Ἱκανός
adequate, sufficient
Translated by Catharine Roth25 May 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] one who is competent. For the one coming [i(ka/nwn ], which means arriving, was competent for the journey. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "do you evidently consider twenty deaths sufficient?"1
Also [sc. attested is ]*(ikano/s ["he who is sufficient"], [meaning] God.2
Also [sc. attested is ]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἱκανός· ὁ ἀρκῶν. ὁ γὰρ ἱκάνων, ὅ ἐστι παραγινόμενος, ἤρκεσε πρὸς τὴν ὁδόν. Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ· ἱκανοὺς νομίζεις δῆτα θανάτους εἴκοσι; καὶ Ἱκανός, ὁ θεός.