ἱκανός — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

ἱκανόςή όνadjreltd.ἱκνέομαι of personssufficientin ability or number or other attributesufficient, capable, competentfreq. w.inf.to do sthg.Hdt. Th. Att.orats.of a godsufficient, enoughto accomplish sthg.S.of a personἱκανὸς εἶναιhave enoughw.ptcpl.being unfortunate, i.e. it is enough that one is unfortunateIs. of things, placessufficientin amount or size or other attributesufficient, adequatests. w.dat.prep.phr.for someone or sthg., or w.inf.for doing sthg.Hdt. E. Th.prep.phr.ἐφ᾿ ἱκανόνto a sufficient extent, satisfactorilyPlb. neut.sb.what is satisfactoryw.dat.to someone, i.e. satisfies one's wishesPlb. NT. neut.sb.leg.security or bailPlb. NT. ἱκανῶςadvsufficiently, adequatelyTh. Att.orats.w. ἔχειν, of thingsbe sufficient or satisfactoryTh. Isoc. Pl.

ShortDef

becoming, befitting, sufficing

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Headword:

ἱκανός

Headword (normalized):

ἱκανός

Headword (normalized/stripped):

ικανος

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IDX:

18282

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-18283

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