προστυγχάνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">obtain one's share of</b>, and generally, [[obtain]], προστυχόντι τῶν ἴσων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>552</span>; ἐμοῦ κολαστοῦ προστυχών <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>1463</span>: c. dat., [[meet with]], [[hit upon]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>844b</span>, <span class="bibl">893e</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Plt.</span>262b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sph.</span>246b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of events, [[befall]] one, κακότας π. τινί <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>42.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> = [[πρόσειμι]], φασι τῷ ἐμβρύῳ προστυγχάνειν ἕτερον χιτῶνα <span class="bibl">Sor.1.58</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> abs., <b class="b3">ὁ προστυγχάνων</b> [[the first person one meets]], [[anybody]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>914b</span>; <b class="b3">πᾶς ὁ π</b>. ib. <span class="bibl">808e</span>; οἱ αἰεὶ -τυγχάνοντες <span class="bibl">Th.1.97</span>; ὁ προστυχὼν Φρύξ <span class="bibl">Herod.3.36</span>: so in neut., <b class="b3">τὰ προστυχόντα ξένια</b> [[whatever]] fare [[there was]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>754</span>; <b class="b3">ἐρρύφεον τὸ προστυχόν</b> [[anything that came handy]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>39</span>; but <b class="b3">τὸ προστυχόν</b> [[casualness]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>34c</span>; <b class="b3">πράξει τὸ π. ἑκάστοτε</b> will act [[offhand]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>962c</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ τοῦ προστυχόντος</b> [[offhand]], [[ex tempore]], Plu.2.150d, 407b; so <b class="b3">κατὰ τὸ π</b>. <span class="bibl">D.H.7.1</span>.</span>