Strong G5177τυγχάνω
to obtain/happen
- Transliteration
- tugchanō
- Pronunciation
- toong-khan'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Probably for an obsolete τύχω tuchō (for which the middle voice of another alternate τεύχω teuchō [to make ready or bring to pass] is used in certain tenses; akin to the base of G5088 through the idea of effecting; properly to affect; or (specifically) to hit or light upon (as a mark to be reached) that is (transitively) to attain or secure an object or end or (intransitively) to happen (as if meeting with); but in the latter application only impersonally (with G1487) that is perchance; or (present participle) as adjective usual (as if commonly met with with G3756 extraordinary) neuter (as adverb) perhaps; or (with another verb) as adverb by accident (as it were): - be chance enjoy little obtain X refresh . . . self + special. Compare G5180 .
Detailed definition
τυγχάνω
[in LXX: Deu.19:5 (מָצָא), Job.3:21 7:2 17:1, Pro.30:23 (without definite Heb. equiv.), Wis.15:19, 1Ma.11:42, 3Ma.3:7, al.;]
I. Trans.
1. to hit (opposite to ἁμαρτάνω, to miss the mark: Hom., Xen., al.).
2. to hit upon, light upon;
__(a) of persons, to meet with, fall in with: absol., ptcp., ὁ τυχών, a chance person, anyone (Lat. quivis), οὐ τυχών, not common or ordinary, Act.19:11 28:2;
__(b) of things, to reach, get, obtain: with genitive of thing(s) Luk.20:35, Act.24:3 26:22 27:3, 2Ti.2:10 Heb.8:6 11:35.
II. Intrans., to happen; of things, to happen, chance, befall: impers., εἰ τύχοι, it may be, perhaps, 1Co.14:10 15:37; so ptcp., τυχόν (old accusative absol.; see M, Pr., 74), 1Co.16:6
(cf. ἐν-, ὑπερ-εν-, ἐπι-, παρα-, συν-τυγχάνω).†
τυχόν, adv., see: τυγχάνω
(AS)
[in LXX: Deu.19:5 (מָצָא), Job.3:21 7:2 17:1, Pro.30:23 (without definite Heb. equiv.), Wis.15:19, 1Ma.11:42, 3Ma.3:7, al.;]
I. Trans.
1. to hit (opposite to ἁμαρτάνω, to miss the mark: Hom., Xen., al.).
2. to hit upon, light upon;
__(a) of persons, to meet with, fall in with: absol., ptcp., ὁ τυχών, a chance person, anyone (Lat. quivis), οὐ τυχών, not common or ordinary, Act.19:11 28:2;
__(b) of things, to reach, get, obtain: with genitive of thing(s) Luk.20:35, Act.24:3 26:22 27:3, 2Ti.2:10 Heb.8:6 11:35.
II. Intrans., to happen; of things, to happen, chance, befall: impers., εἰ τύχοι, it may be, perhaps, 1Co.14:10 15:37; so ptcp., τυχόν (old accusative absol.; see M, Pr., 74), 1Co.16:6
(cf. ἐν-, ὑπερ-εν-, ἐπι-, παρα-, συν-τυγχάνω).†
τυχόν, adv., see: τυγχάνω
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5177 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- obtain5
- be2
- chance1
- enjoy1
- have1
- little1
- may1
- refresh1
- special1
First verses
- Luke 10:30And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
- Luke 20:35But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
- Acts 19:11And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
- Acts 24:2And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,
- Acts 26:22Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
- Acts 27:3And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.
- Acts 28:2And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
- 1 Corinthians 14:10There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.
- 1 Corinthians 15:37And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
- 1 Corinthians 16:6And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
- 2 Timothy 2:10Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
- Hebrews 8:6But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
- Hebrews 11:35Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
τυγχάνω,
[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 253, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.104, “O.” 2.47, etc.)]: Epic dialect imperfect τύγχανον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.231)], (παρετ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.74)]: future τεύξομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (16.609, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.314, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 112, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.23)] (also as future middle of τεύχω): aorist 2 ἔτῠχον, Epic dialect τύχον, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.287, 587)], etc.; Epic dialect subjunctive τύχωμι, -ῃσι, [Refs (7.243, 11.116)]; later also τετύχῃσι, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC(?): Maximus Astrologus 577)]; late Epic dialect optative τετύχοιμι [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 3.299)]: Epic dialect also aorist 1 ἐτύχησα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.581, +others, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 15:)]perfect τετύχηκα (intransitive) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.88 (_participle_ τετυχηκώς,)] variant{τετυχηώς}. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.748), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.32, (_transitive_) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.1.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.59)]; later also τέτευχα, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.150 (codex S), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1119a10, “PA” 647b15, frequently later, “PEnteux.” 6.7 (3rd c.BC), “UPZ” 123.30 (2nd c.BC), “PStrassb.” 98.10 (2nd c.BC), “Inscription Prien.” 108.287 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]; Doric dialect perfect infinitive τετεύχεν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 398.5 (Cos, 3rd c.BC))]; but Ionic dialect pluperfect ἐτετεύχεε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.14)]; τέτυχα variant in [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Heb.8.6, variant in 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 7.5.4)], (συν-) [Refs (Aristeas 180)], etc.; participle τετυχώς [Refs (“Jahresh.” 29 “Beibl.” 163 (Stara Zagora))]:—middle, aorist 1 τεύξασθαι [LXX (LXX.2Mac.15.7)]:— passive, imperfect ἐτυγχάνετο [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 39.3 (uncertain): elsewhere in compds,)]aorist 1 ἐτεύχθην (ἐν-) [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 35.6.1:)]perfect τέτευγμαι (ἐπι-) [Refs ([prev. author] 6.53.2.)]
A happen to be at a place, εἴ πέρ τε τύχῃσι μάλα σχεδόν even if she be quite near, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.116)]; μὴ σύ γε κεῖθι τύχοις may'st thou not be there, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.106; πέτρη τετύχηκε διαμπερὲς ἀμφοτέρωθεν 10.88; πεδίοιο διαπρύσιον τετυχηκώς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.748)] (but in these last two places the meaning may be 'has been made' (though not by human agency), compare [γαῖα] οὐδ᾽ εὐρεῖα τέτυκται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.243; γυναικὸς ἄρ᾽ ἀντὶ τέτυξο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.163, etc.)]; see ad near the end).
2 of events, and things generally, happen to one, befall one, come to one's lot, with dative person, οὔνεκά μοι τύχε πολλά because much fell to me, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.684; καί μοι μάλα τύγχανε πολλά 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.231; θέλοιμ᾽ ἂν ὡς πλείστοισι πημονὰς τυχεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 348, compare “Pers.” 706 (troch.); οἷ᾽ αὐτοῖς τύχοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 275; εἴ τι δεσπόταισι τυγχάνει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 138: _absolutely_, εἰ δ᾽ αὖθ᾽, ὃ μὴ γένοιτο, συμφορὰ τύχοι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 5, compare “Ag.” 347, etc.; ἄριστα πρὸς τὸ τυγχάνον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1290, compare “Ion” 1511.)]
2.b aorist participle ὁ τυχών, the first one meets, any chance person, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 973, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 539d, etc.; οἱ τ.)]everyday men, the vulgar, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.9.10, etc.; εἷς ἦν τῶν τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.21)]; οὐχ ὁ τ. ἀνήρ, of [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Moses Alchemista, 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 9.9: so of things, τὸ τυχόν)] any chance result, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 46e; ὃν ἐξαλείφει πρόφασις ἡ τυχοῦσ᾽ ὅλον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1041)]; οὐχ ὁ τ. λόγος no common discourse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 723e; σύνεσιν οὐ τὰν τυχοῦσαν 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra)]Spir.Praef.; οἱ τ. φόβοι trifling fears, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 37)]; καίπερ τὸ τ. καταβαλοῦσιν though they may have paid a trifling sum, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 5.2.7:)] —in Mathematics texts, τυχὸν σημεῖον any point (at random), [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 1.5, compare 6.9)]; ἄλλα, ἃ ἔτυχεν, ἰσάκις πολλαπλάσια any other equimultiples taken at random, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.4.)]
3 in 3rd.pers. singular aorist or imperfect, impersonal (sometimes also person) in relative clauses, as (when, where, etc.) it (he, she, etc.) happened (may happen, etc.), i. e. anyhow, at any time, place, etc., καὶ ἀρχομένοις καὶ μεσοῦσι καὶ ὅπως ἔτυχέ τῳ at the beginning, middle, or any other point, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.20)]; ὡς ἔτυχε ζημιοῦσθαι to be penalized just anyhow, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.9.13)]; οὐχ ὡς ἔτυχεν in no ordinary manner, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 79, “BMus.Inscription” 4.481*.340 (Ephesus, 2nd c.AD))]; τὴν μὲν δικαίαν, τὴν δ᾽ ὅπως ἐτύγχανεν just anyhow, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 929)]; ἀποτετμάσθω δύο τμάματα ὡς ἔτυχεν let two segments be cut off at random, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ κωνοειδέων καὶ σφαιροειδέων” 24; χώρᾳ γ᾽ ἐν ᾗ ἔτυχε 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 3.3; ὅπου ἔτυχεν [prev. author] “Cyr.” 8.4.3; ὅπου ἂν τύχῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 242e)]; ὁπότε τύχοι sometimes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 89b)]; ὅταν τύχῃ sometimes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1169 (Lyric poetry))]; but, at any odd time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.142; ἡνίκ᾽ ἂν τ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.3)]; ἂν τύχῃ, εἰ τύχοι, it may be, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 430e, “Hp.Mi.” 367a; τὸ δέ, εἰ ἔτυχεν, οὐχ οὕτως ἔχει [prev. author] “Cra.” 439c; εἰ οὕτως ἔτυχεν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 8b12; τὸ ὅπῃ ἔτυχεν)]mere chance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 28d)]: with attraction of the relative pronoun, τὸ οἷς ἔτυχε προσκρούειν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 27; ὡμίλει ᾧ τύχοι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 26.1.3; ὧν ἔτυχε πιμπλάμενος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Vit.Auct.” 9)]; οὐδὲ γὰρ ὧν ἔτυχ᾽ ἦν they were not just any acts, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.130.)]
3.b with accusative et infinitive, ἔτυχε ὄμβρον συνεργῆσαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 28, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 5.6)]; ἔτυχεν ὥστε.. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 39.12.)]
4 sometimes the Verb agrees in person and number with the subject of the principal clause, perhaps by assimilation, ἀπαίροντες ἀπὸ τῆς Πελοποννήσου ὁπόθεν τύχοιεν, for ὁπόθεν τύχοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.26, compare 93, 5.56, 7.70, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 179c)]; ὅ τι ἂν τύχωσι, τοῦτο λέγουσι they say just anything, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Prt.” 353a; ὅ τι ἂν τύχωσι, τοῦτο πράξουτιν [prev. author] “Cri.” 45d, compare “Grg.” 522c, “Smp.” 181b; ἀναφύονται ὁπόθεν ἂν τύχῃ ἕκαστος [prev. author] “Tht.” 180c; ὡς ἐτύγχανον ἕκαστοι, ηὐλίζοντο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.2.17, compare 3.1.3; τάχ᾽ ἄν, εἰ τύχοιεν, σωφρονέστεροι γένοιντο 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 15.16; δουλεύειν μᾶλλον ἢ μεθ᾽ ὁποτέρου ἂν τύχωσι τούτων ἐλευθέρους εἶναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.48)]; πρὸς ὀργὴν ἥν τινα τύχητε ἔστιν ὅτε σφαλέντες τὴν τοῦ πείσαντος μίαν γνώμην ζημιοῦτε yielding to the impulse of the moment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.43; εἶτ᾽ οὐκ ἐλήρουν ὅ τι τύχοιμ᾽ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ra.” 945)]: with attraction of the relative pronoun, οὓς ἂν τύχῃς ἐπαινῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.206.)]
5 neuter participle τυχόν, used absolutely like{ἐξόν, παρόν}, etc., since it so befell, οὕτως τ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Symp.” 43.)]
5.b as adverb, perchance, perhaps, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.171, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.20, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus2.140a, 150c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.221, 21.41, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 184, NT.1Cor.16.6; τ. ἴσως 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 277, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 953.9, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 287, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.58.9)]; τυχὸν μὲν.., τυχὸν δὲ.. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 1.10.6, etc.)]
A.II joined with the participle of another Verb to express a coincidence, τύχησε γὰρ ἐρχομένη νηῦς a ship happened to be, i. e. was just then, starting, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.334; ξεῖνος ἐὼν ἐτύχησε παρ᾽ ἱπποδάμοισι Γερηνοῖς 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 15.3, compare 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.19, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.49; πρυτανεία ἣ ἂν τυγχάνῃ πρυτανεύουσα “IG” 12.63.27)], compare 52; τὰ νοέων τυγχάνω what I happen to have, i.e. have at this moment, in my mind, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.88, compare 8.65, 68. ; ἐτετεύχεε ἐπισπόμενος [prev. author] 3.14)]; ὃ τυγχάνω μαθών which I have just learnt, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 370)]; παρὼν ἐτύγχανον I was by just then, [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 748)]; τυγχάνει καθεύδων he is sleeping just now, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 336 (troch.))]; ἔτυχον στρατευόμενοι they were just then engaged in an expedition, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.104)]; ἔτυχε κατὰ τοῦτο καιροῦ ἐλθών he came just at this point of time, [Refs ([prev. author] 7.2)]; ἥτις δέ τοι μάλιστα σωφρονεῖν δοκεῖ, αὕτη μέγιστα τυγχάνει λωβωμένη she is just the one who.., [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.109)]; but frequently τυγχάνω cannot be translated at all, especially in phrase τυγχάνω ὤν, which is simply ={εἰμί}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 88, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 35, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 313c, etc.)]
II.2 the participle ὤν is sometimes omitted, ὁ γὰρ μέγιστος τυγχάνει δορυξένων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 46; εἴ σοι χαρτὰ τυγχάνει τάδε [prev. work] 1457)]; νῦν δ᾽ ἀγροῖσι τυγχάνει[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 313; ἔνδον γὰρ ἄρτι τυγχάνει [prev. author] “Aj.” 9; εἴ τις εὔνους τυγχάνει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1141; εἰ σὺ τυγχάνεις ἐπιστήμων τούτων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 313e, compare “Grg.” 502b, “R.” 369b, +others: sometimes τυγχάνειν)] is used much like{εἶναι, Σωτὴρ γένοιτ᾽ ἂν Ζεὺς ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδος τυχών} [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 520)]; οὐκ ἀποδάμου τυχόντος not being absent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.5 (compare τόσσαις); ποῦ χρὴ τηνικαῦτα τυγχάνει; 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 730)]; τ. ἐν ἐμπύροις to be engaged in.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Andr.” 1113; frequently in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, δύο μέρη τετύχηκεν ἐξ ὧν ἡ πόλις “Pol.” 1318a31, compare 1289b16, “Top.” 151b11)]; also in later Gr., τὰ ἑπτάμηνα γόνιμα τυγχάνειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.55, compare 69, +others; νέος πάνυ τυγχάνων “PLips.” 40 ii 7 (4th c.AD), etc.:— 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 244 rejects this usage in 2nd c.AD: Atticus Philosophus)]
II.2.b τυγχάνον, ={τὸ ἐκτὸς ὑποκείμενον}, the external reality, e. g. αὐτὸς ὁ Δίων as distinguished both from the word (φωνή) Δίων and its meaning, [Refs (“Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.48.)]
II.2.c τὰ πράγματα τυγχάνοντα καλοῦσι (i.e. οἱ Στωϊκοί), τέλος γὰρ τὸ τυχεῖν τούτων,[Refs ([prev. work]77.)]
II.3 later with infinitive, τυγχάνομεν ἐπιδεδωκέναι we happen to have handed in.., we have just handed in.., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 796.13 (2nd c.BC),compare “PSI” 10.1118.8 (1st c.AD), 1.39.4 (2nd c.AD), 1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus et 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 44.8.21, 25, 44.23.21, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).394.)]
B gain one's end or purpose, succeed, οὐκ ἐτύχησεν ἑλίξας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.466; εἰ τύχῃ τις ἔρδων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.11, compare 55)]; τὸ τυχεῖν, ={νίκη}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “O.” 2.51; πείθειν.. τυγχάνειν θ᾽ ἅμα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 819; εἰ τύχοιμεν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.63)]; τυχόντες if successful, opposed to σφαλέντες, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.39, compare 82, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.62; τυγχάνουσι καὶ ἀποτυγχάνουσι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1450a3; ὀρθῶς πράττειν καὶ τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 280a)]; gain one's request, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.213 (so τυχόντα γνώμης in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.42))]; in speaking, to be right, τί νιν καλοῦσα.. τύχοιμ᾽ ἄ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1233, compare “Ch.” 14, 317 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 223, “OC” 1580; Δίκαν νιν προσαγορεύομεν τυχόντες καλῶς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 950 (Lyric poetry):)] —passive, impersonal, αὐτῷ πρὸς τὸ ἔργον οὐδὲν ἐτυγχάνετο nothing went right, uncertain in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 39.3:)] —in participle τυχήσας or τυχών, combined with νύξε, βάλε, οὖτα, etc., pierce, wound, etc., successfully, so that the whole phrase means hit, ἔγχεϊ νύξε κατὰ κληῗδα τυχήσας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.579, compare 858, 12.394)]; βάλε δουρὶ κατὰ ζωστῆρα τυχήσας[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 189; ὑπὸ στέρνοιο τυχήσας βεβλήκει 4.106, compare 5.98, 582, 13.371, 397, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.452, +others; also conversely, θηρητὴρ ἐτύχησε βαλών 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.581; βαλὼν τύχω 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.35)]; also apart from such combinations, hit, with genitive, προβιβάντος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.609; μηρίνθοιο 23.857; τ. τοῦ σκοποῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 717b, compare “R.” 523b, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.35, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.19, “Ap.” 1: with double _genitive_, εἰ.. τοῦ παιδὸς.. τύχω μέσης τῆς καρδίης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.35: _absolutely_, ἤμβροτες οὐδ᾽ ἔτυχες 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.287; αἰ κε τύχωμι 7.243, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.7.)]
B.II hit upon, light upon:
B.II.1 meet, fall in with persons, Αακεδαίμονι.. τυχήσας having met [him] in Lacedaemon, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.13: with _genitive_, θρηνητοῦ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1075; τριακτῆρος [prev. work] 172 (Lyric poetry))]; ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.5; γυναικῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 9.7)]: with a predicate added, μή τευ μελαμπύγου τύχῃς [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 110; προφρόνων Μοισᾶν τ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).43(61); θεῶν ἀμεινόνων τ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 351; ἐμοῦ.. οἰκητοῦ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1450, compare 677; ἡμῶν τ. οἵων σε χρή 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1300, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.23; ἐρωτᾶτε αὐτοὺς ὁποίων τινῶν ἡμῶν ἔτυχον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.5.15; τοῦ δαίμονος.. κακοδαίμονος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 112.)]
B.II.2 light on a thing, τύχε γάρ ἀμάθοιο βαθείης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.587)]; attain, obtain a thing, with genitive, πομπῆς καὶ νόστοιο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.290; αἰδοῦς 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 253, compare 256)]; [οἴκτου] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 241; ξυγγνώμης 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.15; τῆς ἀξίας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1223)]; of meeting with misfortunes, βίης τυχεῖν meet with, suffer violence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.108)]; τραυμάτων, κακῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 866, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1280)]; δίκης, κρίσεως, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 472d, “Phdr.” 249a, compare “Lg.” 869b)]: absolutely, have the lot or fate, ἄλλος μὲν ἀποφθίσθω ἄλλος δὲ βιώτω, ὅς κε τύχῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.430; τὴν παρὰ Δαρείου αἰτήσας ἔτυχε μισθόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.23 (where τὴν is governed by αἰτήσας).)]
B.II.2.b after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] also with accusative of neuter adjective or pronoun, τὰ πρόσφορα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 711, compare “Eu.” 30, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1106, “Ph.” 509 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 758, “Hec.” 51)]: later the accusative is used more freely, τ. ἐπίστασιν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Sammelb.” 5235.15 (1st c.AD))]; ὑπογραφήν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 615.23 (2nd c.AD))]; βοήθειαν [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PGoodsp.Cair.” 15.14 (4th c.AD))]; εὐκαιρίαν [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PSI” 9.1082.5 (4th c.AD))]; τὰ γυναίκια δεσμὸν οὐδένα βούλεται τυγχάνειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.70b.)]
B.II.2.c after either case a genitive person may be added, obtain a thing from a person, ὧν δέ σου τυχεῖν ἐφίεμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1315; σου τοῦτο τ. [prev. author] “OC” 1168)]; or the person may be added with a preposition, τ. ἐπαίνου ἔκ τινος [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ant.” 665; παρὰ σεῖο τ. φιλότητος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.158; τιμίαν ἕδραν παρ᾽ ἀνδρῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 856 (uncertain); αἰδοῦς ὑπό τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.10, compare “Mem.” 4.8.10, etc.: _absolutely_, χρὴ πρὸς μακάρων τυγχάνοντ᾽ εὖ πασχέμεν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.104.)]
B.II.2.d with infinitive, οἶμαί σου τεύξεσθαι μεθεῖναί με [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 50d; ἐὰν ψαῦσαι τοῦ νεκροῦ τύχωμεν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 33)]; οὐ τυχὼν ἐπιδείξειν (={ἐπιδεῖξαι}) not having succeeded in proving, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 3p.153 (3rd c.BC). (Τυ-γ-χ-άνω, with ἐτύχησα, τετύχηκα, is formed from the)]aorist τυχ-εῖν, which was originally the aorist passive (with active form) of τεύχω 'make'; ἔτυχε = factum est, as ἔτραφον = I was nourished (see. τρέφω); senses [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 1.1-3 are the oldest and are parallel to τεύχω 11 (especially _passive_))]; many of the forms belong equally to both verbs; τιτύσκομαι like wise belongs to both verbs; τ(ε)υχ- from *θ(ε)υχ-, compare ἀποθύσκειν, ἐνθύσκει, συνθύξω, and perhaps [Refs 1st c.BC+ (\{1st c.BC-1st c.AD\}: Germanicus Caesar Epigrammaticus)] taugen 'to be capable, useful', Engl. dow, doughty.)
[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 253, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.104, “O.” 2.47, etc.)]: Epic dialect imperfect τύγχανον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.231)], (παρετ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.74)]: future τεύξομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (16.609, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.314, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 112, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.23)] (also as future middle of τεύχω): aorist 2 ἔτῠχον, Epic dialect τύχον, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.287, 587)], etc.; Epic dialect subjunctive τύχωμι, -ῃσι, [Refs (7.243, 11.116)]; later also τετύχῃσι, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC(?): Maximus Astrologus 577)]; late Epic dialect optative τετύχοιμι [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 3.299)]: Epic dialect also aorist 1 ἐτύχησα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.581, +others, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 15:)]perfect τετύχηκα (intransitive) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.88 (_participle_ τετυχηκώς,)] variant{τετυχηώς}. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.748), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.32, (_transitive_) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.1.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.59)]; later also τέτευχα, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.150 (codex S), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1119a10, “PA” 647b15, frequently later, “PEnteux.” 6.7 (3rd c.BC), “UPZ” 123.30 (2nd c.BC), “PStrassb.” 98.10 (2nd c.BC), “Inscription Prien.” 108.287 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]; Doric dialect perfect infinitive τετεύχεν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 398.5 (Cos, 3rd c.BC))]; but Ionic dialect pluperfect ἐτετεύχεε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.14)]; τέτυχα variant in [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Heb.8.6, variant in 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 7.5.4)], (συν-) [Refs (Aristeas 180)], etc.; participle τετυχώς [Refs (“Jahresh.” 29 “Beibl.” 163 (Stara Zagora))]:—middle, aorist 1 τεύξασθαι [LXX (LXX.2Mac.15.7)]:— passive, imperfect ἐτυγχάνετο [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 39.3 (uncertain): elsewhere in compds,)]aorist 1 ἐτεύχθην (ἐν-) [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 35.6.1:)]perfect τέτευγμαι (ἐπι-) [Refs ([prev. author] 6.53.2.)]
A happen to be at a place, εἴ πέρ τε τύχῃσι μάλα σχεδόν even if she be quite near, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.116)]; μὴ σύ γε κεῖθι τύχοις may'st thou not be there, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.106; πέτρη τετύχηκε διαμπερὲς ἀμφοτέρωθεν 10.88; πεδίοιο διαπρύσιον τετυχηκώς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.748)] (but in these last two places the meaning may be 'has been made' (though not by human agency), compare [γαῖα] οὐδ᾽ εὐρεῖα τέτυκται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.243; γυναικὸς ἄρ᾽ ἀντὶ τέτυξο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.163, etc.)]; see ad near the end).
2 of events, and things generally, happen to one, befall one, come to one's lot, with dative person, οὔνεκά μοι τύχε πολλά because much fell to me, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.684; καί μοι μάλα τύγχανε πολλά 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.231; θέλοιμ᾽ ἂν ὡς πλείστοισι πημονὰς τυχεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 348, compare “Pers.” 706 (troch.); οἷ᾽ αὐτοῖς τύχοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 275; εἴ τι δεσπόταισι τυγχάνει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 138: _absolutely_, εἰ δ᾽ αὖθ᾽, ὃ μὴ γένοιτο, συμφορὰ τύχοι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 5, compare “Ag.” 347, etc.; ἄριστα πρὸς τὸ τυγχάνον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1290, compare “Ion” 1511.)]
2.b aorist participle ὁ τυχών, the first one meets, any chance person, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 973, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 539d, etc.; οἱ τ.)]everyday men, the vulgar, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.9.10, etc.; εἷς ἦν τῶν τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.21)]; οὐχ ὁ τ. ἀνήρ, of [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Moses Alchemista, 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 9.9: so of things, τὸ τυχόν)] any chance result, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 46e; ὃν ἐξαλείφει πρόφασις ἡ τυχοῦσ᾽ ὅλον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1041)]; οὐχ ὁ τ. λόγος no common discourse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 723e; σύνεσιν οὐ τὰν τυχοῦσαν 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra)]Spir.Praef.; οἱ τ. φόβοι trifling fears, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 37)]; καίπερ τὸ τ. καταβαλοῦσιν though they may have paid a trifling sum, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 5.2.7:)] —in Mathematics texts, τυχὸν σημεῖον any point (at random), [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 1.5, compare 6.9)]; ἄλλα, ἃ ἔτυχεν, ἰσάκις πολλαπλάσια any other equimultiples taken at random, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.4.)]
3 in 3rd.pers. singular aorist or imperfect, impersonal (sometimes also person) in relative clauses, as (when, where, etc.) it (he, she, etc.) happened (may happen, etc.), i. e. anyhow, at any time, place, etc., καὶ ἀρχομένοις καὶ μεσοῦσι καὶ ὅπως ἔτυχέ τῳ at the beginning, middle, or any other point, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.20)]; ὡς ἔτυχε ζημιοῦσθαι to be penalized just anyhow, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.9.13)]; οὐχ ὡς ἔτυχεν in no ordinary manner, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 79, “BMus.Inscription” 4.481*.340 (Ephesus, 2nd c.AD))]; τὴν μὲν δικαίαν, τὴν δ᾽ ὅπως ἐτύγχανεν just anyhow, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 929)]; ἀποτετμάσθω δύο τμάματα ὡς ἔτυχεν let two segments be cut off at random, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ κωνοειδέων καὶ σφαιροειδέων” 24; χώρᾳ γ᾽ ἐν ᾗ ἔτυχε 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 3.3; ὅπου ἔτυχεν [prev. author] “Cyr.” 8.4.3; ὅπου ἂν τύχῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 242e)]; ὁπότε τύχοι sometimes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 89b)]; ὅταν τύχῃ sometimes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1169 (Lyric poetry))]; but, at any odd time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.142; ἡνίκ᾽ ἂν τ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.3)]; ἂν τύχῃ, εἰ τύχοι, it may be, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 430e, “Hp.Mi.” 367a; τὸ δέ, εἰ ἔτυχεν, οὐχ οὕτως ἔχει [prev. author] “Cra.” 439c; εἰ οὕτως ἔτυχεν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 8b12; τὸ ὅπῃ ἔτυχεν)]mere chance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 28d)]: with attraction of the relative pronoun, τὸ οἷς ἔτυχε προσκρούειν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 27; ὡμίλει ᾧ τύχοι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 26.1.3; ὧν ἔτυχε πιμπλάμενος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Vit.Auct.” 9)]; οὐδὲ γὰρ ὧν ἔτυχ᾽ ἦν they were not just any acts, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.130.)]
3.b with accusative et infinitive, ἔτυχε ὄμβρον συνεργῆσαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 28, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 5.6)]; ἔτυχεν ὥστε.. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 39.12.)]
4 sometimes the Verb agrees in person and number with the subject of the principal clause, perhaps by assimilation, ἀπαίροντες ἀπὸ τῆς Πελοποννήσου ὁπόθεν τύχοιεν, for ὁπόθεν τύχοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.26, compare 93, 5.56, 7.70, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 179c)]; ὅ τι ἂν τύχωσι, τοῦτο λέγουσι they say just anything, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Prt.” 353a; ὅ τι ἂν τύχωσι, τοῦτο πράξουτιν [prev. author] “Cri.” 45d, compare “Grg.” 522c, “Smp.” 181b; ἀναφύονται ὁπόθεν ἂν τύχῃ ἕκαστος [prev. author] “Tht.” 180c; ὡς ἐτύγχανον ἕκαστοι, ηὐλίζοντο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.2.17, compare 3.1.3; τάχ᾽ ἄν, εἰ τύχοιεν, σωφρονέστεροι γένοιντο 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 15.16; δουλεύειν μᾶλλον ἢ μεθ᾽ ὁποτέρου ἂν τύχωσι τούτων ἐλευθέρους εἶναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.48)]; πρὸς ὀργὴν ἥν τινα τύχητε ἔστιν ὅτε σφαλέντες τὴν τοῦ πείσαντος μίαν γνώμην ζημιοῦτε yielding to the impulse of the moment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.43; εἶτ᾽ οὐκ ἐλήρουν ὅ τι τύχοιμ᾽ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ra.” 945)]: with attraction of the relative pronoun, οὓς ἂν τύχῃς ἐπαινῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.206.)]
5 neuter participle τυχόν, used absolutely like{ἐξόν, παρόν}, etc., since it so befell, οὕτως τ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Symp.” 43.)]
5.b as adverb, perchance, perhaps, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.171, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.20, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus2.140a, 150c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.221, 21.41, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 184, NT.1Cor.16.6; τ. ἴσως 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 277, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 953.9, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 287, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.58.9)]; τυχὸν μὲν.., τυχὸν δὲ.. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 1.10.6, etc.)]
A.II joined with the participle of another Verb to express a coincidence, τύχησε γὰρ ἐρχομένη νηῦς a ship happened to be, i. e. was just then, starting, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.334; ξεῖνος ἐὼν ἐτύχησε παρ᾽ ἱπποδάμοισι Γερηνοῖς 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 15.3, compare 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.19, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.49; πρυτανεία ἣ ἂν τυγχάνῃ πρυτανεύουσα “IG” 12.63.27)], compare 52; τὰ νοέων τυγχάνω what I happen to have, i.e. have at this moment, in my mind, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.88, compare 8.65, 68. ; ἐτετεύχεε ἐπισπόμενος [prev. author] 3.14)]; ὃ τυγχάνω μαθών which I have just learnt, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 370)]; παρὼν ἐτύγχανον I was by just then, [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 748)]; τυγχάνει καθεύδων he is sleeping just now, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 336 (troch.))]; ἔτυχον στρατευόμενοι they were just then engaged in an expedition, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.104)]; ἔτυχε κατὰ τοῦτο καιροῦ ἐλθών he came just at this point of time, [Refs ([prev. author] 7.2)]; ἥτις δέ τοι μάλιστα σωφρονεῖν δοκεῖ, αὕτη μέγιστα τυγχάνει λωβωμένη she is just the one who.., [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.109)]; but frequently τυγχάνω cannot be translated at all, especially in phrase τυγχάνω ὤν, which is simply ={εἰμί}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 88, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 35, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 313c, etc.)]
II.2 the participle ὤν is sometimes omitted, ὁ γὰρ μέγιστος τυγχάνει δορυξένων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 46; εἴ σοι χαρτὰ τυγχάνει τάδε [prev. work] 1457)]; νῦν δ᾽ ἀγροῖσι τυγχάνει[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 313; ἔνδον γὰρ ἄρτι τυγχάνει [prev. author] “Aj.” 9; εἴ τις εὔνους τυγχάνει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1141; εἰ σὺ τυγχάνεις ἐπιστήμων τούτων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 313e, compare “Grg.” 502b, “R.” 369b, +others: sometimes τυγχάνειν)] is used much like{εἶναι, Σωτὴρ γένοιτ᾽ ἂν Ζεὺς ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδος τυχών} [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 520)]; οὐκ ἀποδάμου τυχόντος not being absent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.5 (compare τόσσαις); ποῦ χρὴ τηνικαῦτα τυγχάνει; 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 730)]; τ. ἐν ἐμπύροις to be engaged in.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Andr.” 1113; frequently in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, δύο μέρη τετύχηκεν ἐξ ὧν ἡ πόλις “Pol.” 1318a31, compare 1289b16, “Top.” 151b11)]; also in later Gr., τὰ ἑπτάμηνα γόνιμα τυγχάνειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.55, compare 69, +others; νέος πάνυ τυγχάνων “PLips.” 40 ii 7 (4th c.AD), etc.:— 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 244 rejects this usage in 2nd c.AD: Atticus Philosophus)]
II.2.b τυγχάνον, ={τὸ ἐκτὸς ὑποκείμενον}, the external reality, e. g. αὐτὸς ὁ Δίων as distinguished both from the word (φωνή) Δίων and its meaning, [Refs (“Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.48.)]
II.2.c τὰ πράγματα τυγχάνοντα καλοῦσι (i.e. οἱ Στωϊκοί), τέλος γὰρ τὸ τυχεῖν τούτων,[Refs ([prev. work]77.)]
II.3 later with infinitive, τυγχάνομεν ἐπιδεδωκέναι we happen to have handed in.., we have just handed in.., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 796.13 (2nd c.BC),compare “PSI” 10.1118.8 (1st c.AD), 1.39.4 (2nd c.AD), 1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus et 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 44.8.21, 25, 44.23.21, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).394.)]
B gain one's end or purpose, succeed, οὐκ ἐτύχησεν ἑλίξας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.466; εἰ τύχῃ τις ἔρδων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.11, compare 55)]; τὸ τυχεῖν, ={νίκη}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “O.” 2.51; πείθειν.. τυγχάνειν θ᾽ ἅμα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 819; εἰ τύχοιμεν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.63)]; τυχόντες if successful, opposed to σφαλέντες, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.39, compare 82, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.62; τυγχάνουσι καὶ ἀποτυγχάνουσι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1450a3; ὀρθῶς πράττειν καὶ τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 280a)]; gain one's request, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.213 (so τυχόντα γνώμης in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.42))]; in speaking, to be right, τί νιν καλοῦσα.. τύχοιμ᾽ ἄ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1233, compare “Ch.” 14, 317 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 223, “OC” 1580; Δίκαν νιν προσαγορεύομεν τυχόντες καλῶς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 950 (Lyric poetry):)] —passive, impersonal, αὐτῷ πρὸς τὸ ἔργον οὐδὲν ἐτυγχάνετο nothing went right, uncertain in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 39.3:)] —in participle τυχήσας or τυχών, combined with νύξε, βάλε, οὖτα, etc., pierce, wound, etc., successfully, so that the whole phrase means hit, ἔγχεϊ νύξε κατὰ κληῗδα τυχήσας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.579, compare 858, 12.394)]; βάλε δουρὶ κατὰ ζωστῆρα τυχήσας[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 189; ὑπὸ στέρνοιο τυχήσας βεβλήκει 4.106, compare 5.98, 582, 13.371, 397, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.452, +others; also conversely, θηρητὴρ ἐτύχησε βαλών 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.581; βαλὼν τύχω 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.35)]; also apart from such combinations, hit, with genitive, προβιβάντος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.609; μηρίνθοιο 23.857; τ. τοῦ σκοποῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 717b, compare “R.” 523b, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.35, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.19, “Ap.” 1: with double _genitive_, εἰ.. τοῦ παιδὸς.. τύχω μέσης τῆς καρδίης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.35: _absolutely_, ἤμβροτες οὐδ᾽ ἔτυχες 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.287; αἰ κε τύχωμι 7.243, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.7.)]
B.II hit upon, light upon:
B.II.1 meet, fall in with persons, Αακεδαίμονι.. τυχήσας having met [him] in Lacedaemon, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.13: with _genitive_, θρηνητοῦ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1075; τριακτῆρος [prev. work] 172 (Lyric poetry))]; ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.5; γυναικῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 9.7)]: with a predicate added, μή τευ μελαμπύγου τύχῃς [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 110; προφρόνων Μοισᾶν τ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).43(61); θεῶν ἀμεινόνων τ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 351; ἐμοῦ.. οἰκητοῦ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1450, compare 677; ἡμῶν τ. οἵων σε χρή 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1300, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.23; ἐρωτᾶτε αὐτοὺς ὁποίων τινῶν ἡμῶν ἔτυχον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.5.15; τοῦ δαίμονος.. κακοδαίμονος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 112.)]
B.II.2 light on a thing, τύχε γάρ ἀμάθοιο βαθείης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.587)]; attain, obtain a thing, with genitive, πομπῆς καὶ νόστοιο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.290; αἰδοῦς 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 253, compare 256)]; [οἴκτου] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 241; ξυγγνώμης 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.15; τῆς ἀξίας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1223)]; of meeting with misfortunes, βίης τυχεῖν meet with, suffer violence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.108)]; τραυμάτων, κακῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 866, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1280)]; δίκης, κρίσεως, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 472d, “Phdr.” 249a, compare “Lg.” 869b)]: absolutely, have the lot or fate, ἄλλος μὲν ἀποφθίσθω ἄλλος δὲ βιώτω, ὅς κε τύχῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.430; τὴν παρὰ Δαρείου αἰτήσας ἔτυχε μισθόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.23 (where τὴν is governed by αἰτήσας).)]
B.II.2.b after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] also with accusative of neuter adjective or pronoun, τὰ πρόσφορα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 711, compare “Eu.” 30, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1106, “Ph.” 509 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 758, “Hec.” 51)]: later the accusative is used more freely, τ. ἐπίστασιν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Sammelb.” 5235.15 (1st c.AD))]; ὑπογραφήν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 615.23 (2nd c.AD))]; βοήθειαν [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PGoodsp.Cair.” 15.14 (4th c.AD))]; εὐκαιρίαν [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PSI” 9.1082.5 (4th c.AD))]; τὰ γυναίκια δεσμὸν οὐδένα βούλεται τυγχάνειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.70b.)]
B.II.2.c after either case a genitive person may be added, obtain a thing from a person, ὧν δέ σου τυχεῖν ἐφίεμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1315; σου τοῦτο τ. [prev. author] “OC” 1168)]; or the person may be added with a preposition, τ. ἐπαίνου ἔκ τινος [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ant.” 665; παρὰ σεῖο τ. φιλότητος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.158; τιμίαν ἕδραν παρ᾽ ἀνδρῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 856 (uncertain); αἰδοῦς ὑπό τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.10, compare “Mem.” 4.8.10, etc.: _absolutely_, χρὴ πρὸς μακάρων τυγχάνοντ᾽ εὖ πασχέμεν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.104.)]
B.II.2.d with infinitive, οἶμαί σου τεύξεσθαι μεθεῖναί με [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 50d; ἐὰν ψαῦσαι τοῦ νεκροῦ τύχωμεν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 33)]; οὐ τυχὼν ἐπιδείξειν (={ἐπιδεῖξαι}) not having succeeded in proving, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 3p.153 (3rd c.BC). (Τυ-γ-χ-άνω, with ἐτύχησα, τετύχηκα, is formed from the)]aorist τυχ-εῖν, which was originally the aorist passive (with active form) of τεύχω 'make'; ἔτυχε = factum est, as ἔτραφον = I was nourished (see. τρέφω); senses [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 1.1-3 are the oldest and are parallel to τεύχω 11 (especially _passive_))]; many of the forms belong equally to both verbs; τιτύσκομαι like wise belongs to both verbs; τ(ε)υχ- from *θ(ε)υχ-, compare ἀποθύσκειν, ἐνθύσκει, συνθύξω, and perhaps [Refs 1st c.BC+ (\{1st c.BC-1st c.AD\}: Germanicus Caesar Epigrammaticus)] taugen 'to be capable, useful', Engl. dow, doughty.)