ἀφικνέομαι

ἀφικνέομαι, [dialect] Ion. [pref] ἀπ- Hdt.2.28, al.: [tense] impf.

A

ἀφικνεῖτο Th.3.33

: [tense] fut.

ἀφίξομαι Il.18.270

, etc., [dialect] Ion. [ per.] 2sg.

ἀπίξεαι Hdt.2.29

, [ per.] 3sg.

ἀπίξεται Theoc.29.13

: [tense] pf.

ἀφῖγμαι Od.6.297

, [dialect] Att. [ per.] 2sg.

ἀφῖξαι A.Pr.305

, [ per.] 3sg.

ἀφῖκται S.OC794

: [tense] plpf. ἀφῖκτο ib.1590, [dialect] Ion. [ per.] 3pl.

ἀπίκατο Hdt.8.6

: [tense] aor.

ἀφῑκόμην Il.18.395

, etc.; inf. ἀφικέσθαι; [dialect] Dor. imper.

ἀφίκευσο Theoc.11.42

: [tense] aor. 1 part.

ἀφιξάμενος Epigr.Gr.981.9

([place name] Philae):—arrive at, come to, reach: Constr., in Hom., Pi., and Trag. mostly c. acc. loci, Il.13.645, Pi.P.5.29, A.Pers.15, etc.;

ὅνδε δόμονδε Hes.Sc.38

: in Hom. also c. acc. pers., μνηστῆρας ἀ. came up to them, Od.1.332, cf. 11.122, etc.; ὅτε μ' ἄλγος ἀφίκετο came to me, Il.18.395; similarly, τοῦτον νῦν ἀφίκεσθε come up to this throw ! Od.8.202; freq. also with Preps., ἀ. ἐς . . Il.24.431, Od.4.255, etc.; less freq. ἐπί . . Il.10.281, 22.208; still more rarely κατά . . , ποτί . . , 13.329, Od.6.297;

ἀ. πρὸς τέλος γόων S.OC1622

;

ἐπὶ τῶν νήσων X.HG5.1.2

;

ἄχρι τοῦ μὴ πεινῆν ἀ. Id.Smp.4.37

;

θανάτου τοῦτ' ἐγγυτάτω τοὔπος ἀφῖκται S.Ant.934

;

παρά τινος ἀ. Id.OT935

, etc.: abs., arrive,

ὁπποίης ἐπὶ νηὸς ἀφίκεο Od.1.171

;

ὅταν ἀ. ὥρη Thgn.723

;

σῖτος ἀφικνούμενος D.20.31

;

ὁ ἀφικνούμενος

the stranger, newcomer,

IG12.118.11

:—Phrases:

1 ἀ. ἐπὶ or εἰς πάντα, to try every means, S.OT265, E.Hipp.284;

ἀ. ἐς πᾶσαν βάσανον Hdt.8.110

;

ἐς διάπειράν τινος ἀ. Id.2.28

, 77;

ἐπὶ τὸ τέμνειν μῦς ἀ. Gal.2.230

.

2 come into a certain condition,

ἀ. ἐς πᾶν κακοῦ Hdt.7.118

;

ἐς ἀπορίην πολλήν Id.1.79

; ἐς τοσοῦτο τύχης, ἐς τοῦτο δυστυχίας, come into such a . . , ib.124, Th.7.86; ἐς ὀλίγον ἀ. νικηθῆναι come within little of being conquered, Id 4.129; εἰς τὸ ἴσον ἀ. τινί attain equality with . . , X.Cyr.1.4.5;

εἰς ὀργήν Men.Pk. 44

; ellipt., ἐς ἄνδρ' ἀφίκου reachedst man's estate, E.Ion322.

3 of intercourse with others, ἀ. τινὶ ἐς λόγους hold converse with one, Hdt.2.28; ἐς ἔχθεα, ἐς ἔριν ἀ. τινί, Id.3.82, E.IA319; διὰ μάχης, δι' ἔχθρας ἀ. τινί, Hdt.1.169, E.Hipp.1164;

διὰ λόγων ἐμαυτῇ Id.Med. 872

.

b less freq. c. dat. pers., ἀ. τινί come at his call, Pi.O.9.67, Hdt.5.24, Th.4.85.

4 εἰς τόξευμα ἀ. come within shot, X.Cyr. 1.4.23, etc.

5 of things, ἐς ὀξὺ ἀ. dub. l. for ἀπηγμένα, -μένας in Hdt.2.28, 7.64;

ὁ λόγος εἰς ταὐτὸν ἀ. Arist.EN1097a24

, cf. 1167a12, al.

II the sense of return is sts. implied in the context, but is not inherent in the word, as Od.10.420, Pi.P.8.54, E.El.6, Pl. Chrm.153a.