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Ἐφικέσθαι · to reach (ε 3922) · Suda

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Near ε3922

ε3918allowed, permitted
ε3919despatches against
ε3920you crave, you long for
ε3921despatches against, permits
ε3922to reach
ε3923aiming at, reaching
ε3924they came to
ε3925attainable
ε3926cherished

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε3922

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Ἐφικέσθαι

to reach

Translated by Catharine Roth27 Jul 2003Vetting: high3 revisions

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1 note · 8 words

Translation

[Used] with a genitive.¹ [Meaning] to arrive [at].²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐφικέσθαι· γενικῇ. καταλαβέσθαι.

Betacode

*)efike/sqai: genikh=|. katalabe/sqai.

Notes (1)

[1] Likewise in syntactical lexica.

2Likewise in Hesychius and other lexica, and cf. a scholion on Plato, Greater Hippias 292A (where this idiom occurs). See also epsilon 3923.

Linked from2 entries

ε3923Ἐφικνούμενοςaiming at, reaching[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning he] laying hold of. "It roared loudly and seizing a man [...]."
ε3924Ἐφίκοντοthey came to[Meaning] they reached.

Neighbouring entries

ε3920Ἐφίῃyou crave, you long for ε3921Ἐφίησινdespatches against, permits ε3922Ἐφικέσθαιto reach ε3923Ἐφικνούμενοςaiming at, reaching ε3924Ἐφίκοντοthey came to

Revision history3 revisions · last 20 Mar 2016

20 Mar 2016expanded notes — David Whitehead
19 Nov 2012tweaking — David Whitehead
28 Jul 2003expanded note; added keyword — David Whitehead
27 Jul 2003Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐφικέσθαι (Adler number epsilon 3922), trans. Catharine Roth, 27 Jul 2003. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/3922

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗