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ἐφικνέομαι 1 2 3 4

I.Dep.:— to reach at, aim at, c. gen., Il., Plat., etc.
2.to reach or extend, ἐφ᾽ ὅσον μνήμη ἐφ. Xen., etc.
3.metaph. to hit or touch the right points, Lat. rem acu tangere, τῷ λόγῳ ἐφ. τῶν ἐκεῖ κακῶν Dem.;—so, ἐς τὰ ἄλλα ἐπίκεο Hdt.
4.to reach, gain, attain to, ἀνδραγαθίας Aeschin., etc.
II.c. acc. to come upon, εἴ σε μοῖρ᾽ ἐφίκοιτο Pind.; dupl. acc., ἐπικέσθαι πληγὰς τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον to visit it with blows, Hdt.

1 ionic ἐπ-

2 fut. ἐφίξομαι

3 aor 2 ἐφι_κόμην

4 ionic ἐπ

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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