afiknomō

ἀφικνέομαι,
Ionic dialect ἀπ- Refs 5th c.BC+: imperfect ἀφικνεῖτοRefs 5th c.BC+: future ἀφίξομαιRefs 8th c.BC+, Ionic dialect 2nd pers.singular ἀπίξεαιRefs 5th c.BC+, 3rd.pers.singular ἀπίξεταιRefs 3rd c.BC+: perfect ἀφῖγμαιRefs 8th c.BC+, Attic dialect 2nd pers.singular ἀφῖξαιRefs 4th c.BC+, 3rd.pers.singular ἀφῖκταιRefs 5th c.BC+pluperfect ἀφῖκτοRefs, Ionic dialect 3rd.pers.plural ἀπίκατοRefs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἀφῑκόμηνRefs 8th c.BC+; infinitive ἀφικέσθα; Doric dialect imperative ἀφίκευσοRefs 3rd c.BC+: aorist 1 participle ἀφιξάμενοςRefs:—arrive at, come to, reach: Constr., in Refs 8th c.BC+ came up to them, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὅτε μ᾽ ἄλγος ἀφίκετο came to me, Refs 8th c.BC+; similarly, τοῦτον νῦν ἀφίκεσθε come up to this throw ! Refs 8th c.BC+; frequently also with Preps., ἀ. ἐς.. Refs 8th c.BC+; less frequently ἐπί.. Refs 8th c.BC+; still more rarely κατά.., ποτί..,Refs 8th c.BC+: absolutely, arrive, ὁπποίης ἐπὶ νηὸς ἀφίκεοRefs 8th c.BC+the stranger, newcomer, Refs —Phrases:
1 ἀ. ἐπὶ or εἰς πάντα, to try every means, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 come into a certain condition, ἀ. ἐς πᾶν κακοῦRefs 5th c.BC+; ἐς τοσοῦτο τύχης, ἐς τοῦτο δυστυχίας, come into such a..,Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐς ὀλίγον ἀ. νικηθῆναι come within little of being conquered, Refs; εἰς τὸ ἴσον ἀ. τινί attain equality with.., Refs 5th c.BC+; elliptically, ἐς ἄνδρ᾽ ἀφίκου reachedst man's estate, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 of intercourse with others, ἀ. τινὶ ἐς λόγους hold converse with one, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐς ἔχθεα, ἐς ἔριν ἀ. τινί, Refs 5th c.BC+; διὰ μάχης, δι᾽ ἔχθρας ἀ. τινί, Refs 5th c.BC+
3.b less frequently with dative person, ἀ. τινί come at his call, Refs 5th c.BC+
4 εἰς τόξευμα ἀ. come within shot, Refs 5th c.BC+
5 of things, ἐς ὀξὺ ἀ. uncertain reading for ἀπηγμένα, -μένας in Refs 5th c.BC+
II the sense of return is sometimes implied in the context, but is not inherent in the word, as Refs 8th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.