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ἀνήκω

I.to have come up to a point, reach up to, of persons, αἱμασιὴν ἀνήκουσαν ἀνδρὶ ἐς τὸν ὀμφαλόν a wall reaching up to a man's middle, Hdt.; ἀν. ἐς τὰ μέγιστα to reach up to the highest point, id=Hdt.
2.of things, τοῦτο ἐς οὐδὲν ἀν. amounts to nothing, id=Hdt.; αἱ πολλαὶ [ζημίαι] ἐς τὸν θάνατον ἀν. have gone as far as death, Thuc.; ἀν. ἔς σε ἔχειν it has come to you to have, has become yours to have, Hdt.
II.to appertain, be fit or proper, NTest.; τὸ ἀνῆκον what is fit and proper, id=NTest.

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

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