τυγχάνω, fut. τεύξομαι, aor. 2 ἔτυχον, τύχον, subj. τύχωμι, aor. 1 (ἐ)τύχησα, perf. part. τετυχηκώσ: (1) hit the mark, w. gen., Il. 16.609, etc.; freq. the part. τυχών, τυχήσᾶσ and βάλλω, οὐτάω, νύσσω (where the acc. is to be construed not w. the part. but w. the verb), Il. 4.106, Il. 5.582; so fig. w. part. of another verb, be successful in doing something, succeed;οὐκ ἐτύχησεν ἑλίξᾶσ, Il. 23.466; abs. (without part.), Il. 8.430; then, come upon, chance upon, hence get, gain, obtain, Od. 21.13, Il. 5.587, Od. 15.158.—(2) happen to be there, be by chance, happen; often nearly equiv. to εἶναι, Ρ 748, Od. 10.88; often w. part. which in Eng. becomes the principal verb, τύχησε γὰρ ἐρχομένη νηῦσ, was by chance about to sail, Od. 14.334; impers., fall to one's share, Il. 11.684.
τυγχάνω, Thgn.253, Pi.P.3.104, O.2.47, etc.: Ep. impf.τύγχανονOd.14.231, (παρετ-) Il.11.74: fut.τεύξομαι 16.609, Od.19.314, Ar.Eq.112, Lys.18.23 (also as fut. Med. of τεύχω): aor. 2ἔτῠχον, Ep. τύχον,Il.5.287,587, etc.; Ep. subj.τύχωμι, -ῃσι, 7.243, 11.116; later also τετύχῃσι,Max.577; late Ep. opt. τετύχοιμιMan.3.299: Ep. also aor. 1ἐτύχησαIl.15.581, al., Hes.Fr.15: pf.τετύχηκα (intr.) Od.10.88 (part.τετυχηκώς, v.l. τετυχηώς.Il.17.748), Th. 1.32, (trans.) X.Cyr.4.1.2, Isoc.3.59; later also τέτευχα,D.21.150 (cod. S), Arist.EN1119a10, PA647b15, freq. later, PEnteux.6.7 (iii B. C.), UPZ123.30 (ii B. C.), PStrassb.98.10 (ii B. C.), Inscr.Prien.108.287 (ii B. C.), etc.; Dor. pf.inf.τετεύχενSIG398.5 (Cos, iii B. C.); but Ion. plpf.ἐτετεύχεεHdt.3.14; τέτυχα v.l. in Ep.Hebr.8.6, v.l. in J.BJ7.5.4, (συν-) Aristeas 180, etc.; part.τετυχώσJahresh.29Beibl. 163 (Stara Zagora):— Med., aor. 1τεύξασθαιLXX2 Ma.15.7:— Pass., impf.ἐτυγχάνετοAnt.Lib.39.3 (dub.): elsewh. in compds, aor. 1ἐτεύχθην (ἐν-) Plb.35.6.1: pf.τέτευγμαι (ἐπι-) Id.6.53.2. A.
happen to be at
a place, εἴ πέρ τε τύχῃσι μάλα σχεδόν even if
she be
quite near, Il.11.116; μὴ σύ γε κεῖθι τύχοισ
may'st
thou not
be
there, Od.12.106; πέτρη τετύχηκε διαμπερὲς ἀμφοτέρωθεν 10.88; πεδίοιο διαπρύσιον τετυχηκώσIl.17.748 (but in these last two places the meaning may be '
has been made
' (though not by human agency), cf. [γαῖα] οὐδ' εὐρεῖα τέτυκταιOd.13.243; γυναικὸς ἄρ' ἀντὶ τέτυξοIl.8.163, etc.; v. ad fin.). 2. of events, and things generally,
Pl.Phlb.28d: with attraction of the relat. Pron., τὸ οἷς ἔτυχε προσκρούεινPlu.Cic.27; ὡμίλει ᾧ τύχοιPlb.26.1.3; ὧν ἔτυχε πιμπλάμενοσLuc.Vit.Auct.9; οὐδὲ γὰρ ὧν ἔτυχ' ἦν they were not
just any
acts, D.18.130. b. c. acc. et inf., ἔτυχε ὄμβρον συνεργῆσαιPlu.Alc.28, cf. Ael.NA5.6; ἔτυχεν ὥστε ..D.C.39.12. 4. sts. the Verb agrees in person and number with the subject of the principal clause, perhaps by assimilation, ἀπαίροντες ἀπὸ τῆς Πελοποννήσου ὁπόθεν τύχοιεν, for ὁπόθεν τύχοι,Th.4.26, cf. 93, 5.56, 7.70, Pl.Tht. 179c; ὅ τι ἂν τύχωσι, τοῦτο λέγουσι they say
Id.3.43; εἶτ' οὐκ ἐλήρουν ὅ τι τύχοιμ'Ar.Ra.945: with attraction of the relat. Pron., οὓς ἂν τύχῃς ἐπαινῶνIsoc.12.206. 5. neut. part.τυχόν, used abs. like ἐξόν, παρόν, etc.,
since it so befell,
οὕτως τ.Luc.Symp.43. b. as Adv.,
perchance, perhaps,
Isoc.4.171, X.An.6.1.20, Pl.Alc.2.140a, 150c, D.18.221, 21.41, Men.Pk.184, 1 Ep.Cor.16.6; τ. ἴσωσEpich.277, E.Fr.953.9, Men.Epit.287, Plb.2.58.9; τυχὸν μὲν .., τυχὸν δὲ ..Arr.An.1.10.6, etc. II. joined with the part. of another Verb to express a coincidence, τύχησε γὰρ ἐρχομένη νηῦσ a ship
in .., Id.Andr.1113; freq. in Arist., δύο μέρη τετύχηκεν ἐξ ὧν ἡ πόλισPol.1318a31, cf. 1289b16, Top.151b11; also in later Gr., τὰ ἑπτάμηνα γόνιμα τυγχάνεινSor.1.55, cf. 69, al.; νέος πάνυ τυγχάνωνPLips.40 ii 7(iv A. D.), etc.:— Phryn.244 rejects this usage in Attic.b.τυγχάνον, = τὸ ἐκτὸς ὑποκείμενον, the external
reality,
e. g. αὐτὸς ὁ Δίων as distd. both from the word (φωνή) Δίων and its meaning, Stoic.2.48. c.τὰ πράγματα τυγχάνοντα καλοῦσι (sc. οἱ Στωϊκοί), τέλος γὰρ τὸ τυχεῖν τούτων, ib.77. 3. later c. inf., τυγχάνομεν ἐπιδεδωκέναι we
happen
to have handed in .., we
have just
handed in .., PTeb.796.13 (ii B. C.), cf. PSI10.1118.8 (i A. D.), 1.39.4 (ii A. D.), Heliod. et Antyll. ap. Orib.44.8.21, 25, 44.23.21, Gal. 18(2).394. B.
ἄλλος μὲν ἀποφθίσθω ἄλλος δὲ βιώτω, ὅς κε τύχῃIl.8.430; τὴν παρὰ Δαρείου αἰτήσας ἔτυχε μισθόνHdt.5.23 (where τὴν is governed by αἰτήσασ). b. after Hom. also c. acc. of neut. Adj. or Pron., τὰ πρόσφοραA.Ch.711, cf. Eu.30, S.OC1106, Ph.509 (lyr.), E.Med.758, Hec.51: later the acc. is used more freely, τ. ἐπίστασινSammelb.5235.15(i A. D.); ὑπογραφήνBGU615.23(ii A. D.); βοήθειανPGoodsp.Cair.15.14(iv A. D.); εὐκαιρίανPSI9.1082.5(iv A. D.); τὰ γυναίκια δεσμὸν οὐδένα βούλεται τυγχάνεινSor.1.70b. c. after either case a gen. pers. may be added,
obtain
a thing
from
a person, ὧν δέ σου τυχεῖν ἐφίεμαιS.Ph.1315; σου τοῦτο τ.Id.OC1168; or the pers. may be added with a Prep., τ. ἐπαίνου ἔκ τινοσId.Ant.665; παρὰ σεῖο τ. φιλότητοσOd.15.158; τιμίαν ἕδραν παρ' ἀνδρῶνA.Eu.856 (dub.); αἰδοῦς ὑπό τινοσX.Cyr.1.6.10, cf. Mem.4.8.10, etc.: abs., χρὴ πρὸς μακάρων τυγχάνοντ' εὖ πασχέμενPi.P.3.104. d. c. inf., οἶμαί σου τεύξεσθαι μεθεῖναί μεPl.Phlb.50d; ἐὰν ψαῦσαι τοῦ νεκροῦ τύχωμενPlu.Pel.33; οὐ τυχὼν ἐπιδείξειν ( = ἐπιδεῖξαι) not
having succeeded
in proving, PPetr.3p.153 (iii B. C.). (Τυ-γ-χ-άνω, with ἐτύχησα, τετύχηκα, is formed from the aor.τυχ-εῖν, which was orig. the aor. Pass. (with act. form) of τεύχω 'make'; ἔτυχε =
factum est,
as ἔτραφον =
I was nourished
(v. τρέφω); senses A.1.1-3 are the oldest and are parallel to τεύχω 11 (esp.Pass.); many of the forms belong equally to both verbs; τιτύσκομαι like wise belongs to both verbs; τευχ- from θευχ-, cf. ἀποθύσκειν, ἐνθύσκει, συνθύξω, and perh. Germ.