ἐπιτυγχάνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=fut. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> -τεύξομαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>431c</span>: aor. 2 [[ἐπέτῠχον]]: pf.-τετύχηκα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Oec.</span>1352b5</span>:—prop. [[hit the mark]], <b class="b3">τοῦ σκοποῦ</b>, opp. [[ἀποτυγχάνω]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1106b33</span>; οἱ πολλὰ βάλλοντες ἐπιτυγχάνουσι πολλάκις Plu.2.438a : hence, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[light]] or [[fall upon]], [[meet with]], </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> c. dat. pers., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>195</span>,<span class="bibl">535</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.3.75</span>; ἐ. γυναικὶ βιαζομένῃ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>874c</span>: also c.dat.rei, ἐ. σορῷ <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.68</span>; ναυσί <span class="bibl">Th.8.34</span>; βιβλίῳ <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Dem.Enc.</span> 27</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ.[ταῖς θύραις] ἀνεῳγμέναις</b> [[to find]] them open, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>223b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c.gen.pers., μετρίου ἀνδρός <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>245</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Art.</span>12</span> : c.gen.rei, ἐ. ὁλκάδος ἀναγομένης <span class="bibl">Th.3.3</span>; <b class="b3">εὐώνων ἐ</b>. a low market, Arist.<span class="title">Oec.</span> l.c. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> rarely c.acc., τὰς ἁπλᾶς [ἐπιθυμίας] ἐν ὀλίγοις ἐπιτεύξῃ <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">R.</span>431c</span>; ἅττ' ἂν ἐπιτύχῃς <span class="bibl">Eub.123.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> abs., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>570</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.38</span>; mostly <b class="b3">ὁ ἐπιτυχών</b> <b class="b2">the first person one meets, any chance person</b>, especially in pl., <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.1.1</span> : with neg., οὐδὲ φαύλων ἀνδρῶν οὐδὲ τῶν ἐ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>390d</span>; οὐ γὰρ οἶμαι τοῦ ἐ. εἶναι.. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Euthphr.</span>4a</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ περὶ τοῦ ἐ</b>. on no [[common matter]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>352d</span> : without the Art., ἐπιτυχόντος ἀνθρώπου λόγος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>1248</span>, cf. Phot.<span class="bibl">p.140R.</span>(=gloss on <span class="bibl">Eup. 25D.</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[attain to]], [[reach]], [[gain]] one's end, c.gen.rei, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span> 4.2.28</span>, <span class="bibl">D.48.3</span>; εὐχωλᾶς <span class="title">Inscr.Cypr.</span>134 H.(iv B.C.); πολιτείας <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span> 113.3</span> (ii A.D.), etc.; τοῦ καλῶς [μειγνύναι] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>61d</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. τοῦ ἀγῶνος</b> [[gain]] one's suit, <span class="bibl">D.48.30</span>; [[profit by]], [[benefit by]], φιλανθρωπίας <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span> 522.8</span> (ii A.D.): abs., οὐ δύνασθε ἐπιτυχεῖν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Jac.</span>4.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c.part., [[succeed in]] doing, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.101</span>,<span class="bibl">103</span> (but <b class="b3">ζητέων ἐπιτυγχάνειν</b> [[find]], [[light upon]] by searching, <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">VM</span>24</span>): so c. inf., <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nec.</span>6</span>; <b class="b3">γαμβροῦ ὁ ἐπιτυχὼν εὗρεν υἱόν</b> he who [[is lucky in]] his son-in-law, <span class="bibl">Democr.272</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> c.dat.modi, to [[be lucky]], [[successful in]] a thing, μάχῃ <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.165</span> : abs., to [[be successful]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>97c</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.3.42</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1354a9</span>; <b class="b3">ἂν ἐπιτύχῃ</b> if she [[succeeds]], <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Epit.</span>346</span>; τἆλλα ἐ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.5.19</span> : also impers., αὐτῷ οὐδὲν ἐπετύγχανε <span class="bibl">Ant.Lib.41.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> Pass., [[turn out well]], αἱ ἐπιτετευγμέναι πράξεις [[successful]], <span class="bibl">Plb.6.53.2</span>, cf. Hipparch. ap. Stob.4.44.81, <span class="bibl">D.S.1.1</span>, Plu.2.674a; <b class="b3">φάρμακον -τετευγμένον</b> [[proved]] remedy, Heraclid.Tarent. ap. Gal.12.403. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> c.dat.pers., [[converse]], [[talk with]] one, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>758c</span>.</span>