ἥκω

ἥκω, Il.5.478: [tense] impf. ἧκον (v. infr.): [tense] fut. ἥξω (v. infr.); [dialect] Dor.

A

ἡξῶ Theoc.4.47

, Call.Fr.1.65 P. (in [dialect] Dor. and Hom. more commonly ἵκω): all other tenses late; [tense] aor. 1 part.

ἥξας Paus.2.11.5

, Gal.6.56, 10.609: [tense] pf.

ἧκα Philostr.VA3.24

, Scymn.62, [ per.] 1pl.

ἥκαμεν UPZ72.9

(ii B.C.), CIG4762 (Egypt, i A.D.), [dialect] Dor. ἥκαμες f.l. in Plu.2.225b, [ per.] 2pl.

ἥκατε PGrenf.2.36.18

(i B.C.), [ per.] 3pl.

ἥκασι LXX4 Ki.20.14

, Ev.Marc.8.3; inf.

ἡκέναι UPZ6.30

(ii B.C.): [tense] plpf.

ἥκεσαν J.AJ19.1.14

: —[voice] Med., [tense] pres. subj.

ἥκηται Aret.SD2.1

: [tense] fut. ἥξομαι v.l. in M.Ant. 2.4:—to have come, be present, prop. in a [tense] pf. sense, with [tense] impf. ἧκον as [tense] plpf., I had come, and [tense] fut. ἥξω as [tense] fut. [tense] pf., I shall have come,

μάλα τηλόθεν ἥκω Il.5.478

, cf. Od.13.325, Pi.O.4.12 (ἵκω codd. vett.): [tense] impf.

ἧκον A.Pr.661

, Th.1.91, al., Pl.R.327c, Hdt.8.50, etc.: [tense] fut.

ἥξω A.Pr. 103

, al., E.Andr.738, Ar.Pax265, Orac. ap. Th.2.54, etc.; ἧκε imper., S.Aj.1116, Ar.Pax275, X.Cyr.4.5.25;

ἡκέτω E.Rh.337

:—Constr. mostly with εἰς, Hdt.8.50, A.Ch.3, etc.;

παρά τινα Hdt.7.157

, Th.1.137;

πρός τινα A.Ch.659

;

πρὸς δαίμονα S.Fr.770

; esp. in worship,

ἥκω πρὸς τὴν κυρίαν Ἶσιν OGI186.6

(Egypt, i B.C.), cf. Ev.Jo.6.37;

πρὸς πόλιν S.OC734

; ἐπί τινα to set upon, attack, Pl.R.336b, Aeschin. 2.178; but ἥ. ἐπὶ τὸ στράτευμα to have come to fetch the army, X. An.7.6.2;

οἱ ἐπὶ ταῦθ' ἥκοντες D.18.28

;

ἐπ' ὀλέθρῳ E.IA886

(troch.);

περὶ σπονδῶν X.An.2.3.4

: c. acc.,

ἥξεις ποταμόν A.Pr.717

, cf. 724, 730;

ἥ. δῆμον τὸν Λυρκείου S.Fr.271.6

, cf. E.Ba.1;

ἥκουσιν αὐτῷ ἄγγελοι X.Cyr.5.3.26

; ἐς ταὐτὸν ἥ. to have come to the same point, to agree, E.Hec.748, Hipp.273: with Adv. of motion, ἥ. ἐνθάδε, δεῦρο, S.Ph.377, D.19.58;

βῆναι κεῖθεν ὅθενπερ ἥκει S.OC1227

: c. neut. Pron.,

αὐτὰ ταῦτα ἥκω παρά σε Pl.Prt.310e

; ἐρωτώμενοι ὅ τι ἥκοιεν for what they had come, X.HG4.5.9: c. acc. cogn.,

ὁδὸν μακρὰν ἥκειν Id.Cyr.5.5.42

: c.inf., μανθάνειν γὰρ ἥκομεν we are here to learn, S. OC12.

2 to have reached a point, ἐς τοσήνδ' ὕβριν ib.1030;

εἰς τοῦτο ἀμαθίας E.Andr.170

;

εἰς τοσοῦτον ἀμαθίας Pl.Ap.25e

;

εἰς ὅσον ἡλικίας Id.Chrm.157d

, etc.;

πρὸς γάμων ἀκμάς S.OT1492

; ὁρᾷς ἵν' ἥκεις; ib.687, etc.; Geom., pass through a point,

διὰ τῶν πόλων Autol.Sph.10

, cf. Archim.Con.Sph.9.

b διὰ μάχης, δι' ὀργῆς ἥκειν, A.Supp.475, S.OC905; cf.

διά A.

IV.

c with an Adv. folld. by gen.,

οὕτω πόρρω σοφίας ἥκεις Pl.Euthd.294e

; εὖ ἥκειν τινός to be well off for a thing, have plenty of it, τοῦ βίου, χρημάτων, Hdt.1.30, 5.62;

ἑωυτῶν Id.1.102

;

θεῶν χρηστῶν Id.8.111

; πιθανότητος Demetr.Magn. ap.D.H.Din.1; οὐκ ὁμοίως ἥ. τινός not to be equally well off in respect of . . , Hdt.1.149; πῶς ἀγῶνος ἥκομεν; how have we sped in the contest? E.El.751; ὧδε γένους ἥ. τινί to be this degree of kin to him, Id.Heracl.213;

ὡς δυνάμεως ἥκεις Paus.4.21.10

;

ἐς μῆκος εὖ ἥκων Ael.NA4.34

: abs., εὖ ἥκειν to be flourishing, Hdt.1.30: rarely c. gen. only, σὺ δὲ δυνάμιος ἥκεις μεγάλης thou art in great power, Id.7.157 (nisi leg. μεγάλως).

3 to have come back, returned, D.20.73; from exile, And.2.13; αὐτίκα ἥξω I shall be back in a moment, X.An.2.1.9; ἧκέ νυν ταχύ come back soon, Ar.Pax275;

ἄψορρον ἥξεις A.Pr. 1021

;

ἄψορρον ἥξομεν πάλιν S.El.53

.

4 c. part., ἥκω φέρων I have come bringing (i.e. with), Id.OC579, cf. 357, Ar.Pax265, Eup.22 D., Pl.Grg.518d;

ἧκεν ἄγων Id.Phd.117a

;

ἕτερόν τι ἥκεις ἕχων Id.Grg. 491c

, etc.: c. [tense] fut. part., like ἔρχομαι, ἥκω φράσων, ἀγγελῶν, etc., I am going, I intend to say, E.Ph.706, 1075, etc.

5 to have come to be,

θεοῖς ἔχθιστος ἥκω S.OT1519

(troch.), cf.Aj.636(lyr.), El.1201, etc.; take one's origin,

ἀπὸ πολιτειῶν τοιούτων ἥκετε, ἐν αἷς . . Th.4.126

.

II of things, in various uses: of meats, to have come to table, Alex.132;

ὡς τὰ περιφερόμενα ἧκε πρὸς ἡμᾶς X.Cyr.2.2.3

; of reports,

ἐμοὶ ἀγγελίη ἥκει παρὰ βασιλέος Hdt.8.140

.ά, cf. S.OC1177; of events,

πῆμα ἥκει τινί A.Pr.103

, cf. Ar.Ra.606, etc.;

ἐπ' ἀνδρὶ ἥκει βίον τελευτή S. OC1472

; ἵν' ἥκειτὰ μαντ εύματα what they have come to, Id.OT953; ὡς αὐτὸν ἥξοι μοῖρα ib.713 codd.; ἥξει πόλεμος Orac. ap. Th.2.54;

ἐς αὐτὸν ἥξει τὸ δεινόν Id.6.77

; of Time, ἥκει ἦμαρ, νύξ, A.Ag.1301, E.IT42;

ἥκει ὑμῖν ὁ καιρός Lys.12.79

;

τὸ μέλλον ἥξει A.Ag.1240

.

2 concern, relate to, ποῖ λόγος ἥκει; to what do the words relate? E.Tr.154 (lyr.);

εἰς ἔμ' ἥκει . . τὰ πράγματα Ar.Pl.919

; εἰς ἐμὲ τὸ ἐλλεῖπον ἥξει will fall upon me, X.Cyr.1.5.13: freq. in part.,

τὰ εἰς τοὺς κινδύνους ἥκοντα Antipho 5.81

; τὰ εἰς πλοῦτον ἥ. Pl.Erx.392d; τὰ πρὸς ἔπαινον, εἰς φιλανθρωπίαν ἥ., Plb.12.15.9,28.17.2, etc.

3 depend upon,

ὅσα τῆς Φωκέων σωτηρίας ἐπὶ τὴν πρεσβείαν ἧκε D.19.30

;

τό γε ἐπ' αὐτοὺς ἧκον μέρος Ph.2.21

;

ὅσα γ' εἰς βούλησιν ἥκειν τὴν ἐμήν Hld.4.7

.

4 c. inf., ἧκέ μοι γένει . . πενθεῖν it has come to me by birth . . , my birth lays it on me . . , S.OC738, cf. Ichn.356; καλῶς αὐτοῖς κατθανεῖν ἧκον βίου it being well for them at their age to die, E.Alc.291.

5 c. part., ὃ καὶ νῦν ἥκει γινόμενον which commonly happens even now, Plb.24.9.11 codd. (v.l. γενόμενον). (Prob. from same root as ἵκω.)