ἀφικνέομαι — to reach · Greek word G0864

A ἀφικνεῖτο Th. 3.33: fut. ἀφίξομαι Il. 18.270, etc., Ion. 2 sg. ἀπίξεαι Hdt. 2.29, 3 sg. ἀπίξεται Theoc. 29.13: pf. ἀφῖγμαι Od. 6.297, Att. 2 sg. ἀφῖξαι A. Pr. 305, 3 sg. ἀφῖκται S. OC 794: plpf. ἀφῖκτο ib. 1590, Ion. 3 pl. ἀπίκατο Hdt. 8.6: aor. ἀφικόμην Il. 18.395, etc.; inf. ἀφικέσθαι; Dor. imper. ἀφίκευσο Theoc. 11.42: aor. 1 part. ἀφιξάμενος Epigr.Gr. 981.9 (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. OC 1622; ἐπὶ τῶν νήσων X. HG 5.1.2; ἄχρι τοῦ μὴ πεινῆν ἀ. Id. Smp. 4.37; θανάτου τοῦτ’ ἐγγυτάτω τοὔπος ἀφῖκται S. Ant. 934; παρά τινος ἀ. Id. OT 935, 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, IG 12.118.11:—Phrases:

1 ἀ. ἐπὶ or εἰς πάντα, to try every means, S. OT 265, 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. Ion 322.

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. IA 319; 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. EN 1097a24, 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.