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ἱκάνω

2 reach, attain to, [ ἐλάτη] διʼ ἠέρος αἰθέρʼ ἵκανεν Il. 14.288; φωνὴ δέ οἱ αἰθέρʼ ἵκανεν 15.686; [ ἄνεμος] αἰπὺν ἱ. οὐρανόν Sol. 13.21; ἥβης μέτρον ἱ. Od. 18.217, 19.532.

ἥβη

ἥβη -ης, ἡ. 1 Youthful prime, early manhood: ἥβης μέτρον Il. 11.225, τοῦ περ χαριεστάτη ἥ. (in whom youthful manhood shows most . . .) Il. 24.348. Cf. Il. 13.484, Il. 16.857 = Il. 22.363, Il. 17.25: Od. 4.668, Od. 10.279, Od. 11.317, Od. 18.217, Od. 19.532, Od. 23.212. 2 The vigour or strength proper to this stage of growth: ὄφρʼ ἥβῃ πεποίθεα Od. 8.181. Cf. Il. 23.432. In reference to an elderly man, bodily vigour, suppleness of frame: οὐδέ τι ἥβης δεύεται Od. 8.136, δέμας ὤφελλε καὶ ἥβην Od. 16.174 (in both cases of Odysseus). 3 Manhood viewed as a stage attained or to be attained: ἥβην ἵξεσθαι Il. 24.728. Cf. Od. 15.366.

ἱκάνω

ἱκάνω [ἱκ- as in ἱκνέομαι, ἵκω.] (ἀφ-, εἰσαφ-.) 1 To present oneself to: ἦ ἄλλον πέμπωμεν ἱκανέμεν Od. 4.29. 2 To approach as a suppliant: ἱκάνω σε Od. 5.445. Cf. Od. 5.449, Od. 7.147, Od. 13.231. In mid. Il. 18.457: = Od. 3.92 = Od. 4.322. 3 To extend to, reach: σκόπελος οὐρανὸν ἱκάνει Od. 12.73. Cf. Il. 13.547, Il. 14.288, Il. 19.406. Sim.: σέλας αἰθέρʼ ἵκανεν Il. 18.214, Il. 19.379. Cf. Il. 15.686: κλέος σευ οὐρανὸν ἱκάνει Od. 19.108. Cf. Od. 8.74. 4 a To be in the condition of having come to, arrived at, reached, to find oneself at, be at, a specified place (in impf. in sense arrived at, reached, found himself at): ἵκανον ὅθι . . . Il. 3.145, Il. 4.210, Il. 5.780, Il. 10.526, Il. 18.520: Od. 15.101. Cf. Il. 13.449: Od. 6.206, Od. 7.24, Od. 11.160, Od. 13.278, Od. 15.492, Od. 16.31, Od. 24.328. Absol., to have come, present oneself: φίλοι ἄνδρες ἱκάνετον Il. 9.197. Cf. Od. 21.209. With advbl. acc. defining the action of the vb.: πῇ μεμαυῖα τόδʼ ἱκάνεις; (hast come thus) Il. 14.298. Cf. Il. 14.309, Il. 24.172: Od. 1.409, Od. 10.75, Od. 19.407. b With preps. α ἐπί: ἐπὶ νῆας Il. 2.17 = 168. β ἐς: ἐς Χρύσην ἵκανεν Il. 1.431 (here prob. in proper impf. sense, was approaching), ὅσον ἐς σκαιὰς πύλας ἵκανεν Il. 9.354 (in iterative sense, used to come so far). Cf. Il. 19.3: τέων βροτῶν ἐς γαῖαν ἱκάνω; Od. 6.119 = Od. 13.200. Cf. Od. 8.362, Od. 11.13, Od. 13.328, Od. 19.435. γ ποτί: Διὸς ποτὶ δῶ Il. 21.505. c With acc. of the place reached: ἵκανε θεῶν ἕδος Il. 5.868. Cf. Il. 6.237, 242, 297, 370 = 497, 392, Il. 8.47, Il. 13.240, Il. 15.151, Il. 18.369, 385 = 424, Il. 21.505, Il. 22.147, Il. 23.138, 214, Il. 24.346, 501: ἐπεὶ ἡμετέρην πόλιν ἱκάνεις Od. 6.191. Cf. Od. 4.139, Od. 7.3, Od. 8.362, Od. 15.216, Od. 17.28, 255, Od. 19.432, Od. 22.231, Od. 24.281. In mid.: οἶκον ἱκάνεται Od. 23.7, 27, 36, 108. Of a person using a weapon: οὐδὲ χρόʼ ἵκανεν Il. 23.819. Of coming up to a person: Πηλεΐωνα Il. 22.214. Of coming to or reaching a person in the course of making a round Il. 7.186. Sim. of an inanimate object: ὅτε χεῖρας ἵκανεν Ὀδυσσῆος τόξον Od. 24.172. Of attaining a period of life: ἥβης μέτρον Od. 18.217, Od. 19.532. 5 Of feelings or mental or bodily states, to have come upon or seized, affect (in impf. in sense had come upon): ἄχος μιν κραδίην ἵκανεν Il. 2.171, ἐμὲ κῆδος ἱκάνει Il. 16.516. Cf. Il. 1.254 = Il. 7.124, Il. 3.97, Il. 8.147 = Il. 15.208 = Il. 16.52, Il. 11.117, Il. 13.464, Il. 15.245, Il. 19.307: γῆρας ἱκάνει Od. 11.196, τάφος οἱ ἦτορ ἵκανεν Od. 23.93. Cf. Od. 2.41, Od. 5.289, 457, Od. 6.169, Od. 18.81, 274. Sim. of need: χρειὼ ἵκανεν Od. 6.136. So in mid.: χρειὼ ἱκάνεται Il. 10.118, Il. 11.610. Of sleep Il. 1.610, Il. 10.96: Od. 9.333, Od. 19.49. Of fate Il. 18.465: Od. 9.507 = Od. 13.172.

μέγας

μέγας μεγάλη, μέγα. Comp. μείζων, -ονος. Neut. μεῖζον. Superl. μέγιστος, -η, -ον. 1 Of great longitudinal extent, long (as applied to weapons commonly a mere epithet) : ξίφος Il. 1.194, τάφρον Il. 7.441, Il. 9.350. Cf. Il. 3.272, Il. 4.124, Il. 15.677, Il. 22.307, etc. : ἔγχος Od. 1.100. Cf. Od. 10.262, Od. 21.74, Od. 24.172, etc. 2 Of great upward extent, high, tall, lofty : πύργον Il. 6.386. Cf. Il. 15.619, Il. 16.297, Il. 21.243 : ἐρινεός Od. 12.103. Cf. Od. 4.501, Od. 8.569, Od. 12.71, Od. 22.466, etc. Epithet of Olympus Il. 1.530, Il. 8.443. 3 Of persons, tall, of large build, goodly : ἠΰς τε μέγας τε Il. 2.653. Cf. Il. 4.534, Il. 5.628, Il. 18.518, Il. 21.108, etc. : καλόν τε μέγαν τε Od. 1.301. Cf. Od. 9.508, Od. 13.289, Od. 18.4, 382, Od. 21.334, etc. In comp. : κεφαλῇ μείζονες ἄλλοι ἔασιν Il. 3.168. Cf. Od. 6.230= Od. 23.157, Od. 10.396, Od. 24.369. Of parts of the body, well developed, stout, strong : μηρούς Od. 18.68. Cf. Il. 15.695 : Od. 17.225. Of the voice, great, full : ὄπα Il. 3.221. Of horses or oxen, stout, goodly Il. 2.839= Il. 12.97, Il. 23.750. Cf. Od. 18.372. In superl. Il. 10.436. Grown-up, come to man's estate Od. 2.314, Od. 18.217, Od. 19.532. 4 Wide, broad, spacious, extensive : τέμενος Il. 12.313. Cf. Il. 2.210, 332, Il. 4.483, Il. 5.448, Il. 7.462, Il. 13.588, Il. 18.588, Il. 21.239, Il. 24.452, etc. : ὄρχατος Od. 7.112. Cf. Od. 3.107, Od. 5.461, Od. 14.7, Od. 17.299, Od. 19.178, etc. Of flocks : οἰῶν μέγα πῶϋ Il. 3.198, Il. 11.696, Il. 15.323 : Od. 12.299. Of garments, wide, flowing : φᾶρος Il. 2.43, Il. 8.221 : Od. 5.230, Od. 8.84. Cf. Od. 14.521, Od. 18.292, etc. In superl. Il. 6.90, 271, 294 := Od. 15.107. Covering a wide space : ὀμίχλην Il. 13.336. Sim. : κεῖτο μέγας μεγαλωστί Il. 16.776. Cf. Il. 18.26 : Od. 24.40. Epithet of οὐρανός Il. 1.497, Il. 5.750= Il. 8.394, Il. 21.388. Of the sea (no doubt sometimes with notion of depth also) Il. 14.16, Il. 19.267 : Od. 3.179, Od. 4.504, etc. 5 Of great size, great, large : λίθον Il. 7.265. Cf. Il. 3.23, Il. 5.213, Il. 11.265, Il. 16.158, Il. 18.344, 476, etc. : ἀσκόν Od. 5.266. Cf. Od. 2.94, Od. 5.234, Od. 9.240, Od. 12.173, Od. 14.530, Od. 18.118, Od. 21.177, Od. 24.80, etc. Sim. : λυκίων μέγα ἔθνος Il. 12.330. In comp. : μείζονα κρητῆρα Il. 9.202. Cf. Il. 7.268 : Od. 8.187, Od. 9.537, Od. 12.96. Of waves, big, swollen Il. 15.381, Il. 17.264, Il. 21.268, 313 : Od. 3.295, Od. 5.320, Od. 10.94, Od. 12.60, etc. Of springs, great, welling forth in abundance : κρουνῶν Il. 4.454. Of a meal, abundant, sumptuous : δόρπον Il. 19.208. 6 Of sound, mighty, loud, resounding, far-sounding : ἀλαλητῷ Il. 12.138, Il. 14.393. Cf. Il. 15.384, Il. 21.9, 256, 387 : Od. 24.463. In comp. Il. 14.4. In reference to a report or rumour or to fame, wide-spread, known far and wide : κλέος Il. 6.446, κῦδος Il. 8.176, etc. Cf. Od. 3.79, etc. In comp. : μεῖζον κλέος Od. 8.147. Cf. Od. 18.255= Od. 19.128. In superl. Od. 9.264. 7 Great, thick, stout, strong : σάκος (his ponderous shield) Il. 3.335, κληῗδα Il. 24.455. Cf. Il. 12.57, 134, 257, etc. : τειχίον Od. 16.165. Cf. Od. 12.436, etc. In comp. Il. 14.377. In superl. Il. 14.371. Of fire, etc., with powerful blaze, blazing strongly or fiercely : πῦρ Il. 8.521, Il. 9.211, σέλαϊ Il. 17.739. Cf. Od. 5.59, Od. 23.51. Of wind, blustering Od. 12.408, Od. 14.458, Od. 19.200. 8 Of the heart, great, distended with pride, full of spirit or daring, swollen, swelling: δάμασον θυμὸν μέγαν Il. 9.496. Cf. Il. 2.196, Il. 7.25, Il. 9.184, Il. 21.395. In superl. Il. 17.21. 9 Of great power or influence, of might, of power, mighty, powerful : θεός (θεόν) Il. 5.434, Il. 8.200, Il. 16.531, Il. 19.410, Il. 24.90. Sim. of the Scamander Il. 20.73, Il. 21.192, 248, 282, 329. Epithet of gods and heroes, mighty, the mighty Il. 2.134, 816, Il. 4.295, Il. 5.39, 610, 721, Il. 7.427, Il. 11.501, Il. 12.136, etc. : Od. 4.27, Od. 8.226, etc. Distinguishing the Salaminian from the lesser Aias : αἴας ὁ μέγας Il. 16.358. In superl. Il. 2.412, Il. 3.276 = 320= Il. 7.202= Il. 24.308, Il. 3.298. 10 a Of occurrences, emotions, qualities, etc., of great weight, efficacy, effect, significance, importance or value, great, mighty, weighty, heavy, potent, important, serious, significant of much : ὅρκον Il. 1.233, πένθος 254, σθένος Il. 11.11, etc. Cf. Il. 4.38, Il. 5.285, Il. 9.9, Il. 10.282, Il. 13.122, Il. 16.208, Il. 19.270, etc. : πῆμα Od. 2.163, ἔργων Od. 21.26, ἀρετῇ Od. 24.193. Cf. Od. 3.275, Od. 5.289, Od. 8.136, Od. 11.195, Od. 22.149, Od. 23.188, etc. In comp. Il. 9.498, Il. 13.120, Il. 15.121 : Od. 2.48, Od. 11.474, Od. 16.291, etc. In superl. Il. 1.525, Il. 2.118, Il. 15.37, Il. 22.288, etc. : Od. 1.70, Od. 5.4, 185. Of great value, price or amount, valuable, costly, precious : δῶρον Il. 9.576, χρεῖος Il. 11.698. Cf. Il. 10.304, 401, Il. 22.163, etc. : ἄγαλμα Od. 8.509. In comp. Il. 1.167, Il. 23.551, 593. In superl. Il. 23.640. Absol. : σὺν μεγάλῳ ἀπέτεισαν (with a heavy penalty, at a grievous rate) Il. 4.161 : λίην μέγα εἶπες (too great a thing to be looked for) Od. 3.227, etc. b In bad sense, violent, outrageous, audacious, evil : ἔργον Od. 3.261, Od. 11.272, Od. 12.373, Od. 19.92, Od. 24.426, 458. 11 In neut. sing. μέγα as adv. a Greatly, much, in a high degree, to a great extent, far : μ. κεν κεχαροίατο Il. 1.256. Cf. Il. 1.103, Il. 2.27, Il. 6.261, Il. 9.509, Il. 18.162, Il. 23.682, etc. : μ. δυναμένοιο Od. 1.276. Cf. Od. 4.30, 503, Od. 15.376, Od. 16.139, Od. 21.247, etc. With power or might : μ. πάντων Ἀργείων ἤνασσεν Il. 10.32, μ. ἔξιδεν (with all his might) Il. 20.342. Cf. Il. 1.78, Il. 16.172 : Od. 11.485, Od. 15.274.–μ. φρονέων, with great things in the mind, at a high pitch of resolve or endeavourIl. 8.553, Il. 11.296, 325, Il. 13.156, Il. 16.258, 758, 824, Il. 22.21.–μ. εἰπεῖν, to talk bigOd. 22.288. b Strengthening an adj. or adv., in a high degree, exceedingly, very : μ. νήπιος Il. 16.46, ἄνευθε μ. νῶϊν Il. 22.88. Cf. Il. 1.158, etc. : Od. 9.44, etc. Strengthening a comp. or superl., by much, by far, much : μ. ἄριστος Il. 2.82, μ. ἀμείνονες Il. 4.405. Cf. Il. 2.239, Il. 19.216, Il. 22.158, etc. : Od. 11.478, Od. 22.374, Od. 23.121, etc. Sim. : μ. ἔξοχος Il. 2.480. Cf. Od. 15.227, Od. 21.266. c In reference to sound, loudly, with a loud voice or sound : μ. ἴαχον Il. 2.333. Cf. Il. 2.784, Il. 14.147, 399, Il. 16.334, Il. 20.260, Il. 22.407, etc. : μ. ἔπταρεν Od. 17.541. Cf. Od. 9.395, Od. 10.323, Od. 17.239, etc. 12 In neut. pl. μεγάλα as adv. a Strengthening other words : μ. ἤλιθα πολλή Od. 9.330. b In reference to sound, loudly, with a loud voice or sound : μεγάλʼ εὔχετο Il. 1.450. Cf. Il. 1.482, Il. 8.75, 347, Il. 16.391, 429, Il. 23.119, etc. : μεγάλʼ αὐδήσαντος (app. connoting boastfulness) Od. 4.505. Cf. Od. 2.428, Od. 9.392, 399, Od. 14.354, Od. 20.113, Od. 21.413. Sim. in reference to the loud beating of the heart in agitation : κραδίη μ. πατάσσει Il. 13.282.

μέτρον

μέτρον -ου, τό. 1 Something wherewith to measure, a graduated rule or cord Il. 12.422. 2 A unit of capacity determined by context or usage; a quantity of anything indieated by such a unit : δῶκε μέθυ, χίλια μέτρα Il. 7.471, τέσσαρα μέτρα κεχανδότα Il. 23.268. Cf. Il. 23.741 : Od. 2.355, Od. 9.209. 3 A stage of development or growth : ἥβης μ. Il. 11.225 : Od. 4.668, Od. 11.317, Od. 18.217, Od. 19.532. A point at the end of and measuring a course to be traversed : ὅρμου μ. (the anchorage) Od. 13.101. 4 The measurement or length of anything. In pl. : μέτρα κελεύθου Od. 4.389 = Od. 10.539.