Ἐπιτεύξομαι
I intend to come upon, I intend to find, I intend to luck into
Translated by Robert Dyer25 Apr 2003Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[I intend to come upon] you.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐπιτεύξομαι σοῦ.
Betacode
*)epiteu/comai sou=.
Notes
- One of the category of Suda entries designed to show which grammatical case a verb governs; in this instance the genitive.
For this deliberative future see tau 430, sigma 1639, pi 1321. For the question of whether to assign this future tense totugxa/nw orteu/xw see these entries and, more particularly, tau 435. For the sense in this compound of happening on or finding a stroke of luck, see the related noune)pi/teugma (epsilon 2673; cf. kappa 2756, kappa 2772).
Linked from6 entries
- α3591Ἀποτεύξασθαιto miss the mark[Meaning] to fail.
- δ849Διαψεύδονταιthey are cheated, they are deceived, they are disappointed[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning] they are deprived, they fail to achieve. "Therefore, on the one hand, they are cheated in [sc. achieving any credit for] noble conduct; on the other hand, they almost always do not…
- ε1495Ἐντυγχάνεινto encounter, to meet, to run into[e)ntugxa/nein] and suntugxa/nein ["to find oneself together with/in the midst of"]. [Used] with a dative. [The two things] are the same. "To encounter heroes."
- ε2673Ἐπίτευγμαsurpise-find, treasure-trove[Meaning] good luck. "Amazed at the number of the inhabitants of Egypt and at the surprise-finds of its places, they grasped that it was a great empire."
- ε2736Ἐπιτυχοῦσινto just any people; to those who happen to be there; to people of no consequence; to those who happen to succeed[Meaning] to worthless characters. "[...] concerning consuls not to decide lightly, as it was not right to entrust rule to just any people [sc. who might happen to be candidates], when such great dangers surrounded the…
- ε2738ἘπιτυγχάνωI encounter, I happen on, I meet[Used] with a genitive.
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Revision history2 revisions · last 21 Oct 2012
- added a note; removed a keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Robert Dyer