- ἴκμενος
- ἴκμενοςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: adjunct of οὖρος `wind' (Α 479, Od.), athematic ptc. like ἄρμενος, ἄσμενος a. o. (Schwyzer 524, Chantr. Gramm. hom. 1, 384), perh. orig. sigmatic (Schwyzer 751).Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [893] *seik- `reach, grasp'Etymology: Prob. from ἵκω, ἱκέσθαι `come', but prop. meaning unclear: perh. "with whom one advances, with whom one advances well" (Schwyzer), i. e. `favourable'. Acc. to Schulze Q. 493, Bechtel Lex., Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 52 n. 2 (p. 53) however `desired' (cf. Lat. flatus optati), to προ-ΐκτης, ἱκετεύω etc., and like these not from ἵκω `come', but from a verb `ask' (Goth. aihtron; also αἰκάζει καλεῖ H.). Casevits, Eos 83 (1995[98]) 27-32 proposes that the word belongs to ἔοικα, *Ϝίκμενος, `qui convient, adapté à'; but the development of the meaning is hard to understand, one expects `which resembles'.Page in Frisk: 1,717-718
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.