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ἐντυγχάνω , fut. -τεύξομαι: aor. 2 ἐνέτυ^χον: pf.
A.“ἐντετύχηκα” Ph. 1.395, also “ἐντέτευχα” Klio 15.35 (Delph., i B. C.): aor. 1 Pass. “ἐνετεύχθην” Ph.2.170, Plu.Cat.Ma.9:—light upon, fall in with, meet with, c. dat. pers., Hdt.1.134,al., Ar.Nu.689, etc.; ὀλίγοι τινὲς ὧν ἐντετύχηκα (i.e. τούτων οἷς . . ) Pl.R.531e, cf. Grg.509a, Prt.361e; “κατ᾽ ὄψιν ἐ. τινί” Plu.Lyc.1.
2. c. dat. rei, κακοῖς ἐ., = τυγχάνω ὢν ἐν κακοῖς, S.Aj.433; οὑντυγχάνων (sc. τοῖς πράγμασιν) cj. Valck. in E.Fr.287; ἐ. τῷ νώτῳ, of the crocodile, Hdt.2.70; ὁ ἐ. τοῖς . . τοξεύμασι he who fell in their way, Th.4.40; of obstacles, “ἐ. τάφροις” X.An.2.3.10; λόφῳ ib.4.2.10.
3. abs., E.Alc.1032, Ar.Ach.848, Thphr.Char.24.8; “οἱ ἐντυχόντες” chance persons, Th.4.132; “οἱ ἐντυγχάνοντες” Isoc.18.36; “τὴν ὠμότητα, ᾗ καθ᾽ ἁπάντων χρῆται τῶν ἐντυγχανόντων” D.21.88, cf. 183: sg., “ὁ ἐντυχών” Isoc.3.61, Pl.Alc.2.144b.
b. ἐν δὲ μηνὸς πρῶτον τύχεν ἆμαρ it chanced to be . ., Pi.Pae.2.75.
4. obtain an audience or interview, S.Fr.88.8, Thphr.Char.1.3:—Pass., to be appealed to, consulted, “περί τινων” Ph.2.170.
5. of thunder, strike, “κεραυνὸς οἷς ἂν ἐντύχῃ” X.Mem.4.3.14; but hardly so in S.Ph.1329, παῦλαν ἴσθι . . μήποτ᾽ ἐντυχεῖν νόσου （ἂν τυχεῖν Pors.).
6. rarely c. gen., λελυμένης τῆς γεφύρης ἐντυχόντες having found the bridge broken up, Hdt.4.140; τῶν παρ᾽ ἡμῖν ἐντυχὼν Ἀσκληπιδῶν having falling in with them, S.Ph. 1333.
II. converse with, talk to, “τινί” Pl.Ap.41b, Phd.61c, etc.; “οὐκ ἄχαρις ἐντυχεῖν” Id.Ep.360c; “οὐκ ἀηδὴς ἐ.” Men.Pk.112.
2. have sexual intercourse with, “τινί” Plu.Sol.20.
3. petition, appeal to, τινὶ περί τινος (masc.) Act.Ap.25.24; “τῷ βασιλεῖ περὶ τούτων” Plb.4.76.9; ὁ ἐντυγχάνων the petitioner, OGI669.5; ἐ. κατά τινος plead against, PGiss.1.36.15 (ii B.C.), LXX 1 Ma.8.32, Ep.Rom.11.2; “τῷ βασιλεῖ τὴν ἀπόλυσιν” LXX 3 Ma.6.37; “τῷ διοικητῇ” PTeb.58.43 (ii B. C.): c. inf., entreat one to do, Nic.Dam.Fr.47 J., Plu.Pomp.55; “ἐ. ὅπως . .” Id.Ages. 25:—Pass., “ὑπὲρ φυγάδων ἐντευχθείς” Id.Cat.Ma.9.
III. of books, meet with, “βιβλίῳ ἀνδρὸς σοφοῦ” Pl.Smp.177b, cf. Ly.214b; “οἱ ἐντετυχηκότες ταῖς ἱερωτάταις βίβλοις” Ph.1.395; hence, read, Luc. Dem.Enc.27, Plu.Rom.12, Jul.Or.7.210d, etc.; “οἱ ἐντυγχάνοντες” readers, Plb.1.3.10, Longin.1.1; “ἐντυχὼν ὑμῶν τῷ ψηφίσματι” IG12(3).176 (Epist. Hadriani), cf. 5(1).1361.7 (Epist. Commodi).
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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