ἐπιτυγχάνω,
future -τεύξομαι[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 431c: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἐπέτῠχον: perfect -τετύχηκα[[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1352b5 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—properly hit the mark, τοῦ σκοποῦ, opposed to ἀποτυγχάνω, [[ [prev. author] “EN” 1106b33; οἱ πολλὰ βάλλοντες ἐπιτυγχάνουσι πολλάκις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.438a: hence, ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II light or fall upon, meet with,
__I with dative person, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 195, 535, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.75; ἐ. γυναικὶ βιαζομένῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 874c: also c._dative_ _of things_, ἐ. σορῷ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68; ναυσί 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.34; βιβλίῳ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 27 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ.[ταῖς θύραις] ἀνεῳγμέναις to find them open, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 223b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 c.genitive person, μετρίου ἀνδρός [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 245, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Artoxerxes” 12: c._genitive_ _of things_, ἐ. ὁλκάδος ἀναγομένης 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐώνων ἐ. a low market, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oec.” [prev. cited] ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.3 rarely c.accusative, τὰς ἁπλᾶς [ἐπιθυμίας] ἐν ὀλίγοις ἐπιτεύξῃ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 431c; ἅττ᾽ ἂν ἐπιτύχῃς 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 123.5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]