I. reach at, aim at, c. gen., of two combatants, “ἅμα δ᾽ ἀλλήλων ἐφίκοντο” Il.13.613; simply, reach or hit with a stick, “εὐ μάλα μου ἐφικέσθαι πειράσεται” Pl.Hp.Ma.292a; “ὅσων ἂν ἐφικέσθαι δυνηθῶσιν” Isoc.12.227; “ἐφῖκται πάντων ἡ τούτου κακοπραγμοσύνη” D.25.101, cf. Plu.2.267c, etc.; “σφενδόνῃ οὐκ ἂν ἐφικοίμην αὐτόσε” Antiph.55.20; “τὰ βέλη ἐ. ἄχρι πρὸς τὸν σκοπόν” Luc.Nigr.36.
2. reach, extend, “ὅσον ὁ ἥλιος ἐ.” Thphr.HP1. 7.1, etc.; “ἐφ᾽ ὅσον ἀνθρώπων μνήμη ἐ.” X.Cyr.5.5.8; ἐ. ἐπὶ τοσαύτην γῆν τῷ ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ φόβῳ to reach by the terror of his name over . . , ib.1.1.5; ἐ. ἐς τὸ λεπτότατον to reach to the smallest matter, Luc.JConf.19; “ὅπου μὴ ἐ. ἡ λεοντῆ, προσραπτέον . . τὴν ἀλωπεκῆν” Plu.2.190e; c. part., “ἐ. φθεγγόμενον” Id.TG18; “ἐ. βλέποντα μέχρι τινός” D.Chr.62.1.
3. metaph., hit, touch the right points, “ἐ. ἐξαριθμούμενος” Plb.1.57.3; “τὰ ἄλλα λέγων ἐπίκεο ἀληθέστατα” Hdt.7.9.
4. reach, attain to, “τῆς ἀρετῆς” Isoc.1.5; “ἀνδραγαθίας” Aeschin.3.189; “τοῦ τριηραρχεῖν” D.20.28, cf. 122; “τῷ λόγῳ τῶν ἐκεῖ κακῶν” Id.19.65: c. inf., ἐ. τῷ λόγῳ διελθεῖν to be able to . . , Plu.2.338c, cf. Plb.1.4.11, Inscr.Prien.105.47 (i B. C.): abs., succeed in one's projects, App.Mith.102; of a poison, reach a vital part, take effect, ib.111.