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καθικνέομαι , fut.
A.-ίξομαιPlb.5.93.5, etc., dub. in IG5(2).4.13 (Tegea, iv B.C.): aor. -ι_κόμην (v. infr.): pf. part. “καθιγμένονHsch.:— come down to: in Hom. only metaph., reach, touch, “με μάλιστα καθίκετο πένθος ἄλαστονOd.1.342, μάλα πώς με καθίκεο θυμὸν ἐνιπῇ thou hast touched me nearly, Il.14.104; later, of any down-stroke, κάρα . . κέντροισί μου καθίκετο came down upon my head, S.OT809; “εἰς ὅλμους κ. ὑπέροιςPaus.5.18.2: abs., “ἐπανατεινάμενος τὸ ξίφος καθικνεῖταιParth.8.9: generally, take effect, Phld.Mus.p.85K.; attack, affect, “τῆς ὀπτήσεως καθικνουμένης καὶ ἐξατμιζούσης τὸ τροφῶδεςAth.Med. ap. Orib.1.9.1: freq. in Prose, c. gen., “κ. τῆς πηγῆςPaus.7.21.12; κ. τῆς ψυχῆς reach or touch it, Pl.Ax.369e; “ἡμῶν λόγος καθίκετοLuc. Nigr.35; “ ὕβρις οὐ μετρίως μου καθίκετοId.Tox.46; “κ. τινὸς πικρόταταAel.VH14.3; κ. τινὸς σκύτεσι, κονδύλῳ, strike one with a strap, etc., Plu.Ant.12,Alc.7.
3. κατικόμενον, τό, that which comes to one, one's share of an inheritance, IG9 (1).334.30 (Locr., v. B.C.).
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Homer, Iliad, 14.104
    • Homer, Odyssey, 1.342
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5.18.2
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 7.21.12
    • Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, 809
    • Polybius, Histories, 2.38.8
    • Polybius, Histories, 4.50.10
    • Polybius, Histories, 5.93.5
    • Plutarch, Alcibiades, 7
    • Plutarch, Antonius, 12
    • Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, 46
    • Aelian, Varia Historia, 14.3
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