ἀνήκω

A. to have come up to a point, reach up to, of persons and things, ἐς μέτρον τινὸς ἀ. Hdt. 2.127; αἱμασιὴν ὕψος ἀνήκουσαν ἀνδρὶ ἐς τὸν ὀμφαλόν Id. 7.60; ἐς τὰ μέγιστα ἀ. ἀρετῆς πέρι 5.49; χρήμασι ἀ. ἐς τὰ πρῶτα 7.134; φρενῶν ἐς τὰ ἐμεωυτοῦ πρῶτα οὔκω ἀ. have not yet reached the highest point I aim at, ib.13; οὐκ ἐς τοσοῦτο εὐηθίης ἀ. ib.16.γ/, cf. 9.γ/; πρόσω ἀρετῆς ἀ. ib.237; ἀ. εἰς τὸ ὀξύ to rise to a point, Ael. NA 1.55; τοῦτο μὲν ἐς οὐδὲν ἀ. amounts to nothing, Hdt. 2.104; μεῖζον ἀ. ἢ κατ’ ἐμὰν ῥώμαν the matter has gone too far . ., S. Tr. 1018; αἱ πολλαὶ [ζημίαι] . . ἐς τὸν θάνατον ἀ. have gone as far as . ., Th. 3.45.

2. ἀ. ἐς σὲ ἔχειν it has come to you to have, has become yours to have, Hdt. 6.109.

3. ἀ. εἴς τι refer to or be connected with . ., D. 60.6, Arist. EN 1167b4 (v.l.); τὰ εἰς ἀργυρίου λόγον ἀ. ἀδικήματα which involve a money consideration, Din. 1.60; so ὁ φόνος ἀνήκει εἴς τινα Antipho 3.3.7; ἀ. πρός τι Plb. 2.15.4, Callix. 2, etc.

II. belong, appertain, LXX 1 Ma. 10.42, al.; τὰ εἰς τιμὴν καὶ δόξαν ἀνήκοντα OGI 763.36 (Pergam.); τὰ ἐκείνοις ‐οντα ib.532 (Paphlag.); τὰ ἀ. τῇπόλει Inscr.Magn. 53.65 (iii B. C.); τὰ ἀ. τοῖς ἱεροῖς PTeb. 6.42 (ii B. C.).

2. abs., to be fit or proper, Ep.Eph. 5.4, Ep.Col. 3.18; τὸ ἀνῆκον, = τὸ προσῆκον, Ep.Philem. 8.

III. come back, εἰς τοὺς πρώτους πάλιν ἀ. λόγους Pl. Tht. 196b.