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ἥκω , Il.5.478: impf. ἧκον (v. infr.): fut. ἥξω (v. infr.); Dor.
A.ἡξῶTheoc.4.47, Call.Fr.1.65 P. (in Dor. and Hom. more commonly ἵκω): all other tenses late; aor. 1 part. “ἥξαςPaus.2.11.5, Gal.6.56, 10.609: pf. “ἧκαPhilostr.VA3.24, Scymn.62, 1pl. “ἥκαμενUPZ72.9 (ii B.C.), CIG4762 (Egypt, i A.D.), Dor. ἥκαμες f.l. in Plu.2.225b, 2pl. “ἥκατεPGrenf.2.36.18 (i B.C.), 3pl. “ἥκασιLXX4 Ki.20.14, Ev.Marc.8.3; inf. “ἡκέναιUPZ6.30 (ii B.C.): plpf. “ἥκεσανJ.AJ19.1.14: —Med., pres. subj. “ἥκηταιAret.SD2.1: fut. ἥξομαι v.l. in M.Ant. 2.4:—to have come, be present, prop. in a pf. sense, with impf. ἧκον as plpf., I had come, and fut. ἥξω as fut. pf., I shall have come, “μάλα τηλόθεν ἥκωIl.5.478, cf. Od.13.325, Pi.O.4.12 (ἵκω codd. vett.): impf. “ἧκονA.Pr.661, Th.1.91, al., Pl.R.327c, Hdt.8.50, etc.: fut. “ἥξωA.Pr. 103, al., E.Andr.738, Ar.Pax265, Orac. ap. Th.2.54, etc.; ἧκε imper., S.Aj.1116, Ar.Pax275, X.Cyr.4.5.25; “ἡκέτωE.Rh.337:—Constr. mostly with εἰς, Hdt.8.50, A.Ch.3, etc.; “παρά τιναHdt.7.157, Th.1.137; “πρός τιναA.Ch.659; “πρὸς δαίμοναS.Fr.770; esp. in worship, “ἥκω πρὸς τὴν κυρίαν ἾσινOGI186.6 (Egypt, i B.C.), cf. Ev.Jo.6.37; “πρὸς πόλινS.OC734; ἐπί τινα to set upon, attack, Pl.R.336b, Aeschin. 2.178; but . ἐπὶ τὸ στράτευμα to have come to fetch the army, X. An.7.6.2; “οἱ ἐπὶ ταῦθ᾽ ἥκοντεςD.18.28; “ἐπ᾽ ὀλέθρῳE.IA886 (troch.); “περὶ σπονδῶνX.An.2.3.4: c. acc., “ἥξεις ποταμόνA.Pr.717, cf. 724, 730; “. δῆμον τὸν ΛυρκείουS.Fr.271.6, cf. E.Ba.1; “ἥκουσιν αὐτῷ ἄγγελοιX.Cyr.5.3.26; ἐς ταὐτὸν . to have come to the same point, to agree, E.Hec.748, Hipp.273: with Adv. of motion, . ἐνθάδε, δεῦρο, S.Ph.377, D.19.58; “βῆναι κεῖθεν ὅθενπερ ἥκειS.OC1227: c. neut. Pron., “αὐτὰ ταῦτα ἥκω παρά σεPl.Prt.310e; ἐρωτώμενοι τι ἥκοιεν for what they had come, X.HG4.5.9: c. acc. cogn., “ὁδὸν μακρὰν ἥκεινId.Cyr.5.5.42: c.inf., μανθάνειν γὰρ ἥκομεν we are here to learn, S. OC12.
c. with an Adv. folld. by gen., “οὕτω πόρρω σοφίας ἥκειςPl.Euthd.294e; εὖ ἥκειν τινός to be well off for a thing, have plenty of it, τοῦ βίου, χρημάτων, Hdt.1.30, 5.62; “ἑωυτῶνId.1.102; “θεῶν χρηστῶνId.8.111; πιθανότητος Demetr.Magn. ap.D.H.Din.1; οὐκ ὁμοίως . τινός not to be equally well off in respect of . . , Hdt.1.149; πῶς ἀγῶνος ἥκομεν; how have we sped in the contest? E.El.751; ὧδε γένους . τινί to be this degree of kin to him, Id.Heracl.213; “ὡς δυνάμεως ἥκειςPaus.4.21.10; “ἐς μῆκος εὖ ἥκωνAel.NA4.34: abs., εὖ ἥκειν to be flourishing, Hdt.1.30: rarely c. gen. only, σὺ δὲ δυνάμιος ἥκεις μεγάλης thou art in great power, Id.7.157 (nisi leg. μεγάλως).
3. to have come back, returned, D.20.73; from exile, And.2.13; αὐτίκα ἥξω I shall be back in a moment, X.An.2.1.9; ἧκέ νυν ταχύ come back soon, Ar.Pax275; “ἄψορρον ἥξειςA.Pr. 1021; “ἄψορρον ἥξομεν πάλινS.El.53.
4. c. part., ἥκω φέρων I have come bringing (i.e. with), Id.OC579, cf. 357, Ar.Pax265, Eup.22 D., Pl.Grg.518d; “ἧκεν ἄγωνId.Phd.117a; “ἕτερόν τι ἥκεις ἕχωνId.Grg. 491c, etc.: c. fut. part., like ἔρχομαι, ἥκω φράσων, ἀγγελῶν, etc., I am going, I intend to say, E.Ph.706, 1075, etc.
5. to have come to be, “θεοῖς ἔχθιστος ἥκωS.OT1519 (troch.), cf.Aj.636(lyr.), El.1201, etc.; take one's origin, “ἀπὸ πολιτειῶν τοιούτων ἥκετε, ἐν αἷς . . Th.4.126.
4. c. inf., ἧκέ μοι γένει . . πενθεῖν it has come to me by birth . . , my birth lays it on me . . , S.OC738, cf. Ichn.356; καλῶς αὐτοῖς κατθανεῖν ἧκον βίου it being well for them at their age to die, E.Alc.291.
5. c. part., καὶ νῦν ἥκει γινόμενον which commonly happens even now, Plb.24.9.11 codd. (v.l. γενόμενον). (Prob. from same root as ἵκω.)
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