מְצִי I, מְצָא ch. same , to reach, be able; to master. B. Mets. 114ᵇ בארבעה לא מָצִינָא וכ׳ I could not master four orders of the Talmud, how could I master six?—Ib. 14ᵃ, a. fr. מָצֵי אמר ליה he may say to him. B. Bath. 84ᵃ לא (הוה) מָצִית הדרת בך (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) thou wouldst not have had the right to retract; השתא … מצית וכ׳ now that thou hast overreached me, canst thou retract?; a. fr.
Ithpe. - אִימְּצִי, אִמְּ׳ [to find one’s self,] to succeed. Keth. 62ᵃ לא אי׳ נכרי וכ׳ the gentile did not succeed in keeping pace with him. Ned. 89ᵇ רהיט … ולא אמ׳ למיתנא he tried his utmost (v. גַּפָּא I), but had no success in his studies; a. e.
Af. - אַמְצִיא (with נפשיה, or without) to place one’s self within sight of an enemy so as to give him a chance for reconciliation, to be ready for reconciliation. Yoma 87ᵃ הוה מַמְצִיא נפשיה (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note; ed. וממציא ליה).—[Keth. 60ᵇ מְמַצְּיָא, v. מְצִי II.]