ἀστοχ-έω,
miss the mark, miss, τοῦ συμφέροντος[[ “IG” 9(2).517.28 (letter of Philip V to Larissa); τινός 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.107.2, +others, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.219S.; τοῦ μετρίου 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.414f; ἀμφοῖν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 22] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; fail, περί τινος[[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.21.10] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; περὶ τὴν πίστιν, τὴν ἀλήθειαν, [[ NT.1Tim.6.21, 2.2.18; ἔν τινι 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.8.12: _absolutely_, 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.53.—Rare in poetry, ἠστόχηκέ μου “Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 4.21.] NT+1st c.AD+]