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ἐξαρκ-έω ,
I. of objects, to be quite enough for, suffice for, “τινί” Heraclit.114, S.OC6, 1116, Ph.459, etc.; “ἔμοιγ᾽ ἐ. ὃς ἂν μὴ κακὸς ᾖ” Pl.Prt.346c; “ὁ βίος μοι δοκεῖ τῷ μήκει τοῦ λόγου οὐκ ἐξαρκεῖν” Id.Phd. 108d; “ἐ. εἴς τι” Lys.19.55, 30.20; “πρός τι” Pl.R.526d, X.Mem.4.1.5: c. inf., “μία μεσότης ἂν ἐξήρκει . . συνδεῖν” Pl.Ti.32a: abs., suffice, “μέτρια δ᾽ ἐξαρκεῖν ἔφη” E.Supp.866, cf. And.4.15; “βραχὺς . . ἐξήρκει λόγος” D. 18.196.
2. impers., ἐξαρκεῖ it is enough for, suffices for, c. dat. pers., Pl.Prt.336c, al.: with inf. added, “ἐ. ἡμῖν ἡσυχίην ἄγειν” Hdt.7.161; “ἐ. σώματι εἶναι σώματι” Pl.R.341e; also “ἐξαρκέσει σοι τύραννον γενέσθαι” Id.Alc.2.141a; “ἐξαρκέσει εἰπεῖν” D.27.12; “οὐκ ἐξαρκεῖ περὶ τούτου μόνον αὐτῷ ψεύσασθαι” Lys.3.25, cf. Isoc.19.47: c. dat. pers. et part., “ταῦτα ἔχουσιν οὐκ ἐξήρκεσεν αὐτοῖς” D.47.52: abs., “οὐκ ἂν ἐξαρκέσειεν” Id.21.129; “ἐξαρκεῖ” enough! Pl.Grg.503a, Hp.Ma.302b; “ὡς ἐξαρκέσαν, εἰ . .” Is.6.13.
II. of the subject, to be satisfied or content with, “κτεάτεσσι” Pi.O.5.24; ἐ. διαίτῃ to be strong enough for it, Hp.Aph.1.9; πᾶσιν ἐ. to be a match for all, E.Supp.574: abs., ἐξαρκέσας ἦν Ζεύς Zeus was strong enough, ib.511: c. part., τὸν νοῦν διδάσκαλον ἔχουσα ἐξήρκουν ἐμοί I contented myself, was satisfied with having, Id.Tr.653, cf. Ar.Eq.524; πῶς ἂν . . ἐξαρκέσειε . . ἐκτίνων; how could he pay enough? X.Hier.7.12:—Pass., οὐκ ἐξηρκεῖτο φυγαδεύειν dub. l.in Plb. 13.6.6.
III. assist, succour, “φίλοις” Pi.N.1.32: c. acc., “ταῦτα ὁ φίλος πρὸ τοῦ φίλου ἐξήρκεσεν” X.Mem.2.4.7.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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