προστυγχάνω
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
English (LSJ)
A obtain one's share of, and generally, obtain, προστυχόντι τῶν ἴσων S.Ph.552; ἐμοῦ κολαστοῦ προστυχών Id.El.1463: c. dat., meet with, hit upon, Pl.Lg.844b, 893e, Plt.262b, Sph.246b. 2 of events, befall one, κακότας π. τινί Pi.Fr.42.5. 3 = πρόσειμι, φασι τῷ ἐμβρύῳ προστυγχάνειν ἕτερον χιτῶνα Sor.1.58. 4 abs., ὁ προστυγχάνων the first person one meets, anybody, Pl.Lg.914b; πᾶς ὁ π. ib. 808e; οἱ αἰεὶ -τυγχάνοντες Th.1.97; ὁ προστυχὼν Φρύξ Herod.3.36: so in neut., τὰ προστυχόντα ξένια whatever fare there was, E.Alc.754; ἐρρύφεον τὸ προστυχόν anything that came handy, Hp.Acut.39; but τὸ προστυχόν casualness, Pl.Ti.34c; πράξει τὸ π. ἑκάστοτε will act offhand, Id.Lg.962c; ἐκ τοῦ προστυχόντος offhand, ex tempore, Plu.2.150d, 407b; so κατὰ τὸ π. D.H.7.1.
