κιχάνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾱ], imper. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> κιχάνετε <span class="bibl">Il.23.407</span>; inf. κιχάνειν <span class="bibl">Mosch.2.112</span>: impf. ἐκίχᾱνον <span class="bibl">Il.3.383</span>: aor. 3sg. ἔκιχεν <span class="bibl">Od.3.169</span>, κίχεν <span class="bibl">Il.24.160</span>; 3pl. κίχον <span class="bibl">18.153</span>; subj. 3sg. κίχῃσι <span class="bibl">Od.12.122</span>; part. κιχών <span class="bibl">15.157</span>: also non-thematic aor. <b class="b3">ἐκίχην [ῐ</b>], 2sg. <b class="b3">ἐκίχεις</b>, like [[ἐτίθεις]] from <b class="b3">τίθημι</b>, <span class="bibl">24.284</span>; 1pl. <b class="b3">κίχημεν</b> or <b class="b3">ἐκ</b>- <span class="bibl">16.379</span>; 3dual κιχήτην <span class="bibl">Il.10.376</span>; subj.<b class="b3">κιχείω, κιχείομεν</b>, <span class="bibl">1.26</span>, <span class="bibl">21.128</span>; opt. κιχείην <span class="bibl">2.188</span>; inf. κιχῆναι <span class="bibl">Od.16.357</span>, κιχήμεναι <span class="bibl">Il.15.274</span>; part. κιχείς <span class="bibl">16.342</span>:—after Hom. κιγχάνω [ᾰ] (cf. <span class="bibl">Eust.1525.16</span>, Hsch., Phot.), first Sol. ap. Phot., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>622</span>, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OC</span>1450</span> (both lyr.); misspelt κιχάνω <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1444</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hel.</span>597</span>: fut. inf. κιχησέμεν <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1482</span>: aor. ἔκῐχον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>903</span>(lyr.), κίχον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>9.26</span>, al.; subj. κίχω <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>657</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1069</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Alc.</span>22</span>; inf. κιχεῖν <span class="bibl">B.1.67</span>: aor. 1 ἐκίχησα <span class="bibl">Id.5.148</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>5.116</span>, <span class="bibl">Musae.149</span>:—Med. (in act. sense), κιχάνομαι <span class="bibl">Il.11.441</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.9.266</span>: fut. κιχήσομαι <span class="bibl">Il.10.370</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span> 1487</span>: aor. 1 κιχήσατο <span class="bibl">Il.10.494</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.6.51</span>: aor. 2 part. κιχήμενος <span class="bibl">Il.5.187</span>, <span class="bibl">11.451</span>:—poet. Verb (perh. used in the laws of Solon), [[reach]], [[hit]], or [[light upon]], [[meet with]], μή σε… παρὰνηυσὶ κιχείω <span class="bibl">Il.1.26</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.13.228</span>; <b class="b3">Ἄδμητον ἐν δόμοισιν ἆρα κ</b>.; <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>477</span>; [[reach]], [[overtake]], ὅν κε… ποσσὶ κιχείω <span class="bibl">Il.6.228</span>; <b class="b3">κιχήσεσθαι δέ σ' ὀΐω</b> ib.<span class="bibl">341</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">21.605</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>2.50</span>, <span class="bibl">B. 5.148</span>, etc.; τὰ φεύγοντα <span class="bibl">Id.1.67</span>; ἵππους δ' Ἀτρεΐδαο κιχάνετε <span class="bibl">Il.23.407</span>; <b class="b3">σὲ δουρὶ κιχήσομαι</b> [[shall reach]] thee, <span class="bibl">10.370</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς ὅ κεν ἄστυ κιχείομεν</b> till we [[reach]] it, <span class="bibl">21.128</span>; <b class="b3">ἧός κε τέλος πολέμοιο κιχείω</b> [[arrive at]] it, <span class="bibl">3.291</span>: sts. of things, <b class="b3">βέλος ὠκὺ κιχήμενον</b> the dart [[that had just reached]] him, <span class="bibl">5.187</span>; φθῆ σε τέλος θανάτοιο κιχήμενον <span class="bibl">11.451</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> rarely c. gen., like [[τυγχάνω]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1487</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Ruijgh-VKr Mnem 22,1969<br />Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">reach, get, hit, meet with</b> (Il.).<br />Other forms: (ep.), Att. <b class="b3">κιγχάνω</b>, several aorists: a) athemat. (<b class="b3">ἐκίχην</b>), <b class="b3">-χεις</b>, (<b class="b3">ἐ)κίχημεν</b>, subj. <b class="b3">κιχείω</b>, opt. <b class="b3">-χείην</b>, inf. <b class="b3">κιχήμεναι</b>, <b class="b3">-χῆναι</b>, ptc. <b class="b3">κιχείς</b>, <b class="b3">-χήμενος</b>; b) themat. 3. sg. <b class="b3">ἔκιχεν</b>, 3. pl. <b class="b3">ἔκιχον</b>, subj. <b class="b3">κίχω</b>, <b class="b3">κίχῃσι</b>, inf. <b class="b3">κιχεῖν</b>, ptc. <b class="b3">κιχών</b>; c) sigmatic <b class="b3">κιχήσατο</b>, act. ptc. <b class="b3">κιχήσας</b> (B. 5, 148); d) Dor. <b class="b3">ἔκιξε</b> = <b class="b3">ἤνεγκε</b> (Simm. 26, 7), <b class="b3">ἀπέκιξαν</b> (Ar. Ach. 869; Boeot.), <b class="b3">κίξαντες ἐλθόντες</b>, <b class="b3">πορευθέντες</b>, <b class="b3">κίξατο εὗρεν</b>, <b class="b3">ἔλαβεν</b>, <b class="b3">ἤνεγκεν</b> H.; fut. <b class="b3">κιχήσομαι</b><br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κίχησις ἡ λῆψις</b> H.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [418] <b class="b2">*ǵʰeh₁-</b> [[leave]], [[abandon]]<br />Etymology: From a reduplic. root-present <b class="b3">*κί-χη-μι</b> (like <b class="b3">τί-θη-μι</b>) in <b class="b3">κί-χη-μεν</b>, <b class="b3">κι-χή-την</b> a. o. (<b class="b3">ἐκίχεις</b> like <b class="b3">ἐτίθεις</b>), which were seen as aorist when the new present <b class="b3">κιξάνω</b> arose. Innovations are themat. <b class="b3">ἔκιχεν</b> etc. and the sigmatic <b class="b3">κιχήσατο</b> with fut. <b class="b3">κιχήσομαι</b> (Il.); Dorian created a diff. <b class="b3">σ-</b>aorist in <b class="b3">ἔκιξε</b>. Als last member of the new systems arose after <b class="b3">ἔφθην</b>, <b class="b3">φθήσομαι</b> : <b class="b3">φθάνω</b> the present <b class="b3">κιχάνω</b>; <b class="b3">κιγχάνω</b> arose after <b class="b3">λαμβάνω</b> etc. Schwyzer 688 w. n. 5, 698; Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 300; 392; 415; 446. - To <b class="b3">*κί-χη-μι</b> from IE. <b class="b2">*ǵhi-ǵhē-mi</b> agree but for the redupl. vowel Skt. <b class="b2">já-hā-ti</b> [[leave]], [[abandon]], Av. <b class="b2">za-zāi-ti</b> [[let go]] (cf. e. g. <b class="b3">δί-δω-μι</b> beside <b class="b2">dá-dā-ti</b>); XX [unknown](aind. Aor. <b class="b2">a-hā-t</b> wie <b class="b3">ἔ-βη-ν</b>, Fut. <b class="b2">hā-sya-ti</b>).XX [unknown] An unredupl. full grade present in the Germanic verb for [[go]] vor; OHG, OE [[gān]], OIc. [[gā]]; on the meaning cf. Skt. midd. <b class="b2">jí-hī-te</b>, 3. pl. <b class="b2">jí-h-ate</b> [[go on]], [[away]] (with zero grade). Remote cognates are suggested in <b class="b3">χάζομαι</b>, <b class="b3">χατέω</b>, <b class="b3">χήρα</b>, <b class="b3">χώρος</b>; s. vv. Ruijgh en Van Krimpen, Mnemosyne XXII (1969) 113-136 find the meaning [[abandon]] in Myc. [[kekemena]] \/[[khekhemena]]\/ <b class="b2">deserted (land)</b>. They think that the transition in meaning occurred in the sports, where a runner reaches and leaves = passes another. (LIV2 posits <b class="b2">*gʷeh₁-</b>, but there is no indication for a labio-velar.)