προστυγχάνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[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]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''844b, 893e, ''Plt.''262b, ''Sph.''246b.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of events, [[befall]] one, κακότας π. τινί Pi.''Fr.''42.5.<br><span class="bld">3</span> = [[πρόσειμι]], φασι τῷ ἐμβρύῳ προστυγχάνειν ἕτερον χιτῶνα Sor.1.58.<br><span class="bld">4</span> abs., <b class="b3">ὁ προστυγχάνων</b> [[the first person one meets]], [[anybody]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''914b; <b class="b3">πᾶς ὁ προστυγχάνων</b> ib. 808e; οἱ αἰεὶ προστυγχάνοντες Th.1.97; ὁ προστυχὼν [[Φρύξ]] Herod.3.36: so in neut., <b class="b3">τὰ προστυχόντα ξένια</b> [[whatever fare there was]], E.''Alc.''754; <b class="b3">ἐρρύφεον τὸ προστυχόν</b> [[anything that came handy]], Hp.''Acut.''39; but <b class="b3">τὸ προστυχόν</b> [[casualness]], Pl.''Ti.''34c; <b class="b3">πράξει τὸ προστυχὸν ἑκάστοτε</b> will [[act]] [[offhand]], Id.''Lg.''962c; <b class="b3">ἐκ τοῦ προστυχόντος</b> [[offhand]], [[ex tempore]], Plu.2.150d, 407b; so <b class="b3">κατὰ τὸ προστυχόν</b> D.H.7.1.