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τῠγχᾰ́νω

[tyŋ.kʰá.nɔː]

verb

LanguageAncient Greek

Meaning
  1. Expressing coincidence: to happen (to be)
  2. to succeed [with participle or infinitive ‘at doing’]; to go successfully
  3. to happen
  4. To occur by chance or to encounter something. It often appears with a participle to describe someone happening to do something.
Examples

τύχησε γὰρ ἐρχομένη νηῦς ἀνδρῶν Θεσπρωτῶν ἐς Δουλίχιον πολύπῡρον.

For a ship belonging to Thesprotian men happened to be going to Dulichium rich in grain.

Pronunciationtyŋ.kʰá.nɔː

Part of speechverb

Usage noteThis verb usually takes the genitive case when meaning 'to hit the mark' or 'to obtain'.

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τῠγχᾰ́νω in other languages

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.