύξ, A. Ag. 1301, E. IT 42; ἥκει ὑμῖν ὁ καιρός Lys. 12.79; τὸ μέλλον ἥξει A. Ag. 1240.

2. concern, relate to, ποῖ λόγος ἥκει; to what do the words relate? E. Tr. 154 (lyr.); εἰς ἔμ’ ἥκει . . τὰ πράγματα Ar. Pl. 919; εἰς ἐμὲ τὸ ἐλλεῖπον ἥξει will fall upon me, X. Cyr. 1.5.13: freq. in part., τὰ εἰς τοὺς κινδύνους ἥκοντα Antipho 5.81; τὰ εἰς πλοῦτον ἥ. Pl. Erx. 392d; τὰ πρὸς ἔπαινον, εἰς φιλανθρωπίαν ἥ., Plb. 12.15.9,28.17.2, etc.

3. depend upon, ὅσα τῆς Φωκέων σωτηρίας ἐπὶ τὴν πρεσβείαν ἧκε D. 19.30; τό γε ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ἧκον μέρος Ph. 2.21; ὅσα γ’ εἰς βούλησιν ἥκειν τὴν ἐμήν Hld. 4.7.

4. c. inf., ἧκέ μοι γένει . . πενθεῖν it has come to me by birth . . , my birth lays it on me . . , S. OC 738, cf. Ichn. 356; καλῶς αὐτοῖς κατθανεῖν ἧκον βίου it being well for them at their age to die, E. Alc. 291.

5. c. part., ὃ καὶ νῦν ἥκει γινόμενον which commonly happens even now, Plb. 24.9.11 codd. (v.l. γενόμενον). (Prob. from same root as ἵκω.)