ἱκάνω

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See also: ἱκανώ, ἱκανῶ, and ἱκανῷ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Nasal-suffixed form of ἵκω (híkō); compare ἱκνέομαι (hiknéomai).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἱκᾱ́νω • (hikā́nō)

  1. (intransitive) to arrive, come
  2. (transitive) to come to, reach, attain
  3. (transitive) to approach as a suppliant

Conjugation

   Present: ἱκᾱ́νω, ἱκᾱ́νομαι
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἱκᾱ́νω ἱκᾱ́νεις ἱκᾱ́νει ἱκᾱ́νετον ἱκᾱ́νετον ἱκᾱ́νομεν ἱκᾱ́νετε ἱκᾱ́νουσῐ(ν)
subjunctive ἱκᾱ́νω ἱκᾱ́νῃς ἱκᾱ́νῃ ἱκᾱ́νητον ἱκᾱ́νητον ἱκᾱ́νωμεν ἱκᾱ́νητε ἱκᾱ́νωσῐ(ν)
optative ἱκᾱ́νοιμῐ ἱκᾱ́νοις ἱκᾱ́νοι ἱκᾱ́νοιτον ἱκᾱνοίτην ἱκᾱ́νοιμεν ἱκᾱ́νοιτε ἱκᾱ́νοιεν
imperative   ἵκᾱνε ἱκᾱνέτω ἱκᾱ́νετον ἱκᾱνέτων   ἱκᾱ́νετε ἱκᾱνόντων
middle/
passive 		indicative ἱκᾱ́νομαι ἱκᾱ́νῃ,
ἱκᾱ́νει 		ἱκᾱ́νεται ἱκᾱ́νεσθον ἱκᾱ́νεσθον ἱκᾱνόμεθᾰ ἱκᾱ́νεσθε ἱκᾱ́νονται
subjunctive ἱκᾱ́νωμαι ἱκᾱ́νῃ ἱκᾱ́νηται ἱκᾱ́νησθον ἱκᾱ́νησθον ἱκᾱνώμεθᾰ ἱκᾱ́νησθε ἱκᾱ́νωνται
optative ἱκᾱνοίμην ἱκᾱ́νοιο ἱκᾱ́νοιτο ἱκᾱ́νοισθον ἱκᾱνοίσθην ἱκᾱνοίμεθᾰ ἱκᾱ́νοισθε ἱκᾱ́νοιντο
imperative   ἱκᾱ́νου ἱκᾱνέσθω ἱκᾱ́νεσθον ἱκᾱνέσθων   ἱκᾱ́νεσθε ἱκᾱνέσθων
active middle/passive
infinitive ἱκᾱ́νειν ἱκᾱ́νεσθαι
participle m ἱκᾱ́νων ἱκᾱνόμενος
f ἱκᾱ́νουσᾰ ἱκᾱνομένη
n ἱκᾶνον ἱκᾱνόμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: ἵκᾱνον, ἱκᾱνόμην
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἵκᾱνον ἵκᾱνες ἵκᾱνε(ν) ἱκᾱ́νετον ἱκᾱνέτην ἱκᾱ́νομεν ἱκᾱ́νετε ἵκᾱνον
middle/
passive 		indicative ἱκᾱνόμην ἱκᾱ́νου ἱκᾱ́νετο ἱκᾱ́νεσθον ἱκᾱνέσθην ἱκᾱνόμεθᾰ ἱκᾱ́νεσθε ἱκᾱ́νοντο
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Other tenses are supplied by ἱκνέομαι (hiknéomai).

Further reading

  • ἱκάνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “ἱκάνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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