ἱκάνω

See also: ἱκανώ, ἱκανῶ, and ἱκανῷ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Nasal-suffixed form of ἵκω (híkō); compare ἱκνέομαι (hiknéomai).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hi.kǎː.nɔː/ → /iˈka.no/ → /iˈka.no/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hi.kǎː.nɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)iˈka.no/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈka.no/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈka.no/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈka.no/

Verb

ἱκᾱ́νω • (hikā́nō)

1. (intransitive) to arrive, come
2. (transitive) to come to, reach, attain
3. (transitive) to approach as a suppliant

Conjugation

   Present: ἱκᾱ́νω, ἱκᾱ́νομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἱκᾱ́νω	ἱκᾱ́νεις	ἱκᾱ́νει	ἱκᾱ́νετον	ἱκᾱ́νετον	ἱκᾱ́νομεν	ἱκᾱ́νετε	ἱκᾱ́νουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἱκᾱ́νω	ἱκᾱ́νῃς	ἱκᾱ́νῃ	ἱκᾱ́νητον	ἱκᾱ́νητον	ἱκᾱ́νωμεν	ἱκᾱ́νητε	ἱκᾱ́νωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἱκᾱ́νοιμῐ	ἱκᾱ́νοις	ἱκᾱ́νοι	ἱκᾱ́νοιτον	ἱκᾱνοίτην	ἱκᾱ́νοιμεν	ἱκᾱ́νοιτε	ἱκᾱ́νοιεν
	imperative		ἵκᾱνε	ἱκᾱνέτω	ἱκᾱ́νετον	ἱκᾱνέτων		ἱκᾱ́νετε	ἱκᾱνόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἱκᾱ́νομαι	ἱκᾱ́νῃ, ἱκᾱ́νει	ἱκᾱ́νεται	ἱκᾱ́νεσθον	ἱκᾱ́νεσθον	ἱκᾱνόμεθᾰ	ἱκᾱ́νεσθε	ἱκᾱ́νονται
	subjunctive	ἱκᾱ́νωμαι	ἱκᾱ́νῃ	ἱκᾱ́νηται	ἱκᾱ́νησθον	ἱκᾱ́νησθον	ἱκᾱνώμεθᾰ	ἱκᾱ́νησθε	ἱκᾱ́νωνται
	optative	ἱκᾱνοίμην	ἱκᾱ́νοιο	ἱκᾱ́νοιτο	ἱκᾱ́νοισθον	ἱκᾱνοίσθην	ἱκᾱνοίμεθᾰ	ἱκᾱ́νοισθε	ἱκᾱ́νοιντο
	imperative		ἱκᾱ́νου	ἱκᾱνέσθω	ἱκᾱ́νεσθον	ἱκᾱνέσθων		ἱκᾱ́νεσθε	ἱκᾱνέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἱκᾱ́νειν				ἱκᾱ́νεσθαι
participle	m	ἱκᾱ́νων				ἱκᾱνόμενος
	f	ἱκᾱ́νουσᾰ				ἱκᾱνομένη
	n	ἱκᾶνον				ἱκᾱνόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἵκᾱνον, ἱκᾱνόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἵκᾱνον	ἵκᾱνες	ἵκᾱνε(ν)	ἱκᾱ́νετον	ἱκᾱνέτην	ἱκᾱ́νομεν	ἱκᾱ́νετε	ἵκᾱνον
middle/ passive	indicative	ἱκᾱνόμην	ἱκᾱ́νου	ἱκᾱ́νετο	ἱκᾱ́νεσθον	ἱκᾱνέσθην	ἱκᾱνόμεθᾰ	ἱκᾱ́νεσθε	ἱκᾱ́νοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Other tenses are supplied by ἱκνέομαι (hiknéomai).

Further reading

• ἱκάνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἱκάνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • arrive idem, page 41.
  • come idem, page 144.
  • reach idem, page 675.