ἱκανός
Alt. ἱ^κα^νός, ή, όν
Etym. ἵκω, ἱκάνω
"becoming, befitting, sufficing":
I. of persons, "sufficient, competent", c. inf., Hdt.; ἱκ. τεκμηριῶσαι "sufficient" to prove a point, Thuc.; ἱκ. ζημιοῦν "with sufficient power" to punish, Xen.; c. acc. rei, ἀνὴρ γνώμην ἱκανός a man of "sufficient" prudence, Hdt.; ἱκ. τὴν ἰατρικήν "sufficiently versed in" medicine, Xen.:—c. dat. pers. "a match for, equivalent to", εἷς πολλοῖς ἱκανός Plat.:—absol., ἱκανὸς Ἀπόλλων Soph.; ἱκ. ἂν γένοιο σύ Eur.; ἱκανοὶ ὡς πρὸς ἰδιώτας "very tolerable" in comparison with common men, Plat.
II. of things, "sufficient, adequate, enough", Eur.; ἱκανὰ τοῖς πολεμίοις εὐτύχηται they have had successes "enough", Thuc.:—of size, "large enough", οὐχ ἱκανῆς οὔσης τῆς Ἀττικῆς id=Thuc.; ἱκανά σοι μέλαθρα ἐγκαθυβρίζειν "large enough" to riot in, Eur.:—of Time, "considerable, long", Ar.
2. "sufficient, satisfactory", ἱκανὴ μαρτυρία Plat.:— τὸ ἱκανὸν λαμβάνειν to take "security", NTest.
III. adv. -νῶς, "sufficiently, adequately, enough", Thuc., etc.
2. ἱκ. ἔχειν to be "sufficient", to be "far enough" advanced, id=Thuc., Xen., etc.: —Sup. ἱκανώτατα Plat.