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ἥκω

Ancient Greek

Verb

ἥκω • ‎(hḗkō)

to have come, to be present
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.478
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 13.325
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 4.12
- 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 661
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.91
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 327.C
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.50
- 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 103
- 425 BCE, Euripides, Andromache 738
- 421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 265
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.54
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 1116
- 421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 275
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 4.5.25
- 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Rhesus 337
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.50
- 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 3
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.157
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.137
- 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 659
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 770
- 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of John 6.37
- 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 734
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 336.B
- 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, On the Embassy 178
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 7.6.2
- 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 28
- 407 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 886
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 2.3.4
- 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 717
- 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 724
- 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 730
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 271.6
- 405 BCE, Euripides, The Bacchae 1
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 5.3.26
- 424 BCE, Euripides, Hecuba 748
- 428 BCE, Euripides, Hippolytus 273
- 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 377
- 343 BCE, Demosthenes, On the False Embassy 58
- 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1227
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 310.E
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 4.5.9
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 5.5.42
- 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 12
1. to have reached a point
  - 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1030
  - 425 BCE, Euripides, Andromache 170
  - 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Apology 25.E
  - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Charmides 157.D
  - 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1492
  - 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 687
  1. (with an adverb followed by a genitive)
    - 380 BCE, Plato, Euthydemus 294.E
    - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.30
    - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.62
    - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.102
    - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.111
    - 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, On Dinarchus 1
    - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.149
    - 458 BCE, Euripides, Electra 751
    - 430 BCE, Euripides, Herakles' Children 213
    - 110 CE – 180 CE, Pausianas Periegeta, Description of Greece 4.21.10
    - 175 CE – 235 CE, Claudius Aelianus, On the Nature of Animals 4.34
    - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.30
    - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.157
2. to have come back, returned
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Leptines 73
  - 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, On his Return 13
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 2.1.9
  - 421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 275
  - 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1021
  - 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 53
3. (pleonastic, with a participle)
  - 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 579
  - 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 357
  - 421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 265
  - 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 518.D
  - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 117.A
  - 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 491.C
  - 408 BCE, Euripides, The Phoenician Women 706
  - 408 BCE, Euripides, The Phoenician Women 1075
4. (simply, like γίγνομαι ‎(gígnomai))
  - 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1519
  - 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 636
  - 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 1201
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.126
(of things) to have come, to be brought
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 2.2.3
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.140
- 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1177
- 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 103
- 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 606
- 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1472
- 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 953
- 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 713
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.54
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.77
- 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1301
- 413 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 42
- 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Eratosthenes 79
- 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1240
1. to concern, relate, belong to
  - 415 BCE, Euripides, The Trojan Women 154
  - 388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 919
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.5.13
  - 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, Collected Works 5.81
  - 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 12.15.9
  - 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 28.17.2
2. to depend upon
  - 343 BCE, Demosthenes, On the False Embassy 30
  - 280 BCE – 220 BCE, Philo of Byzantium, Compendium of Mechanics 2.21
  - 200 CE – 400 CE, Heliodorus of Emesa, Aethiopica 4.7
3. (with infinitive)
  - 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 738
  - 438 BCE, Euripides, Alcestis 291
4. (with participle)
  - 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 24.9.11

Inflection

Present: ἥκω, ἥκομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
present		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἥκω	ἥκεις	ἥκει	ἥκετον	ἥκετον	ἥκομεν	ἥκετε	ἥκουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἥκω	ἥκῃς	ἥκῃ	ἥκητον	ἥκητον	ἥκωμεν	ἥκητε	ἥκωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἥκοιμῐ	ἥκοις	ἥκοι	ἥκοιτον	ἡκοίτην	ἥκοιμεν	ἥκοιτε	ἥκοιεν
	imperative		ἧκε	ἡκέτω	ἥκετον	ἡκέτων		ἥκετε	ἡκόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἥκομαι	ἥκει/ ἥκῃ	ἥκεται	ἥκεσθον	ἥκεσθον	ἡκόμεθᾰ	ἥκεσθε	ἥκονται
	subjunctive	ἥκωμαι	ἥκῃ	ἥκηται	ἥκησθον	ἥκησθον	ἡκώμεθᾰ	ἥκησθε	ἥκωνται
	optative	ἡκοίμην	ἥκοιο	ἥκοιτο	ἥκοισθον	ἡκοίσθην	ἡκοίμεθᾰ	ἥκοισθε	ἥκοιντο
	imperative		ἥκου	ἡκέσθω	ἥκεσθον	ἡκέσθων		ἥκεσθε	ἡκέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἥκειν				ἥκεσθαι
participle		ἥκων , ἥκουσᾰ , ἧκον				ἡκόμενος , ἡκομένη , ἡκόμενον

Imperfect: ἧκον, ἡκόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
imperfect		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἧκον	ἧκες	ἧκε	ἥκετον	ἡκέτην	ἥκομεν	ἥκετε	ἧκον
middle/ passive	indicative	ἡκόμην	ἥκου	ἥκετο	ἥκεσθον	ἡκέσθην	ἡκόμεθᾰ	ἥκεσθε	ἥκοντο

Future: ἥξω, ἥξομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
future		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἥξω	ἥξεις	ἥξει	ἥξετον	ἥξετον	ἥξομεν	ἥξετε	ἥξουσῐ(ν)
active	optative	ἥξοιμῐ	ἥξοις	ἥξοι	ἥξοιτον	ἡξοίτην	ἥξοιμεν	ἥξοιτε	ἥξοιεν
middle	indicative	ἥξομαι	ἥξει/ ἥξῃ	ἥξεται	ἥξεσθον	ἥξεσθον	ἡξόμεθᾰ	ἥξεσθε	ἥξονται
middle	optative	ἡξοίμην	ἥξοιο	ἥξοιτο	ἥξοισθον	ἡξοίσθην	ἡξοίμεθᾰ	ἥξοισθε	ἥξοιντο
		active				middle
infinitive		ἥξειν				ἥξεσθαι
participle		ἥξων , ἥξουσᾰ , ἧξον				ἡξόμενος , ἡξομένη , ἡξόμενον

Aorist: ἧξα, ἡξάμην

number		singular			dual		plural
aorist		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἧξα	ἧξας	ἧξε	ἥξατον	ἡξάτην	ἥξαμεν	ἥξατε	ἧξαν
	subjunctive	ἥξω	ἥξῃς	ἥξῃ	ἥξητον	ἥξητον	ἥξωμεν	ἥξητε	ἥξωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἥξαιμῐ	ἥξαις/ ἥξειας	ἥξαι/ ἥξειε	ἥξαιτον	ἡξαίτην	ἥξαιμεν	ἥξαιτε	ἥξαιεν/ ἥξειαν
	imperative		ἧξον	ἡξάτω	ἥξατον	ἡξάτων		ἥξατε	ἡξάντων
middle	indicative	ἡξάμην	ἥξω	ἥξατο	ἥξασθον	ἡξάσθην	ἡξάμεθα	ἥξασθε	ἥξαντο
	subjunctive	ἥξωμαι	ἥξῃ	ἥξηται	ἥξησθον	ἥξησθον	ἡξώμεθα	ἥξησθε	ἥξωνται
	optative	ἡξαίμην	ἥξαιο	ἥξαιτο	ἥξαισθον	ἡξαίσθην	ἡξαίμεθα	ἥξαισθε	ἥξαιντο
	imperative		ἧξαι	ἡξάσθω	ἥξασθον	ἡξάσθων		ἥξασθε	ἡξάσθων
		active				middle
infinitive		ἧξαι				ἥξασθαι
participle	m	ἥξᾱς				ἡξάμενος
	f	ἥξᾱσα				ἡξαμένη
	n	ἧξαν				ἡξάμενον

Perfect: ἧκα

number		singular			dual		plural
perfect		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἧκα	ἧκας	ἧκε	ἥκατον	ἥκατον	ἥκαμεν	ἥκατε	ἥκᾱσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἡκὼς ὦ/ ἥκω	ἡκὼς ᾖς/ ἥκῃς	ἡκὼς ᾖ/ ἥκῃ	ἡκότε ἦτον/ ἥκητον	ἡκότε ἦτον/ ἥκητον	ἡκότες ὦμεν/ ἥκωμεν	ἡκότες ἦτε/ ἥκητε	ἡκότες ὦσῐ(ν)/ ἥκωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἡκὼς εἴην/ ἥκοιμῐ/ ἡκοίην	ἡκὼς εἴης/ ἥκοις/ ἡκοίης	ἡκὼς εἴη/ ἥκοι/ ἡκοίη	ἡκότε εἴητον/ ἡκότε εἶτον/ ἥκοιτον	ἡκὀτε εἰήτην/ ἡκότε εἴτην/ ἡκοίτην	ἡκότες εἴημεν/ ἡκότες εἶμεν/ ἥκοιμεν	ἡκότες εἴητε/ ἡκότες εἶτε/ ἥκοιτε	ἡκότες εἴησαν/ ἡκότε εἶεν/ ἥκοιεν
	imperative		ἡκὼς ἴσθῐ	ἡκὼς ἔστω	ἡκότε ἔστον	ἡκότε ἔστων		ἡκότες ἔστε	ἡκότες ὄντων
		infinitive				participle
active		ἡκέναι				ἡκώς , ἡκυῖα , ἡκός

References

ἥκω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἥκω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἥκω in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
«ἥκω» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
«ἥκω» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“G2240”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

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ἥκω

ἥκω

Ancient Greek

Verb

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