ἐξικνέομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐξ- (ex-) +‎ ἱκνέομαι (hiknéomai).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ek.si.kné.o.mai̯/ → /ek.siˈkne.o.mɛ/ → /ek.siˈkne.o.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ek.si.kné.o.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ek.siˈkne.o.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ek.siˈkne.o.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ek.siˈkne.o.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ek.siˈkne.o.me/

Verb

ἐξικνέομαι • (exiknéomai)

1. (transitive) to reach, arrive at (a place or object)
2. (transitive) to come to (someone) as a suppliant
3. to complete, accomplish [with accusative or genitive]
4. (intransitive) to be sufficient

Inflection

   Present: ἐξῐκνέομαι (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐξῐκνέομαι	ἐξῐκνέῃ, ἐξῐκνέει	ἐξῐκνέεται	ἐξῐκνέεσθον	ἐξῐκνέεσθον	ἐξῐκνεόμεθᾰ	ἐξῐκνέεσθε	ἐξῐκνέονται
	subjunctive	ἐξῐκνέωμαι	ἐξῐκνέῃ	ἐξῐκνέηται	ἐξῐκνέησθον	ἐξῐκνέησθον	ἐξῐκνεώμεθᾰ	ἐξῐκνέησθε	ἐξῐκνέωνται
	optative	ἐξῐκνεοίμην	ἐξῐκνέοιο	ἐξῐκνέοιτο	ἐξῐκνέοισθον	ἐξῐκνεοίσθην	ἐξῐκνεοίμεθᾰ	ἐξῐκνέοισθε	ἐξῐκνέοιντο
	imperative		ἐξῐκνέου	ἐξῐκνεέσθω	ἐξῐκνέεσθον	ἐξῐκνεέσθων		ἐξῐκνέεσθε	ἐξῐκνεέσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						ἐξῐκνέεσθαι
participle	m					ἐξῐκνεόμενος
	f					ἐξῐκνεομένη
	n					ἐξῐκνεόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Present: ἐξῐκνοῦμαι (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐξῐκνοῦμαι	ἐξῐκνεῖ, ἐξῐκνῇ	ἐξῐκνεῖται	ἐξῐκνεῖσθον	ἐξῐκνεῖσθον	ἐξῐκνούμεθᾰ	ἐξῐκνεῖσθε	ἐξῐκνοῦνται
	subjunctive	ἐξῐκνῶμαι	ἐξῐκνῇ	ἐξῐκνῆται	ἐξῐκνῆσθον	ἐξῐκνῆσθον	ἐξῐκνώμεθᾰ	ἐξῐκνῆσθε	ἐξῐκνῶνται
	optative	ἐξῐκνοίμην	ἐξῐκνοῖο	ἐξῐκνοῖτο	ἐξῐκνοῖσθον	ἐξῐκνοίσθην	ἐξῐκνοίμεθᾰ	ἐξῐκνοῖσθε	ἐξῐκνοῖντο
	imperative		ἐξῐκνοῦ	ἐξῐκνείσθω	ἐξῐκνεῖσθον	ἐξῐκνείσθων		ἐξῐκνεῖσθε	ἐξῐκνείσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						ἐξῐκνεῖσθαι
participle	m					ἐξῐκνούμενος
	f					ἐξῐκνουμένη
	n					ἐξῐκνούμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἐξῑκνεόμην (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐξῑκνεόμην	ἐξῑκνέου	ἐξῑκνέετο	ἐξῑκνέεσθον	ἐξῑκνεέσθην	ἐξῑκνεόμεθᾰ	ἐξῑκνέεσθε	ἐξῑκνέοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἐξῑκνούμην (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐξῑκνούμην	ἐξῑκνοῦ	ἐξῑκνεῖτο	ἐξῑκνεῖσθον	ἐξῑκνείσθην	ἐξῑκνούμεθᾰ	ἐξῑκνεῖσθε	ἐξῑκνοῦντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: ἐξῐ́ξομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἐξῐ́ξομαι	ἐξῐ́ξῃ, ἐξῐ́ξει	ἐξῐ́ξεται	ἐξῐ́ξεσθον	ἐξῐ́ξεσθον	ἐξῐξόμεθᾰ	ἐξῐ́ξεσθε	ἐξῐ́ξονται
	optative	ἐξῐξοίμην	ἐξῐ́ξοιο	ἐξῐ́ξοιτο	ἐξῐ́ξοισθον	ἐξῐξοίσθην	ἐξῐξοίμεθᾰ	ἐξῐ́ξοισθε	ἐξῐ́ξοιντο
					middle
infinitive					ἐξῐ́ξεσθαι
participle	m				ἐξῐξόμενος
	f				ἐξῐξομένη
	n				ἐξῐξόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἐξῑκόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἐξῑκόμην	ἐξῑ́κου	ἐξῑ́κετο	ἐξῑ́κεσθον	ἐξῑκέσθην	ἐξῑκόμεθᾰ	ἐξῑ́κεσθε	ἐξῑ́κοντο
	subjunctive	ἐξῐ́κωμαι	ἐξῐ́κῃ	ἐξῐ́κηται	ἐξῐ́κησθον	ἐξῐ́κησθον	ἐξῐκώμεθᾰ	ἐξῐ́κησθε	ἐξῐ́κωνται
	optative	ἐξῐκοίμην	ἐξῐ́κοιο	ἐξῐ́κοιτο	ἐξῐ́κοισθον	ἐξῐκοίσθην	ἐξῐκοίμεθᾰ	ἐξῐ́κοισθε	ἐξῐ́κοιντο
	imperative		ἐξῐκοῦ	ἐξῐκέσθω	ἐξῐ́κεσθον	ἐξῐκέσθων		ἐξῐ́κεσθε	ἐξῐκέσθων
					middle
infinitive					ἐξῐκέσθαι
participle	m				ἐξῐκόμενος
	f				ἐξῐκομένη
	n				ἐξῐκόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Perfect: ἔξῑγμαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἔξῑγμαι	ἔξῑξαι	ἔξῑκται	ἔξῑχθον	ἔξῑχθον	ἐξῑ́γμεθᾰ	ἔξῑχθε	ἐξῑ́γᾰται
	subjunctive	ἐξῑγμένος ὦ	ἐξῑγμένος ᾖς	ἐξῑγμένος ᾖ	ἐξῑγμένω ἦτον	ἐξῑγμένω ἦτον	ἐξῑγμένοι ὦμεν	ἐξῑγμένοι ἦτε	ἐξῑγμένοι ὦσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐξῑγμένος εἴην	ἐξῑγμένος εἴης	ἐξῑγμένος εἴη	ἐξῑγμένω εἴητον/εἶτον	ἐξῑγμένω εἰήτην/εἴτην	ἐξῑγμένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν	ἐξῑγμένοι εἴητε/εἶτε	ἐξῑγμένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν
	imperative		ἔξῑξο	ἐξῑ́χθω	ἔξῑχθον	ἐξῑ́χθων		ἔξῑχθε	ἐξῑ́χθων
infinitive						ἐξῖχθαι
participle	m					ἐξῑγμένος
	f					ἐξῑγμένη
	n					ἐξῑγμένον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

• “ἐξικνέομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐξικνέομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐξικνέομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἐξικνέομαι”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἐξικνέομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐξικνέομαι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • arrive idem, page 41.
  • attain idem, page 50.
  • carry idem, page 115.
  • come idem, page 144.
  • gain idem, page 352.
  • get idem, page 358.
  • penetrate idem, page 603.
  • reach idem, page 675.
  • up idem, page 937.