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ἱκα^ν-ός [ι^], ή, όν, ἱκνέομαι)
A.sufficing, becoming, befitting; prose Adj., used two or three times by Trag. (v. infr.):
2. in bad sense, capable, “. εἶ λαλῶν κατακόψαι πάνταMen.Sam.69.
2. sufficient, satisfactory, “. μαρτυρίαν παρέχεσθαιPl.Smp.179b; “. λόγῳ ἀποδεῖξαιId.Hp.Mi.369c; τὸ . λαμβάνειν to take security or bail, Act.Ap.17.9, OGI629.100 (Palmyra, ii A.D.); τὸ . ποιεῖν give security, Plb.32.3.13, D.L.4.50, Just.Nov.86.4 (but simply, satisfy, “τῷ ὄχλῳEv.Marc.15.15); “. δοῦναιPSI6.554.23 (iii B.C.), POxy.294.23 (i A.D.); ἐφ᾽ ἱκανόν,= ἱκανῶς, Plb.11.25.1, D.S.11.40.
III. Adv. -νῶς sufficiently, adequately, Th.6.92, etc.; λαγόνες λαπαραὶ . X.Cyn.5.30, cf. Arist.Phgn. 807b26; “. εἴρηται περί τινοςId.EN1096a3, al.; later, considerably, amply, Philostr.VA3.6, VS1.8.3, Ant.Lib.7.7; fully, “μιᾶς ὥρας . παρελθούσηςPtol.Alm.4.6.
b. excessively, οὔτε γὰρ . ὑγρόν ἐστι not too moist, Gal.6.765, cf. 767,768; “. βλαβεράId.Vict.Att.8; παχὺ . αἷμα ibid.
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